Offerings of the Leaders

1 Now on athe day that Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle, he banointed it and consecrated it with all its furnishings and the altar and all its utensils; he anointed them and consecrated them also.

2 Then athe leaders of Israel, the heads of their fathers’ households, bmade an offering (they were the leaders of the tribes; they were the ones who 1were over the 2numbered men).

3 When they brought their offering before the Lord, six acovered carts and twelve oxen, a cart for every two of the leaders and an ox for each one, then they presented them before the tabernacle.

4 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

5 “Accept these things from them, that they may be 1used in the service of the tent of meeting, and you shall give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service.”

6 So Moses took the carts and the oxen and gave them to the Levites.

7 Two carts and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to atheir service,

8 and four carts and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according to atheir service, under the 1direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

9 But he did not give any to the sons of Kohath because theirs was athe service of the holy objects, which they carried on the shoulder.

10 The leaders offered the dedication offering 1for the altar 2when ait was anointed, so the leaders offered their offering before the altar.

11 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Let them present their offering, one leader each day, for the dedication of the altar.”

12 Now the one who presented his offering on the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah;

13 and his offering was one silver 1adish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, baccording to 2the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

14 one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense;

15 one 1bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;

16 aone male goat for a sin offering;

17 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of aNahshon the son of Amminadab.