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Numbers 2: Nasa

To Hear a Talk based on the Text below: Nasa http://britam.org/Broadcasts/newBAMBI/ParNasa.mp3 Levites, Trial for a Suspected Adulterous Woman, Nazirite, Priestly Blessings, etc Numbers 4:21-7:39 (30 minutes) Talk includes points not mentioned in the text.

Nasa
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In our discussion of this week's portion we have been helped by referring to the summary by Phil Chernofsky in Torah Titbits.
This present Parasha is called "Nasa" literally meaning "lift up" where in the second verse of this section it says (according to the English) TAKE ALSO THE SUM OF [THE SONS OF GERSHON] the words TAKE ALSO THE SUM OF in Hebrew are "Nasa et Rosh" i.e. Lift up the Head of". In other owrds Moses was commanded not only to count them but also exalt them. Their very being "counted" was an exaltation.
The Tribe of Levi was divided into the sub-clans of Kehat, Gershon, and Merari. Towards the end of the previous section (Numbers 4:1-18) the Bible described the task of the Children of Kehat when the Israelites were travelling as having to carry the partition drape  and Tabernacle utensils (table, menorah, golden altar, etc) in special coverings.  They were to be under the direction of Elazar son of Aaron. This present portion being by speaking of the tasks of the Children of Gershon and Merari who were to be directed by Ithamar (Itamar in Modern Hebrew) the brother of Elazar. Kehat carried what they had to take on their shoulders. Gershon and Merari used both their shoulders and wagons.  There were six wagons, Gershon used 4, and Merari two.
Work in the Tabernacle for the Levites was from 30 to 50. In the Temple it was to be from 30 upwards with no fixed retirement date.

 TT: Gershon's tasks include: the three coverings of the Mishkan - the Mishkan (intricately woven, multicolored, first layer), the Ohel (goat's hair, woven middle covering), and the Michseh (outer covering - dyed ram skin and tachash skin); the curtain at the entrance of Ohel Moed (same weave as the Mishkan); the linen curtain material that surrounded the courtyard, and the entrance curtain of the courtyard; the securing stakes and related tools.

Family-branch Merari  were in charge of the wall-boards of the Mishkan, beams, posts, and foundations. Similarly, the courtyard posts, stakes, foundation sockets, and related tools.
 
[Numbers 4:21] AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,                     
 
[Numbers 4:22] TAKE ALSO THE SUM OF THE SONS OF GERSHON, THROUGHOUT THE HOUSES OF THEIR   FATHERS, BY THEIR FAMILIES;                     
 
[Numbers 4:23] FROM THIRTY YEARS OLD AND UPWARD UNTIL FIFTY YEARS OLD SHALT THOU NUMBER  THEM; ALL THAT ENTER IN TO PERFORM THE SERVICE, TO DO THE WORK IN THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION.                     
 
[Numbers 4:24] THIS IS THE SERVICE OF THE FAMILIES OF THE GERSHONITES, TO SERVE, AND FOR  BURDENS:                     
 
[Numbers 4:25] AND THEY SHALL BEAR THE CURTAINS OF THE TABERNACLE, AND THE TABERNACLE OF THE  CONGREGATION, HIS COVERING, AND THE COVERING OF THE BADGERS' SKINS THAT IS ABOVE UPON IT, AND THE HANGING FOR THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION,                     
 
[Numbers 4:26] AND THE HANGINGS OF THE COURT, AND THE HANGING FOR THE DOOR OF THE GATE OF  THE COURT, WHICH IS BY THE TABERNACLE AND BY THE ALTAR ROUND ABOUT, AND THEIR CORDS, AND ALL THE INSTRUMENTS OF THEIR SERVICE, AND ALL THAT IS MADE FOR THEM: SO SHALL THEY SERVE.                     
 
[Numbers 4:27] AT THE APPOINTMENT OF AARON AND HIS SONS SHALL BE ALL THE SERVICE OF THE  SONS OF THE GERSHONITES, IN ALL THEIR BURDENS, AND IN ALL THEIR SERVICE: AND YE SHALL APPOINT  UNTO THEM IN CHARGE ALL THEIR BURDENS.                     
 
[Numbers 4:28] THIS IS THE SERVICE OF THE FAMILIES OF THE SONS OF GERSHON IN THE TABERNACLE  OF THE CONGREGATION: AND THEIR CHARGE SHALL BE UNDER THE HAND OF ITHAMAR THE SON OF AARON THE PRIEST.                     
 
[Numbers 4:29] AS FOR THE SONS OF MERARI, THOU SHALT NUMBER THEM AFTER THEIR FAMILIES, BY THE HOUSE OF THEIR FATHERS;                     
 
[Numbers 4:30] FROM THIRTY YEARS OLD AND UPWARD EVEN UNTO FIFTY YEARS OLD SHALT THOU  NUMBER THEM, EVERY ONE THAT ENTERETH INTO THE SERVICE, TO DO THE WORK OF THE TABERNACLE  OF THE CONGREGATION.                     
 
[Numbers 4:31] AND THIS IS THE CHARGE OF THEIR BURDEN, ACCORDING TO ALL THEIR SERVICE IN THE  TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION; THE BOARDS OF THE TABERNACLE, AND THE BARS THEREOF, AND THE PILLARS THEREOF, AND SOCKETS THEREOF,                     
 
[Numbers 4:32] AND THE PILLARS OF THE COURT ROUND ABOUT, AND THEIR SOCKETS, AND THEIR PINS,  AND THEIR CORDS, WITH ALL THEIR INSTRUMENTS, AND WITH ALL THEIR SERVICE: AND BY NAME YE SHALL   RECKON THE INSTRUMENTS OF THE CHARGE OF THEIR BURDEN.                     
 
[Numbers 4:33] THIS IS THE SERVICE OF THE FAMILIES OF THE SONS OF MERARI, ACCORDING TO ALL  THEIR SERVICE, IN THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION, UNDER THE HAND OF ITHAMAR THE SON OF  AARON THE PRIEST.                     
 
[Numbers 4:34] AND MOSES AND AARON AND THE CHIEF OF THE CONGREGATION NUMBERED THE SONS OF THE KOHATHITES AFTER THEIR FAMILIES, AND AFTER THE HOUSE OF THEIR FATHERS,                     
 
[Numbers 4:35] FROM THIRTY YEARS OLD AND UPWARD EVEN UNTO FIFTY YEARS OLD, EVERY ONE THAT  ENTERETH INTO THE SERVICE, FOR THE WORK IN THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION:                     
 
[Numbers 4:36] AND THOSE THAT WERE NUMBERED OF THEM BY THEIR FAMILIES WERE TWO   THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY.                     
 
[Numbers 4:37] THESE WERE THEY THAT WERE NUMBERED OF THE FAMILIES OF THE KOHATHITES, ALL  THAT MIGHT DO SERVICE IN THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION, WHICH MOSES AND AARON DID   NUMBER ACCORDING TO THE COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD BY THE HAND OF MOSES.                     
 
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The total work-force of Levi in the Mishkan was 8580. Below are numbered those from Gershon and Merari.
[Numbers 4:38] AND THOSE THAT WERE NUMBERED OF THE SONS OF GERSHON, THROUGHOUT THEIR FAMILIES, AND BY THE HOUSE OF THEIR FATHERS,                     
 
[Numbers 4:39] FROM THIRTY YEARS OLD AND UPWARD EVEN UNTO FIFTY YEARS OLD, EVERY ONE THAT  ENTERETH INTO THE SERVICE, FOR THE WORK IN THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION,                     
 
[Numbers 4:40] EVEN THOSE THAT WERE NUMBERED OF THEM, THROUGHOUT THEIR FAMILIES, BY THE  HOUSE OF THEIR FATHERS, WERE TWO THOUSAND AND SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY.                     
 
[Numbers 4:41] THESE ARE THEY THAT WERE NUMBERED OF THE FAMILIES OF THE SONS OF GERSHON,  OF ALL THAT MIGHT DO SERVICE IN THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION, WHOM MOSES AND  AARON DID NUMBER ACCORDING TO THE COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD.                     
 
[Numbers 4:42] AND THOSE THAT WERE NUMBERED OF THE FAMILIES OF THE SONS OF MERARI,  THROUGHOUT THEIR FAMILIES, BY THE HOUSE OF THEIR FATHERS,                     
 
[Numbers 4:43] FROM THIRTY YEARS OLD AND UPWARD EVEN UNTO FIFTY YEARS OLD, EVERY ONE THAT ENTERETH INTO THE SERVICE, FOR THE WORK IN THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION,                     
 
[Numbers 4:44] EVEN THOSE THAT WERE NUMBERED OF THEM AFTER THEIR FAMILIES, WERE THREE  THOUSAND AND TWO HUNDRED.                     
 
[Numbers 4:45] THESE BE THOSE THAT WERE NUMBERED OF THE FAMILIES OF THE SONS OF MERARI, WHOM MOSES AND AARON NUMBERED ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF THE LORD BY THE HAND OF MOSES.                     
 
[Numbers 4:46] ALL THOSE THAT WERE NUMBERED OF THE LEVITES, WHOM MOSES AND AARON AND  THE CHIEF OF ISRAEL NUMBERED, AFTER THEIR FAMILIES, AND AFTER THE HOUSE OF THEIR FATHERS,                     
 
[Numbers 4:47] FROM THIRTY YEARS OLD AND UPWARD EVEN UNTO FIFTY YEARS OLD, EVERY ONE THAT  CAME TO DO THE SERVICE OF THE MINISTRY, AND THE SERVICE OF THE BURDEN IN THE TABERNACLE OF  THE CONGREGATION.                     
 
[Numbers 4:48] EVEN THOSE THAT WERE NUMBERED OF THEM, WERE EIGHT THOUSAND AND FIVE HUNDRED AND FOURSCORE,                     
 
[Numbers 4:49] ACCORDING TO THE COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD THEY WERE NUMBERED BY THE  HAND OF MOSES, EVERY ONE ACCORDING TO HIS SERVICE, AND ACCORDING TO HIS BURDEN: THUS WERE THEY NUMBERED OF HIM, AS THE LORD COMMANDED MOSES.                     
 
s.3
Israelites  who are ritually defiled from any of three specific types (ZARAAT, ZAV, T'MEI MEIT), i.e. Ritual leprosy, certain emissions from the sexual organs, and having beeen in contact with a corpse. They were all to be excluded from the camp until purified. Each category had its own restrictions that are explained.

TT: A person who sins is required to verbally confess (when repenting). He/she must also make restitution (if money was involved) and pay a penalty to the victim.

 
[Numbers 5:1] AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,                     
 
[Numbers 5:2] COMMAND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, THAT THEY PUT OUT OF THE CAMP EVERY LEPER,  AND EVERY ONE THAT HATH AN ISSUE, AND WHOSOEVER IS DEFILED BY THE DEAD:                     
 
[Numbers 5:3] BOTH MALE AND FEMALE SHALL YE PUT OUT, WITHOUT THE CAMP SHALL YE PUT THEM;  THAT THEY DEFILE NOT THEIR CAMPS, IN THE MIDST WHEREOF I DWELL.                     
 
[Numbers 5:4] AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DID SO, AND PUT THEM OUT WITHOUT THE CAMP: AS THE   LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SO DID THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.                     
 
[Numbers 5:5] AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,                     
 
[Numbers 5:6] SPEAK UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, WHEN A MAN OR WOMAN SHALL COMMIT ANY SIN THAT MEN COMMIT, TO DO A TRESPASS AGAINST THE LORD, AND THAT PERSON BE GUILTY;                     
 
[Numbers 5:7] THEN THEY SHALL CONFESS THEIR SIN WHICH THEY HAVE DONE: AND HE SHALL  RECOMPENSE HIS TRESPASS WITH THE PRINCIPAL THEREOF, AND ADD UNTO IT THE FIFTH PART THEREOF,  AND GIVE IT UNTO HIM AGAINST WHOM HE HATH TRESPASSED.  
The  FIFTH PART mentioned here was a fifth part from outside meaning in effect a quarter, as explained previously.                 
 
[Numbers 5:8] BUT IF THE MAN HAVE NO KINSMAN TO RECOMPENSE THE TRESPASS UNTO, LET THE  TRESPASS BE RECOMPENSED UNTO THE LORD, EVEN TO THE PRIEST; BESIDE THE RAM OF THE ATONEMENT, WHEREBY AN ATONEMENT SHALL BE MADE FOR HIM.                     
 
[Numbers 5:9] AND EVERY OFFERING OF ALL THE HOLY THINGS OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, WHICH THEY  BRING UNTO THE PRIEST, SHALL BE HIS.                     
 
[Numbers 5:10] AND EVERY MAN'S HALLOWED THINGS SHALL BE HIS: WHATSOEVER ANY MAN GIVETH   THE PRIEST, IT SHALL BE HIS.     
This section encompasses the principals of  repentance. If you have done something wrong you should be sorry for it, confess it to yourself and in prayer to God, and if it involves having taken something from another that did not belong to you then if possible restitution should be made.
This may not always be easy and each case will be different.
If you robbed a neighbor of $20 you should find a way to give it back and add something.
If you robbed a bank then keep it to yourself and pray to the Almighty for guidance.
You do not have to punish yourself or allow yourself to be punished. Each case will have its own guidelines.              
 
s.4
TT:  ##If a wife is unfaithful to her husband, and there is no proof of her adultery -or- if a man suspects his wife of unfaithfulness, even if it is unwarranted, he may formally warn her in front of witnesses not to be seen in the company of a specific man##
Under conditions where they could have had intercourse.
If the woman transgressed the warning she was to be brought to the Temple. She would be given a potion of water and Temple dust to drink. If she was guilty her stomach would literally swell up and explode on the spot.

We also have the vows of a Nazirite who was forbidden for the period of his vow to shave or cut his hair or drink wine and eat the produce of the vine such as grapes and raisins etc. The Nazirite was also forbidden to come in touch with a dead person.
 
[Numbers 5:11] AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,                     
 
[Numbers 5:12] SPEAK UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND SAY UNTO THEM, IF ANY MAN'S WIFE GO  ASIDE, AND COMMIT A TRESPASS AGAINST HIM,                     
 
[Numbers 5:13] AND A MAN LIE WITH HER CARNALLY, AND IT BE HID FROM THE EYES OF HER   HUSBAND, AND BE KEPT CLOSE, AND SHE BE DEFILED, AND THERE BE NO WITNESS AGAINST HER, NEITHER SHE BE TAKEN WITH THE MANNER;                     
 
[Numbers 5:14] AND THE SPIRIT OF JEALOUSY COME UPON HIM, AND HE BE JEALOUS OF HIS WIFE,  AND SHE BE DEFILED: OR IF THE SPIRIT OF JEALOUSY COME UPON HIM, AND HE BE JEALOUS OF HIS WIFE, AND SHE BE NOT DEFILED:                     
 
[Numbers 5:15] THEN SHALL THE MAN BRING HIS WIFE UNTO THE PRIEST, AND HE SHALL BRING HER  OFFERING FOR HER, THE TENTH PART OF AN EPHAH OF BARLEY MEAL; HE SHALL POUR NO OIL UPON IT, NOR PUT FRANKINCENSE THEREON; FOR IT IS AN OFFERING OF JEALOUSY, AN OFFERING OF MEMORIAL, BRINGING INIQUITY TO REMEMBRANCE.                     
 
[Numbers 5:16] AND THE PRIEST SHALL BRING HER NEAR, AND SET HER BEFORE THE LORD:                     
 
[Numbers 5:17] AND THE PRIEST SHALL TAKE HOLY WATER IN AN EARTHEN VESSEL; AND OF THE DUST   THAT IS IN THE FLOOR OF THE TABERNACLE THE PRIEST SHALL TAKE, AND PUT IT INTO THE WATER:                     
 
[Numbers 5:18] AND THE PRIEST SHALL SET THE WOMAN BEFORE THE LORD, AND UNCOVER THE   WOMAN'S HEAD, AND PUT THE OFFERING OF MEMORIAL IN HER HANDS, WHICH IS THE JEALOUSY OFFERING: AND THE PRIEST SHALL HAVE IN HIS HAND THE BITTER WATER THAT CAUSETH THE CURSE:                     
 
[Numbers 5:19] AND THE PRIEST SHALL CHARGE HER BY AN OATH, AND SAY UNTO THE WOMAN, IF NO  MAN HAVE LAIN WITH THEE, AND IF THOU HAST NOT GONE ASIDE TO UNCLEANNESS WITH ANOTHER  INSTEAD OF THY HUSBAND, BE THOU FREE FROM THIS BITTER WATER THAT CAUSETH THE CURSE:                     
 
[Numbers 5:20] BUT IF THOU HAST GONE ASIDE TO ANOTHER INSTEAD OF THY HUSBAND, AND IF THOU BE DEFILED, AND SOME MAN HAVE LAIN WITH THEE BESIDE THINE HUSBAND:                     
 
[Numbers 5:21] THEN THE PRIEST SHALL CHARGE THE WOMAN WITH AN OATH OF CURSING, AND THE   PRIEST SHALL SAY UNTO THE WOMAN, THE LORD MAKE THEE A CURSE AND AN OATH AMONG THY PEOPLE, WHEN THE LORD DOTH MAKE THY THIGH TO ROT, AND THY BELLY TO SWELL;                     
 
[Numbers 5:22] AND THIS WATER THAT CAUSETH THE CURSE SHALL GO INTO THY BOWELS, TO MAKE THY BELLY TO SWELL, AND THY THIGH TO ROT: AND THE WOMAN SHALL SAY, AMEN, AMEN.                     
 
[Numbers 5:23] AND THE PRIEST SHALL WRITE THESE CURSES IN A BOOK, AND HE SHALL BLOT THEM OUT WITH THE BITTER WATER:                     
 
[Numbers 5:24] AND HE SHALL CAUSE THE WOMAN TO DRINK THE BITTER WATER THAT CAUSETH THE   CURSE: AND THE WATER THAT CAUSETH THE CURSE SHALL ENTER INTO HER, AND BECOME BITTER.                     
 
[Numbers 5:25] THEN THE PRIEST SHALL TAKE THE JEALOUSY OFFERING OUT OF THE WOMAN'S HAND,   AND SHALL WAVE THE OFFERING BEFORE THE LORD, AND OFFER IT UPON THE ALTAR:                     
 
[Numbers 5:26] AND THE PRIEST SHALL TAKE AN HANDFUL OF THE OFFERING, EVEN THE MEMORIAL THEREOF, AND BURN IT UPON THE ALTAR, AND AFTERWARD SHALL CAUSE THE WOMAN TO DRINK THE WATER.                     
 
[Numbers 5:27] AND WHEN HE HATH MADE HER TO DRINK THE WATER, THEN IT SHALL COME TO PASS,   THAT, IF SHE BE DEFILED, AND HAVE DONE TRESPASS AGAINST HER HUSBAND, THAT THE WATER THAT  CAUSETH THE CURSE SHALL ENTER INTO HER, AND BECOME BITTER, AND HER BELLY SHALL SWELL, AND HER THIGH SHALL ROT: AND THE WOMAN SHALL BE A CURSE AMONG HER PEOPLE.                     
 
[Numbers 5:28] AND IF THE WOMAN BE NOT DEFILED, BUT BE CLEAN; THEN SHE SHALL BE FREE, AND   SHALL CONCEIVE SEED.                     
 
[Numbers 5:29] THIS IS THE LAW OF JEALOUSIES, WHEN A WIFE GOETH ASIDE TO ANOTHER INSTEAD OF HER HUSBAND, AND IS DEFILED;                     
 
[Numbers 5:30] OR WHEN THE SPIRIT OF JEALOUSY COMETH UPON HIM, AND HE BE JEALOUS OVER HIS  WIFE, AND SHALL SET THE WOMAN BEFORE THE LORD, AND THE PRIEST SHALL EXECUTE UPON HER  ALL THIS LAW.                     
 
[Numbers 5:31] THEN SHALL THE MAN BE GUILTLESS FROM INIQUITY, AND THIS WOMAN SHALL BEAR HER   INIQUITY.                     
 
[Numbers 6:1] AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,                     
 
[Numbers 6:2] SPEAK UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND SAY UNTO THEM, WHEN EITHER MAN OR  WOMAN SHALL SEPARATE THEMSELVES TO VOW A VOW OF A NAZARITE, TO SEPARATE THEMSELVES   UNTO THE LORD:                     
 
[Numbers 6:3] HE SHALL SEPARATE HIMSELF FROM WINE AND STRONG DRINK, AND SHALL DRINK NO  VINEGAR OF WINE, OR VINEGAR OF STRONG DRINK, NEITHER SHALL HE DRINK ANY LIQUOR OF GRAPES,   NOR EAT MOIST GRAPES, OR DRIED.                     
 
[Numbers 6:4] ALL THE DAYS OF HIS SEPARATION SHALL HE EAT NOTHING THAT IS MADE OF THE VINE  TREE, FROM THE KERNELS EVEN TO THE HUSK.                     
 
[Numbers 6:5] ALL THE DAYS OF THE VOW OF HIS SEPARATION THERE SHALL NO RAZOR COME UPON HIS  HEAD: UNTIL THE DAYS BE FULFILLED, IN THE WHICH HE SEPARATETH HIMSELF UNTO THE LORD, HE   SHALL BE HOLY, AND SHALL LET THE LOCKS OF THE HAIR OF HIS HEAD GROW.                     
 
[Numbers 6:6] ALL THE DAYS THAT HE SEPARATETH HIMSELF UNTO THE LORD HE SHALL COME AT NO   DEAD BODY.                     
 
[Numbers 6:7] HE SHALL NOT MAKE HIMSELF UNCLEAN FOR HIS FATHER, OR FOR HIS MOTHER, FOR HIS   BROTHER, OR FOR HIS SISTER, WHEN THEY DIE: BECAUSE THE CONSECRATION OF HIS GOD IS UPON HIS HEAD.                     
 
[Numbers 6:8] ALL THE DAYS OF HIS SEPARATION HE IS HOLY UNTO THE LORD.                     
 
[Numbers 6:9] AND IF ANY MAN DIE VERY SUDDENLY BY HIM, AND HE HATH DEFILED THE HEAD OF HIS  CONSECRATION; THEN HE SHALL SHAVE HIS HEAD IN THE DAY OF HIS CLEANSING, ON THE SEVENTH DAY  SHALL HE SHAVE IT.                     
 
[Numbers 6:10] AND ON THE EIGHTH DAY HE SHALL BRING TWO TURTLES, OR TWO YOUNG PIGEONS, TO THE PRIEST, TO THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION:                     
 
[Numbers 6:11] AND THE PRIEST SHALL OFFER THE 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, AND SHALL  HALLOW HIS HEAD THAT SAME DAY.                     
 
[Numbers 6:12] AND HE SHALL CONSECRATE UNTO THE LORD THE DAYS OF HIS SEPARATION, AND  SHALL BRING A LAMB OF THE FIRST YEAR FOR A TRESPASS OFFERING: BUT THE DAYS THAT WERE BEFORE   SHALL BE LOST, BECAUSE HIS SEPARATION WAS DEFILED.                     
 
[Numbers 6:13] AND THIS IS THE LAW OF THE NAZARITE, WHEN THE DAYS OF HIS SEPARATION ARE  FULFILLED: HE SHALL BE BROUGHT UNTO THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION:                     
 
[Numbers 6:14] AND HE SHALL OFFER HIS OFFERING UNTO THE LORD, ONE HE LAMB OF THE FIRST YEAR  WITHOUT BLEMISH FOR A BURNT OFFERING, AND ONE EWE LAMB OF THE FIRST YEAR WITHOUT BLEMISH FOR A SIN OFFERING, AND ONE RAM WITHOUT BLEMISH FOR PEACE OFFERINGS,                     
 
[Numbers 6:15] AND A BASKET OF UNLEAVENED BREAD, CAKES OF FINE FLOUR MINGLED WITH OIL,  AND WAFERS OF UNLEAVENED BREAD ANOINTED WITH OIL, AND THEIR MEAT OFFERING, AND THEIR  DRINK OFFERINGS.                     
 
[Numbers 6:16] AND THE PRIEST SHALL BRING THEM BEFORE THE LORD, AND SHALL OFFER HIS SIN  OFFERING, AND HIS BURNT OFFERING:                     
 
[Numbers 6:17] AND HE SHALL OFFER THE RAM FOR A SACRIFICE OF PEACE OFFERINGS UNTO THE  LORD, WITH THE BASKET OF UNLEAVENED BREAD: THE PRIEST SHALL OFFER ALSO HIS MEAT OFFERING,  AND HIS DRINK OFFERING.                     
 
[Numbers 6:18] AND THE NAZARITE SHALL SHAVE THE HEAD OF HIS SEPARATION AT THE DOOR OF THE  TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION, AND SHALL TAKE THE HAIR OF THE HEAD OF HIS SEPARATION, AND PUT IT IN THE FIRE WHICH IS UNDER THE SACRIFICE OF THE PEACE OFFERINGS.                     
 
[Numbers 6:19] AND THE PRIEST SHALL TAKE THE SODDEN 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 THE HAIR OF HIS SEPARATION IS SHAVEN:                     
 
[Numbers 6:20] AND THE PRIEST SHALL WAVE THEM FOR A WAVE OFFERING BEFORE THE LORD: THIS   IS HOLY FOR THE PRIEST, WITH THE WAVE BREAST AND HEAVE SHOULDER: AND AFTER THAT THE  NAZARITE MAY DRINK WINE.                     
 
[Numbers 6:21] THIS IS THE LAW OF THE NAZARITE WHO HATH VOWED, AND OF HIS OFFERING UNTO   THE LORD FOR HIS SEPARATION, BESIDE THAT THAT HIS HAND SHALL GET: ACCORDING TO THE VOW  WHICH HE VOWED, SO HE MUST DO AFTER THE LAW OF HIS SEPARATION.                     
 
[Numbers 6:22] AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,                     
 
[Numbers 6:23] SPEAK UNTO AARON AND UNTO HIS SONS, SAYING, ON THIS WISE YE SHALL BLESS THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, SAYING UNTO THEM,                     
 
[Numbers 6:24] THE LORD BLESS THEE, AND KEEP THEE:                     
 
[Numbers 6:25] THE LORD MAKE HIS FACE SHINE UPON THEE, AND BE GRACIOUS UNTO THEE:                     
 
[Numbers 6:26] THE LORD LIFT UP HIS COUNTENANCE UPON THEE, AND GIVE THEE PEACE.                     
 
[Numbers 6:27] AND THEY SHALL PUT MY NAME UPON THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND I WILL BLESS THEM.
This blessing of the Priests is very special.
It is now the custom in many Jewish households for the head of the household or the father and mother together to utter this blessing over the heads of their children on the Shabat evening every Friday Night just before the Sanctification (Kiddush) of Shabat over the wine.
 
s.5
We are told here how the Princes  of the Tribes donated six wagons, one wagon for every two tribes, to the Tabernacle service for transportion the parts and utensils of the Tabernacle from place to place. Each wagon was drawn by two bulls (oxen).
Gershon took four wagons and Kohat took two.                    
 
[Numbers 7:1] AND IT CAME TO PASS ON THE DAY THAT MOSES HAD FULLY SET UP THE TABERNACLE,  AND HAD ANOINTED IT, AND SANCTIFIED IT, AND ALL THE INSTRUMENTS THEREOF, BOTH THE ALTAR AND  ALL THE VESSELS THEREOF, AND HAD ANOINTED THEM, AND SANCTIFIED THEM;                     
 
[Numbers 7:2] THAT THE PRINCES OF ISRAEL, HEADS OF THE HOUSE OF THEIR FATHERS, WHO WERE THE PRINCES OF THE TRIBES, AND WERE OVER THEM THAT WERE NUMBERED, OFFERED:                     
 
[Numbers 7:3] AND THEY BROUGHT THEIR OFFERING BEFORE THE LORD, SIX COVERED WAGONS, AND TWELVE OXEN; A WAGON FOR TWO OF THE PRINCES, AND FOR EACH ONE AN OX: AND THEY BROUGHT  THEM BEFORE THE TABERNACLE.                     
 
[Numbers 7:4] AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,                     
 
[Numbers 7:5] TAKE IT OF THEM, THAT THEY MAY BE TO DO THE SERVICE OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE   CONGREGATION; AND THOU SHALT GIVE THEM UNTO THE LEVITES, TO EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS   SERVICE.                     
 
[Numbers 7:6] AND MOSES TOOK THE WAGONS AND THE OXEN, AND GAVE THEM UNTO THE LEVITES.                     
 
[Numbers 7:7] TWO WAGONS AND FOUR OXEN HE GAVE UNTO THE SONS OF GERSHON, ACCORDING TO THEIR SERVICE:                     
 
[Numbers 7:8] AND FOUR WAGONS AND EIGHT OXEN HE GAVE UNTO THE SONS OF MERARI, ACCORDING UNTO THEIR SERVICE, UNDER THE HAND OF ITHAMAR THE SON OF AARON THE PRIEST.                     
 
[Numbers 7:9] BUT UNTO THE SONS OF KOHATH HE GAVE NONE: BECAUSE THE SERVICE OF THE SANCTUARY BELONGING UNTO THEM WAS THAT THEY SHOULD BEAR UPON THEIR SHOULDERS.                     
 
[Numbers 7:10] AND THE PRINCES OFFERED FOR DEDICATING OF THE ALTAR IN THE DAY THAT IT WAS  ANOINTED, EVEN THE PRINCES OFFERED THEIR OFFERING BEFORE THE ALTAR.                     
 
[Numbers 7:11] AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES, THEY SHALL OFFER THEIR OFFERING, EACH PRINCE ON HIS DAY, FOR THE DEDICATING OF THE ALTAR.                     
 
From here until the end of the Portion is described the offerings that the Princes of each Tribe brought at the dedication of the Tabernacle. Each Prince brought the same offering as the others.
 
The Prince of Judah was
NAHSHON THE SON OF  AMMINADAB.
followed by
NETHANEEL THE SON OF ZUAR, PRINCE OF ISSACHAR
ELIAB THE SON OF HELON, PRINCE OF THE CHILDREN OF ZEBULUN
 
ELIZUR THE SON OF SHEDEUR, PRINCE OF THE CHILDREN OF  REUBEN
SHELUMIEL THE SON OF ZURISHADDAI, PRINCE OF THE CHILDREN OF SIMEON
ELIASAPH THE SON OF DEUEL, PRINCE OF THE CHILDREN OF GAD
 
AMMIHUD, PRINCE OF THE CHILDREN OF  EPHRAIM
GAMALIEL THE SON OF PEDAHZUR, PRINCE OF THE   CHILDREN OF MANASSEH
ABIDAN THE SON OF GIDEONI, PRINCE OF THE CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN
 
AHIEZER THE SON OF AMMISHADDAI, PRINCE OF THE CHILDREN   OF DAN
PAGIEL THE SON OF OCRAN, PRINCE OF THE CHILDREN OF  ASHER
AHIRA THE SON OF ENAN, PRINCE OF THE CHILDREN OF NAPHTALI
 
 
[Numbers 7:12] AND HE THAT OFFERED HIS OFFERING THE FIRST DAY WAS NAHSHON THE SON OF  AMMINADAB, OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH:                     
 
[Numbers 7:13] AND HIS OFFERING WAS ONE SILVER CHARGER, THE WEIGHT THEREOF WAS AN HUNDRED   AND THIRTY SHEKELS, ONE SILVER BOWL OF SEVENTY SHEKELS, AFTER THE SHEKEL OF THE SANCTUARY;  BOTH OF THEM WERE FULL OF FINE FLOUR MINGLED WITH OIL FOR A MEAT OFFERING:                     
 
[Numbers 7:14] ONE SPOON OF TEN SHEKELS OF GOLD, FULL OF INCENSE:                     
 
[Numbers 7:15] ONE YOUNG BULLOCK, ONE RAM, ONE LAMB OF THE FIRST YEAR, FOR A BURNT  OFFERING:                     
 
[Numbers 7:16] ONE KID OF THE GOATS FOR A SIN OFFERING:                     
 
[Numbers 7:17] AND FOR A SACRIFICE OF PEACE OFFERINGS, TWO OXEN, FIVE RAMS, FIVE HE GOATS, FIVE LAMBS OF THE FIRST YEAR: THIS WAS THE OFFERING OF NAHSHON THE SON OF AMMINADAB.                     
 
[Numbers 7:18] ON THE SECOND DAY NETHANEEL THE SON OF ZUAR, PRINCE OF ISSACHAR, DID  OFFER:                     
 
[Numbers 7:19] HE OFFERED FOR HIS OFFERING ONE SILVER CHARGER, THE WEIGHT WHEREOF WAS AN HUNDRED AND THIRTY SHEKELS, ONE SILVER BOWL OF SEVENTY SHEKELS, AFTER THE SHEKEL OF THE   SANCTUARY; BOTH OF THEM FULL OF FINE FLOUR MINGLED WITH OIL FOR A MEAT OFFERING:                     
 
[Numbers 7:20] ONE SPOON OF GOLD OF TEN SHEKELS, FULL OF INCENSE:                     
 
[Numbers 7:21] ONE YOUNG BULLOCK, ONE RAM, ONE LAMB OF THE FIRST YEAR, FOR A BURNT   OFFERING:                     
 
[Numbers 7:22] ONE KID OF THE GOATS FOR A SIN OFFERING:                     
 
[Numbers 7:23] AND FOR A SACRIFICE OF PEACE OFFERINGS, TWO OXEN, FIVE RAMS, FIVE HE GOATS, FIVE LAMBS OF THE FIRST YEAR: THIS WAS THE OFFERING OF NETHANEEL THE SON OF ZUAR.                     
 
[Numbers 7:24] ON THE THIRD DAY ELIAB THE SON OF HELON, PRINCE OF THE CHILDREN OF ZEBULUN, DID OFFER:                     
 
[Numbers 7:25] HIS OFFERING WAS ONE SILVER CHARGER, THE WEIGHT WHEREOF WAS AN  AND THIRTY SHEKELS, ONE SILVER BOWL OF SEVENTY SHEKELS, AFTER THE SHEKEL OF THE SANCTUARY; BOTH OF THEM FULL OF FINE FLOUR MINGLED WITH OIL FOR A MEAT OFFERING:                     
 
[Numbers 7:26] ONE GOLDEN SPOON OF TEN SHEKELS, FULL OF INCENSE:                     
 
[Numbers 7:27] ONE YOUNG BULLOCK, ONE RAM, ONE LAMB OF THE FIRST YEAR, FOR A BURNT OFFERING:                     
 
[Numbers 7:28] ONE KID OF THE GOATS FOR A SIN OFFERING:                     
 
[Numbers 7:29] AND FOR A SACRIFICE OF PEACE OFFERINGS, TWO OXEN, FIVE RAMS, FIVE HE GOATS, FIVE LAMBS OF THE FIRST YEAR: THIS WAS THE OFFERING OF ELIAB THE SON OF HELON.                     
 
[Numbers 7:30] ON THE FOURTH DAY ELIZUR THE SON OF SHEDEUR, PRINCE OF THE CHILDREN OF  REUBEN, DID OFFER:                     
 
[Numbers 7:31] HIS OFFERING WAS ONE SILVER CHARGER OF THE WEIGHT OF AN HUNDRED AND THIRTY  SHEKELS, ONE SILVER BOWL OF SEVENTY SHEKELS, AFTER THE SHEKEL OF THE SANCTUARY; BOTH OF  THEM FULL OF FINE FLOUR MINGLED WITH OIL FOR A MEAT OFFERING:                     
 
[Numbers 7:32] ONE GOLDEN SPOON OF TEN SHEKELS, FULL OF INCENSE:                     
 
[Numbers 7:33] ONE YOUNG BULLOCK, ONE RAM, ONE LAMB OF THE FIRST YEAR, FOR A BURNT OFFERING:                     
 
[Numbers 7:34] ONE KID OF THE GOATS FOR A SIN OFFERING:                     
 
[Numbers 7:35] AND FOR A SACRIFICE OF PEACE OFFERINGS, TWO OXEN, FIVE RAMS, FIVE HE GOATS,  FIVE LAMBS OF THE FIRST YEAR: THIS WAS THE OFFERING OF ELIZUR THE SON OF SHEDEUR.                     
 
[Numbers 7:36] ON THE FIFTH DAY SHELUMIEL THE SON OF ZURISHADDAI, PRINCE OF THE CHILDREN OF SIMEON, DID OFFER:                     
 
[Numbers 7:37] HIS OFFERING WAS ONE SILVER CHARGER, THE WEIGHT WHEREOF WAS AN HUNDRED  AND THIRTY SHEKELS, ONE SILVER BOWL OF SEVENTY SHEKELS, AFTER THE SHEKEL OF THE SANCTUARY; BOTH OF THEM FULL OF FINE FLOUR MINGLED WITH OIL FOR A MEAT OFFERING:                     
 
[Numbers 7:38] ONE GOLDEN SPOON OF TEN SHEKELS, FULL OF INCENSE:                     
 
[Numbers 7:39] ONE YOUNG BULLOCK, ONE RAM, ONE LAMB OF THE FIRST YEAR, FOR A BURNT  OFFERING:                     
 
[Numbers 7:40] ONE KID OF THE GOATS FOR A SIN OFFERING:                     
 
[Numbers 7:41] AND FOR A SACRIFICE OF PEACE OFFERINGS, TWO OXEN, FIVE RAMS, FIVE HE GOATS OF ZURISHADDAI.                     
 
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[Numbers 7:42] ON THE SIXTH DAY ELIASAPH THE SON OF DEUEL, PRINCE OF THE CHILDREN OF GAD,   OFFERED:                     
 
[Numbers 7:43] HIS OFFERING WAS ONE SILVER CHARGER OF THE WEIGHT OF AN HUNDRED AND THIRTY   SHEKELS, A SILVER BOWL OF SEVENTY SHEKELS, AFTER THE SHEKEL OF THE SANCTUARY; BOTH OF THEM  FULL OF FINE FLOUR MINGLED WITH OIL FOR A MEAT OFFERING:                     
 
[Numbers 7:44] ONE GOLDEN SPOON OF TEN SHEKELS, FULL OF INCENSE:                     
 
[Numbers 7:45] ONE YOUNG BULLOCK, ONE RAM, ONE LAMB OF THE FIRST YEAR, FOR A BURNT  OFFERING:                     
 
[Numbers 7:46] ONE KID OF THE GOATS FOR A SIN OFFERING:                     
 
[Numbers 7:47] AND FOR A SACRIFICE OF PEACE OFFERINGS, TWO OXEN, FIVE RAMS, FIVE HE GOATS, FIVE LAMBS OF THE FIRST YEAR: THIS WAS THE OFFERING OF ELIASAPH THE SON OF DEUEL.                     
 
[Numbers 7:48] ON THE SEVENTH DAY ELISHAMA THE SON OF AMMIHUD, PRINCE OF THE CHILDREN OF  EPHRAIM, OFFERED:                     
 
[Numbers 7:49] HIS OFFERING WAS ONE SILVER CHARGER, THE WEIGHT WHEREOF WAS AN HUNDRED  AND THIRTY SHEKELS, ONE SILVER BOWL OF SEVENTY SHEKELS, AFTER THE SHEKEL OF THE SANCTUARY;  BOTH OF THEM FULL OF FINE FLOUR MINGLED WITH OIL FOR A MEAT OFFERING:                     
 
[Numbers 7:50] ONE GOLDEN SPOON OF TEN SHEKELS, FULL OF INCENSE:                     
 
[Numbers 7:51] ONE YOUNG BULLOCK, ONE RAM, ONE LAMB OF THE FIRST YEAR, FOR A BURNT  OFFERING:                     
 
[Numbers 7:52] ONE KID OF THE GOATS FOR A SIN OFFERING:                     
 
[Numbers 7:53] AND FOR A SACRIFICE OF PEACE OFFERINGS, TWO OXEN, FIVE RAMS, FIVE HE GOATS, FIVE LAMBS OF THE FIRST YEAR: THIS WAS THE OFFERING OF ELISHAMA THE SON OF AMMIHUD.                     
 
[Numbers 7:54] ON THE EIGHTH DAY OFFERED GAMALIEL THE SON OF PEDAHZUR, PRINCE OF THE   CHILDREN OF MANASSEH:                     
 
[Numbers 7:55] HIS OFFERING WAS ONE SILVER CHARGER OF THE WEIGHT OF AN HUNDRED AND THIRTY SHEKELS, ONE SILVER BOWL OF SEVENTY SHEKELS, AFTER THE SHEKEL OF THE SANCTUARY; BOTH OF  THEM FULL OF FINE FLOUR MINGLED WITH OIL FOR A MEAT OFFERING:                     
 
[Numbers 7:56] ONE GOLDEN SPOON OF TEN SHEKELS, FULL OF INCENSE:                     
 
[Numbers 7:57] ONE YOUNG BULLOCK, ONE RAM, ONE LAMB OF THE FIRST YEAR, FOR A BURNT   OFFERING:                     
 
[Numbers 7:58] ONE KID OF THE GOATS FOR A SIN OFFERING:                     
 
[Numbers 7:59] AND FOR A SACRIFICE OF PEACE OFFERINGS, TWO OXEN, FIVE RAMS, FIVE HE GOATS,  FIVE LAMBS OF THE FIRST YEAR: THIS WAS THE OFFERING OF GAMALIEL THE SON OF PEDAHZUR.                     
 
[Numbers 7:60] ON THE NINTH DAY ABIDAN THE SON OF GIDEONI, PRINCE OF THE CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN, OFFERED:                     
 
[Numbers 7:61] HIS OFFERING WAS ONE SILVER CHARGER, THE WEIGHT WHEREOF WAS AN HUNDRED   AND THIRTY SHEKELS, ONE SILVER BOWL OF SEVENTY SHEKELS, AFTER THE SHEKEL OF THE SANCTUARY;   BOTH OF THEM FULL OF FINE FLOUR MINGLED WITH OIL FOR A MEAT OFFERING:                     
 
[Numbers 7:62] ONE GOLDEN SPOON OF TEN SHEKELS, FULL OF INCENSE:                     
 
[Numbers 7:63] ONE YOUNG BULLOCK, ONE RAM, ONE LAMB OF THE FIRST YEAR, FOR A BURNT  OFFERING:                     
 
[Numbers 7:64] ONE KID OF THE GOATS FOR A SIN OFFERING:                     
 
[Numbers 7:65] AND FOR A SACRIFICE OF PEACE OFFERINGS, TWO OXEN, FIVE RAMS, FIVE HE GOATS, FIVE LAMBS OF THE FIRST YEAR: THIS WAS THE OFFERING OF ABIDAN THE SON OF GIDEONI.                     
 
[Numbers 7:66] ON THE TENTH DAY AHIEZER THE SON OF AMMISHADDAI, PRINCE OF THE CHILDREN   OF DAN, OFFERED:                     
 
[Numbers 7:67] HIS OFFERING WAS ONE SILVER CHARGER, THE WEIGHT WHEREOF WAS AN HUNDRED  AND THIRTY SHEKELS, ONE SILVER BOWL OF SEVENTY SHEKELS, AFTER THE SHEKEL OF THE SANCTUARY; BOTH OF THEM FULL OF FINE FLOUR MINGLED WITH OIL FOR A MEAT OFFERING:                     
 
[Numbers 7:68] ONE GOLDEN SPOON OF TEN SHEKELS, FULL OF INCENSE:                     
 
[Numbers 7:69] ONE YOUNG BULLOCK, ONE RAM, ONE LAMB OF THE FIRST YEAR, FOR A BURNT OFFERING:                     
 
[Numbers 7:70] ONE KID OF THE GOATS FOR A SIN OFFERING:                     
 
[Numbers 7:71] AND FOR A SACRIFICE OF PEACE OFFERINGS, TWO OXEN, FIVE RAMS, FIVE HE GOATS, FIVE LAMBS OF THE FIRST YEAR: THIS WAS THE OFFERING OF AHIEZER THE SON OF AMMISHADDAI.                     
 
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[Numbers 7:72] ON THE ELEVENTH DAY PAGIEL THE SON OF OCRAN, PRINCE OF THE CHILDREN OF  ASHER, OFFERED:                     
 
[Numbers 7:73] HIS OFFERING WAS ONE SILVER CHARGER, THE WEIGHT WHEREOF WAS AN HUNDRED   AND THIRTY SHEKELS, ONE SILVER BOWL OF SEVENTY SHEKELS, AFTER THE SHEKEL OF THE SANCTUARY; BOTH OF THEM FULL OF FINE FLOUR MINGLED WITH OIL FOR A MEAT OFFERING:                     
 
[Numbers 7:74] ONE GOLDEN SPOON OF TEN SHEKELS, FULL OF INCENSE:                     
 
[Numbers 7:75] ONE YOUNG BULLOCK, ONE RAM, ONE LAMB OF THE FIRST YEAR, FOR A BURNT  OFFERING:                     
 
[Numbers 7:76] ONE KID OF THE GOATS FOR A SIN OFFERING:                     
 
[Numbers 7:77] AND FOR A SACRIFICE OF PEACE OFFERINGS, TWO OXEN, FIVE RAMS, FIVE HE GOATS,   FIVE LAMBS OF THE FIRST YEAR: THIS WAS THE OFFERING OF PAGIEL THE SON OF OCRAN.                     
 
[Numbers 7:78] ON THE TWELFTH DAY AHIRA THE SON OF ENAN, PRINCE OF THE CHILDREN OF NAPHTALI, OFFERED:                     
 
[Numbers 7:79] HIS OFFERING WAS ONE SILVER CHARGER, THE WEIGHT WHEREOF WAS AN HUNDRED  AND THIRTY SHEKELS, ONE SILVER BOWL OF SEVENTY SHEKELS, AFTER THE SHEKEL OF THE SANCTUARY; BOTH OF THEM FULL OF FINE FLOUR MINGLED WITH OIL FOR A MEAT OFFERING:                     
 
[Numbers 7:80] ONE GOLDEN SPOON OF TEN SHEKELS, FULL OF INCENSE:                     
 
[Numbers 7:81] ONE YOUNG BULLOCK, ONE RAM, ONE LAMB OF THE FIRST YEAR, FOR A BURNT OFFERING:                     
 
[Numbers 7:82] ONE KID OF THE GOATS FOR A SIN OFFERING:                     
 
[Numbers 7:83] AND FOR A SACRIFICE OF PEACE OFFERINGS, TWO OXEN, FIVE RAMS, FIVE HE GOATS,  FIVE LAMBS OF THE FIRST YEAR: THIS WAS THE OFFERING OF AHIRA THE SON OF ENAN.                     
 
[Numbers 7:84] THIS WAS THE DEDICATION OF THE ALTAR, IN THE DAY WHEN IT WAS ANOINTED, BY THE PRINCES OF ISRAEL: TWELVE CHARGERS OF SILVER, TWELVE SILVER BOWLS, TWELVE SPOONS OF   GOLD:                     
 
[Numbers 7:85] EACH CHARGER OF SILVER WEIGHING AN HUNDRED AND THIRTY SHEKELS, EACH BOWL  SEVENTY: ALL THE SILVER VESSELS WEIGHED TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR HUNDRED SHEKELS, AFTER THE   SHEKEL OF THE SANCTUARY:                     
 
[Numbers 7:86] THE GOLDEN SPOONS WERE TWELVE, FULL OF INCENSE, WEIGHING TEN SHEKELS  APIECE, AFTER THE SHEKEL OF THE SANCTUARY: ALL THE GOLD OF THE SPOONS WAS AN HUNDRED AND  TWENTY SHEKELS.                     
 
[Numbers 7:87] ALL THE OXEN FOR THE BURNT OFFERING WERE TWELVE BULLOCKS, THE RAMS TWELVE,  THE LAMBS OF THE FIRST YEAR TWELVE, WITH THEIR MEAT OFFERING: AND THE KIDS OF THE GOATS FOR   SIN OFFERING TWELVE.                     
 
[Numbers 7:88] AND ALL THE OXEN FOR THE SACRIFICE OF THE PEACE OFFERINGS WERE TWENTY AND  FOUR BULLOCKS, THE RAMS SIXTY, THE HE GOATS SIXTY, THE LAMBS OF THE FIRST YEAR SIXTY. THIS  WAS THE DEDICATION OF THE ALTAR, AFTER THAT IT WAS ANOINTED.                     
 
Moses would enter the Tabernacle and the Almighty would speak to him from above the two golden cherubim that were on the covering of the Ark in which the two tablets of the Law had been placed.
[Numbers 7:89] AND WHEN MOSES WAS GONE INTO THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION TO SPEAK WITH HIM, THEN HE HEARD THE VOICE OF ONE SPEAKING UNTO HIM FROM OFF THE MERCY  SEAT THAT WAS UPON THE ARK OF TESTIMONY, FROM BETWEEN THE TWO CHERUBIMS: AND HE SPAKE UNTO HIM.

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