Then on the next day, everyone came together for worship. They had celebrated a total of 14 days, 7 days for the dedication of the altar and 7 more days for the festival.
Numbers 7:10 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition On the day the altar was dedicated, the twelve leaders brought offerings for its dedication. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the princes or leaders offered sacrifices for the dedication of the altar [of burnt offering] on the day that it was anointed; and they offered their sacrifice before the altar. American Standard Version (1901) And the princes offered for the dedication of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their oblation before the altar. Common English Bible The chiefs made their presentations for the dedication of the altar on the day it was anointed. The chiefs presented their offerings before the altar. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, the leaders offered, at the dedication of the altar on the day when it was anointed, their oblation before the altar. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the princes offered for the dedication of the altar on the day when it was anointed their oblation before the altar. |
Then on the next day, everyone came together for worship. They had celebrated a total of 14 days, 7 days for the dedication of the altar and 7 more days for the festival.
When the city wall was dedicated, Levites from everywhere in Judah were invited to join in the celebration with songs of praise and with the music of cymbals, small harps, and other stringed instruments.
God had made the people very happy, and so on that day they celebrated and offered many sacrifices. The women and children joined in the festivities, and joyful shouts could be heard far from the city of Jerusalem.
I will praise you, Lord! You saved me from the grave and kept my enemies from celebrating my death.
When Moses had finished setting up the sacred tent, he dedicated it to the Lord, together with its furnishings, the altar, and its equipment.
The Lord said to Moses, “Each day one leader is to give his offering for the dedication.”
And so when the altar was dedicated to the Lord, these twelve leaders brought the following gifts: 12 silver bowls and 12 silver sprinkling bowls, weighing a total of almost 28 kilograms, according to the official standards; 12 gold dishes filled with incense and weighing over a kilogram; 12 bulls, 12 full-grown rams, and 12 rams a year old as sacrifices to please the Lord, along with the proper grain sacrifices; 12 goats as sacrifices for sin; and 24 bulls, 60 full-grown rams, 60 goats, and 60 rams a year old as sacrifices to ask the Lord's blessing.
Then the tribal officials will say to the troops: If any of you have built a new house, but haven't yet moved in, you may go home. It isn't right for you to die in battle and for somebody else to live in your new house.