Numbers 7:1

New International Reader's Version

Moses finished setting up the holy tent. Then he anointed it with olive oil. He set it apart to the Lord. He did the same thing with everything that belonged to it. He also anointed the altar. And he set apart to the Lord the altar and all its tools.

Cross References

Genesis 2:3

God blessed the seventh day and made it holy. He blessed it because on that day he rested from all the work he had done.

1 Kings 8:64

On that same day the king set the middle area of the courtyard apart to the Lord. It was in front of the Lord’s temple. There Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings and grain offerings. He also sacrificed the fat of the friendship offerings there. He did it there because the bronze altar that stood in front of the Lord was too small. It wasn’t big enough to hold all the burnt offerings, the grain offerings and the fat of the friendship offerings.

Exodus 13:2

“Set apart for me the first boy born in every family. The oldest son of every Israelite mother belongs to me. Every male animal born first to its mother also belongs to me.”

Exodus 29:36

Sacrifice a bull each day. It is a sin offering to pay for their sins. Make the altar pure. Pour olive oil on it to set it apart.

Exodus 40:11

Anoint the large bowl and its stand. Set them apart.

Numbers 17:2

“Speak to the Israelites. Get 12 walking sticks from them. Get one from the leader of each of Israel’s tribes. Write the name of each man on his walking stick.

Numbers 7:10

When the altar was anointed, the leaders brought their offerings. They placed them in front of the altar. They brought their offerings in order to set apart the altar.

Numbers 7:84

Those were the offerings the Israelite leaders brought. They gave them to set the altar apart when it was anointed with olive oil. They gave 12 silver plates, 12 silver sprinkling bowls and 12 gold dishes.

Numbers 7:88

The leaders brought 24 oxen, 60 rams, 60 male goats and 60 male lambs a year old. That was the total number of animals sacrificed as the friendship offering. Those were the offerings they brought to set apart the altar. The leaders brought them after the altar was anointed with oil.

Matthew 23:19

You are blind! Which is more important? Is it the gift? Or is it the altar that makes the gift holy?