Numbers 7:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

When Moses had finished setting up the sacred tent, he dedicated it to the LORD, together with its furnishings, the altar, and its equipment.

Cross References

Genesis 2:3

God blessed the seventh day and made it special because on that day he rested from his work.

1 Kings 8:64

On that day, Solomon dedicated the courtyard in front of the temple and made it acceptable for worship. He offered the sacrifices there because the bronze altar in front of the temple was too small.

Exodus 13:2

“Dedicate to me the firstborn son of every family and the firstborn males of your flocks and herds. These belong to me.”

Exodus 29:36

Each day you must offer a bull as a sacrifice for sin and as a way of purifying the altar. In addition, you must smear the altar with olive oil to make it completely holy.

Exodus 40:11

and with the bowl and its stand.

Numbers 17:2

Call together the twelve tribes of Israel and tell the leader of each tribe to write his name on the walking stick he carries as a symbol of his authority. Make sure Aaron's name is written on the one from the Levi tribe, then collect all the sticks.

Numbers 7:10

On the day the altar was dedicated, the twelve leaders brought offerings for its dedication.

Numbers 7:84

And so when the altar was dedicated to the LORD, these twelve leaders brought the following gifts: twelve silver bowls and twelve silver sprinkling bowls, weighing a total of almost twenty-eight kilogrammes, according to the official standards; twelve gold dishes filled with incense and weighing over a kilogramme; twelve bulls, twelve full-grown rams, and twelve rams a year old as sacrifices to please the LORD, along with the proper grain sacrifices; twelve goats as sacrifices for sin; and twenty-four bulls, sixty full-grown rams, sixty goats, and sixty rams a year old as sacrifices to ask the LORD's blessing.

Matthew 23:19

Are you blind? Which is more important, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred?