¹⁰The leaders also brought offerings to celebrate the dedication of the altar. When they were ready to present their gifts at the altar, ¹¹the Lord said to Moses, “Tell them that each day for a period of twelve days one of the leaders is to present his gifts for the dedication of the altar.”

^12–83They presented their offerings in the following order:

Day

Tribe

Leader

1st

Judah

Nahshon son of Amminadab

2nd

Issachar

Nethanel son of Zuar

3rd

Zebulun

Eliab son of Helon

4th

Reuben

Elizur son of Shedeur

5th

Simeon

Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai

6th

Gad

Eliasaph son of Deuel

7th

Ephraim

Elishama son of Ammihud

8th

Manasseh

Gamaliel son of Pedahzur

9th

Benjamin

Abidan son of Gideoni

10th

Dan

Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai

11th

Asher

Pagiel son of Ochran

12th

Naphtali

Ahira son of Enan

The offerings each one brought were identical: one silver bowl weighing 1.5 kilogrammes and one silver basin weighing 800 grammes, by the official standard, both of them full of flour mixed with oil for the grain offering; one gold dish weighing 110 grammes, full of incense; one young bull, one ram, and a one-year-old lamb, for the burnt offering; one goat for the sin offering; and two bulls, five rams, five goats, and five one-year-old lambs for the fellowship offering.

^84–88The totals of the offerings brought by the twelve leaders for the dedication of the altar were as follows:

—twelve silver bowls and twelve silver basins weighing a total of 27.6 kilogrammes

—twelve gold dishes weighing a total of 1.32 kilogrammes, filled with incense

—twelve bulls, twelve rams, and twelve one-year-old lambs, together with the grain offerings that go with them, for the burnt offerings

—twelve goats for the sin offerings

—24 bulls, 60 rams, 60 goats, 60 one-year-old lambs, for the fellowship offerings

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