Numbers 6–7

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ²‘Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When a man or woman doeth singularly, by vowing a vow of a Nazarite, to be separate to Jehovah; ³from wine and strong drink he doth keep separate; vinegar of wine, and vinegar of strong drink he doth not drink, and any juice of grapes he doth not drink, and grapes moist or dry he doth not eat; ⁴all days of his separation, of anything which is made of the wine-vine, from kernels even unto husk, he doth not eat.

⁵‘All days of the vow of his separation a razor doth not pass over his head; till the fulness of the days which he doth separate to Jehovah he is holy; grown up hath the upper part of the hair of his head.

⁶‘All days of his keeping separate to Jehovah, near a dead person he doth not go; ⁷for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister—he is not unclean for them at their death, for the separation of his God is on his head; ⁸all days of his separation he is holy to Jehovah.

⁹‘And when the dead dieth beside him in an instant, suddenly, and he hath defiled the head of his separation, then he hath shaved his head in the day of his cleansing; on the seventh day he doth shave it, ¹⁰and on the eighth day he bringeth in two turtle-doves or two young pigeons unto the priest, unto the opening of the tent of meeting, ¹¹and the priest hath prepared one for a sin-offering, and one for a burnt-offering, and hath made atonement for him, because of that which he hath sinned by the body, and he hath hallowed his head on that day; ¹²and he hath separated to Jehovah the days of his separation, and he hath brought in a lamb, a son of a year, for a guilt-offering, and the former days are fallen, for his separation hath been defiled.

¹³‘And this is the law of the Nazarite; in the day of the fulness of the days of his separation doth one bring him in unto the opening of the tent of meeting, ¹⁴and he hath brought near his offering to Jehovah, one he-lamb, a son of a year, a perfect one, for a burnt-offering, and one she-lamb, a daughter of a year, a perfect one, for a sin-offering, and one ram, a perfect one, for peace-offerings, ¹⁵and a basket of unleavened things of flour, cakes mixed with oil, and thin cakes of unleavened things anointed with oil, and their present, and their libations.

¹⁶‘And the priest hath brought them near before Jehovah, and hath made his sin-offering and his burnt-offering; ¹⁷and the ram he maketh a sacrifice of peace-offerings to Jehovah, besides the basket of unleavened things; and the priest hath made its present and its libation.

¹⁸‘And the Nazarite hath shaved (at the opening of the tent of meeting) the head of his separation, and hath taken the hair of the head of his separation, and hath put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace-offerings.

¹⁹‘And the priest hath taken the boiled shoulder from the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one thin unleavened cake, and hath put on the palms of the Nazarite after his shaving his separation; ²⁰and the priest hath waved them, a wave-offering before Jehovah; it is holy to the priest, besides the breast of the wave-offering, and besides the leg of the heave-offering; and afterwards doth the Nazarite drink wine.

²¹‘This is the law of the Nazarite, who voweth his offering to Jehovah for his separation, apart from that which his hand attaineth; according to his vow which he voweth so he doth by the law of his separation.’

²²And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ²³‘Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, saying, Thus ye do bless the sons of Israel, saying to them,

²⁴‘Jehovah bless thee and keep thee;

²⁵‘Jehovah cause His face to shine upon thee, and favour thee;

²⁶‘Jehovah lift up His countenance upon thee, and appoint for thee—peace.

²⁷‘And they have put My name upon the sons of Israel, and I—I do bless them.’

Chapter 7

¹And it cometh to pass on the day of Moses’ finishing setting up the tabernacle, that he anointeth it, and sanctifieth it, and all its vessels, and the altar, and all its vessels, and he anointeth them, and sanctifieth them, ²and the princes of Israel (heads of the house of their fathers, they are princes of the tribes, they who are standing over those numbered) bring near, ³yea, they bring their offering before Jehovah, six waggons covered, and twelve oxen—a waggon for two of the princes, and an ox for one—and they bring them near before the tabernacle. ⁴And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ⁵‘Receive from them, and they have been to do the service of the tent of meeting, and thou hast given them unto the Levites, each according to his service.’ ⁶And Moses taketh the waggons and the oxen, and giveth them unto the Levites. ⁷The two of the waggons and the four of the oxen he hath given to the sons of Gershon, according to their service, ⁸and the four of the waggons and the eight of the oxen he hath given to the sons of Merari, according to their service, by the hand of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest; ⁹and to the sons of Kohath he hath not given, for the service of the sanctuary is on them: on the shoulder they bear.

¹⁰And the princes bring near the dedication of the altar in the day of its being anointed; yea, the princes bring near their offering before the altar. ¹¹And Jehovah saith unto Moses, ‘One prince a day—one prince a day—do they bring near their offering for the dedication of the altar.’ ¹²And he who is bringing near on the first day his offering is Nahshon son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah. ¹³And his offering is one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present; ¹⁴one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of perfume; ¹⁵one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering; ¹⁶one kid of the goats for a sin-offering; ¹⁷and for a sacrifice of the peace-offerings two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this is the offering of Nahshon son of Amminadab. ¹⁸On the second day hath Nethaneel son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, brought near. ¹⁹He hath brought near his offering, one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present; ²⁰one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of perfume; ²¹one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering; ²²one kid of the goats for a sin-offering; ²³and for a sacrifice of the peace-offerings two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this is the offering of Nethaneel son of Zuar. ²⁴On the third day, the prince of the sons of Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;— ²⁵his offering is one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present; ²⁶one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of perfume; ²⁷one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering; ²⁸one kid of the goats for a sin-offering; ²⁹and for a sacrifice of the peace-offerings two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this is the offering of Eliab son of Helon. ³⁰On the fourth day, Elizur, son of Shedeur, prince of the sons of Reuben;— ³¹his offering is one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present; ³²one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of perfume; ³³one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering; ³⁴one kid of the goats for a sin-offering; ³⁵and for a sacrifice of the peace-offerings two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this is the offering of Elizur son of Shedeur. ³⁶On the fifth day, the prince of the sons of Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;— ³⁷his offering is one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present; ³⁸one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of perfume; ³⁹one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering; ⁴⁰one kid of the goats for a sin-offering; ⁴¹and for a sacrifice of the peace-offerings two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this is the offering of Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. ⁴²On the sixth day, the prince of the sons of Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;— ⁴³his offering is one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present; ⁴⁴one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of perfume; ⁴⁵one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering; ⁴⁶one kid of the goats for a sin-offering; ⁴⁷and for a sacrifice of the peace-offerings two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this is the offering of Eliasaph son of Deuel. ⁴⁸On the seventh day, the prince of the sons of Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud;— ⁴⁹his offering is one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present; ⁵⁰one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of perfume; ⁵¹one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering; ⁵²one kid of the goats for a sin-offering; ⁵³and for a sacrifice of the peace-offerings two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this is the offering of Elishama son of Ammihud. ⁵⁴On the eighth day, the prince of the sons of Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;— ⁵⁵his offering is one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty …