Numbers 6–7

Chapter 6

¹And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, ²Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If a man or a woman have vowed the special vow of a Nazarite, to consecrate themselves to Jehovah; ³he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink: he shall drink no vinegar of wine, nor vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat grapes, fresh or dried. ⁴All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine, from the seed-stones, even to the skin. ⁵All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head; until the days be fulfilled, that he hath consecrated himself to Jehovah, he shall be holy; he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow. ⁶All the days that he hath consecrated himself to Jehovah, he shall come near no dead body. ⁷He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister when they die; for the consecration of his God is upon his head. ⁸All the days of his separation he is holy to Jehovah. ⁹And if any one die unexpectedly by him suddenly, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration, then he shall shave his head on the day of his cleansing; on the seventh day shall he shave it. ¹⁰And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, to the priest, at the entrance of the tent of meeting. ¹¹And the priest shall offer one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead person; and he shall hallow his head that same day. ¹²And he shall again consecrate to Jehovah the days of his separation, and shall bring a yearling lamb for a trespass-offering. But the first days are forfeited, for his consecration hath been defiled. ¹³And this is the law of the Nazarite on the day when the days of his consecration are fulfilled: he shall be brought to the entrance of the tent of meeting. ¹⁴And he shall present his offering to Jehovah, one yearling he-lamb without blemish for a burnt-offering, and one yearling ewe-lamb without blemish for a sin-offering, and one ram without blemish for a peace-offering; ¹⁵and a basket with unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and their oblation, and their drink-offerings. ¹⁶And the priest shall present them before Jehovah, and shall offer his sin-offering and his burnt-offering: ¹⁷and he shall offer the ram, a sacrifice of peace-offering to Jehovah, with the basket of unleavened bread; the priest shall offer also his oblation and his drink-offering. ¹⁸And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his consecration at the entrance to the tent of meeting, and shall take the hair of the head of his consecration, and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace-offering. ¹⁹And the priest shall take the boiled shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after he hath shaven the hair of his consecration. ²⁰And the priest shall wave them as wave-offering before Jehovah; it is holy for the priest, with the breast of the wave-offering and with the shoulder of the heave-offering; and afterwards the Nazarite may drink wine. ²¹This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed: his offering to Jehovah for his consecration, beside what his hand is able to get; according to the vow which he vowed, so shall he do, according to the law of his consecration.

²²And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, ²³Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel: saying unto them, ²⁴Jehovah bless thee, and keep thee; ²⁵Jehovah make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee; ²⁶Jehovah lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. ²⁷And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.

Chapter 7

¹And it came to pass on the day that Moses had completed the setting up of the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and hallowed it, and all the furniture thereof, and the altar and all its utensils, and had anointed them, and hallowed them, ²that the princes of Israel, the heads of their fathers’ houses, the princes of the tribes, they that were over them that had been numbered, offered; ³and they brought their offering before Jehovah, six covered waggons, and twelve oxen; a waggon for two princes, and an ox for each; and they presented them before the tabernacle. ⁴And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, ⁵Take it of them, and they shall be for the performance of the service of the tent of meeting, and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to each according to his service. ⁶And Moses took the waggons and the oxen, and gave them to the Levites. ⁷Two waggons and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their service; ⁸and four waggons and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according to their service, —under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. ⁹But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none, for the service of the sanctuary was upon them: they bore what they carried upon the shoulder.

¹⁰And the princes presented the dedication-gift of the altar on the day that it was anointed; and the princes presented their offering before the altar. ¹¹And Jehovah said to Moses, They shall present their offering for the dedication of the altar, each prince on his day. ¹²And he that presented his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah. ¹³And his offering was one silver dish of the weight of a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl, of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for an oblation; ¹⁴one cup of ten shekels of gold, full of incense; ¹⁵one young bullock, one ram, one yearling lamb, for a burnt-offering; ¹⁶one buck of the goats for a sin-offering; ¹⁷and for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five yearling lambs. This was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab. ¹⁸On the second day offered Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar; ¹⁹he presented his offering; one silver dish of the weight of a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour, mingled with oil for an oblation; ²⁰one cup of ten shekels of gold, full of incense; ²¹one young bullock, one ram, one yearling lamb, for a burnt-offering; ²²one buck of the goats for a sin-offering; ²³and for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five yearling lambs. This was the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar. ²⁴On the third day, the prince of the children of Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon: ²⁵his offering was one silver dish of the weight of a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for an oblation; ²⁶one cup of ten shekels of gold, full of incense; ²⁷one young bullock, one ram, one yearling lamb, for a burnt-offering; ²⁸one buck of the goats for a sin-offering; ²⁹and for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five yearling lambs. This was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon. ³⁰On the fourth day, the prince of the children of Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur. ³¹His offering was one silver dish of the weight of a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for an oblation; ³²one cup of ten shekels of gold, full of incense; ³³one young bullock, one ram, one yearling lamb, for a burnt-offering; ³⁴one buck of the goats for a sin-offering; ³⁵and for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five yearling lambs. This was the offering of Elizur, the son of Shedeur. ³⁶On the fifth day, the prince of the children of Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. ³⁷His offering was one silver dish of the weight of a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for an oblation; ³⁸one cup of ten shekels of gold, full of incense; ³⁹one young bullock, one ram, one yearling lamb, for a burnt-offering; ⁴⁰one buck of the goats for a sin-offering; ⁴¹and for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five yearling lambs. This was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. ⁴²On the sixth day, the prince of the children of Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel. ⁴³His offering was one silver dish of the weight of a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for an oblation; ⁴⁴one cup of ten shekels of gold, full of incense; ⁴⁵one young bullock, one ram, one yearling lamb, for a burnt-offering; ⁴⁶one buck of the goats for a sin-offering; ⁴⁷and for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five yearling lambs. This was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel. ⁴⁸On the seventh day, the prince of the children of Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud. ⁴⁹His offering was one silver dish of the weight of a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for an oblation; ⁵⁰one cup of ten shekels of gold, full of incense; ⁵¹one young bullock, one ram, one yearling lamb, for a burnt-offering; ⁵²one buck of the goats for a sin-offering; ⁵³and for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five yearling lambs. This was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud. ⁵⁴On the eighth day, the prince of the…