[7:72] On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ochran, prince of the children of Asher [7:73] gave his offering:
one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
[7:74] one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
[7:75] one young bull,
one ram,
one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
[7:76] one male goat for a sin offering;
[7:77] and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ochran.
[7:78] On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali [7:79] gave his offering:
one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
[7:80] one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense;
[7:81] one young bull,
one ram,
one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
[7:82] one male goat for a sin offering;
[7:83] and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan.
[7:84] This was the dedication of the altar, on the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve silver platters, twelve silver bowls, twelve golden ladles; [7:85] each silver platter weighing one hundred thirty shekels, and each bowl seventy; all the silver of the vessels two thousand four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; [7:86] the twelve golden ladles, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary; all the gold of the ladles weighed one hundred twenty shekels; [7:87] all the cattle for the burnt offering twelve bulls, the rams twelve, the male lambs a year old twelve, and their meal offering; and the male goats for a sin offering twelve; [7:88] and all the cattle for the sacrifice of peace offerings twenty-four bulls, the rams sixty, the male goats sixty, the male lambs a year old sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after it was anointed.
[7:89] When Moses went into the Tent of Meeting to speak with Yahweh, he heard his voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the Testimony, from between the two cherubim: and he spoke to him.
[8:1] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, [8:2] "Speak to Aaron, and tell him, 'When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.'"
[8:3] Aaron did so. He lit its lamps to light the area in front of the lampstand, as Yahweh commanded Moses. [8:4] This was the workmanship of the lampstand, beaten work of gold. From its base to its flowers, it was beaten work: according to the pattern which Yahweh had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.
[8:5] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, [8:6] "Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. [8:7] You shall do this to them, to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of cleansing on them, let them shave their whole bodies with a razor, and let them wash their clothes, and cleanse themselves. [8:8] Then let them take a young bull, and its meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil; and another young bull you shall take for a sin offering. [8:9] You shall present the Levites before the Tent of Meeting. You shall assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel. [8:10] You shall present the Levites before Yahweh. The children of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites, [8:11] and Aaron shall offer the Levites before Yahweh for a wave offering, on the behalf of the children of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of Yahweh. [8:12] The Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and you shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering to Yahweh, to make atonement for the Levites. [8:13] You shall set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them as a wave offering to Yahweh. [8:14] Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.
[8:15] "After that, the Levites shall go in to do the service of the Tent of Meeting: and you shall cleanse them, and offer them as a wave offering. [8:16] For they are wholly given to me from among the children of Israel; instead of all who open the womb, even the firstborn of all the children of Israel, I have taken them to me. [8:17] For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are mine, both man and animal. On the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for myself. [8:18] I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel. [8:19] I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the Tent of Meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel; that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come near to the sanctuary."
[8:20] Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel did so to the Levites. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the children of Israel did to them. [8:21] The Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them for a wave offering before Yahweh; and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them. [8:22] After that, the Levites went in to do their service in the Tent of Meeting before Aaron, and before his sons: as Yahweh had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.
[8:23] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, [8:24] "This is that which belongs to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall go in to wait on the service in the work of the Tent of Meeting; [8:25] and from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting on the work, and shall serve no more, [8:26] but shall minister with their brothers in the Tent of Meeting, to perform the duty, and shall do no service. You shall do thus to the Levites concerning their duties."