The sacred chest had been kept on Mount Zion, also known as the city of David. But Solomon decided to have the chest moved to the temple while everyone was in Jerusalem, celebrating the Festival of Shelters during Ethanim, the seventh month of the year. Solomon called together the important leaders of Israel.
Numbers 7:2 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition2 Then the twelve tribal leaders of Israel, the same men who had been in charge of counting the people, came to the tent Féach an chaibidilTuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 17692 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: Féach an chaibidilAmplified Bible - Classic Edition2 The princes or leaders of Israel, heads of their fathers' houses, made offerings. These were the leaders of the tribes and were over those who were numbered. Féach an chaibidilAmerican Standard Version (1901)2 that the princes of Israel, the heads of their fathers’ houses, offered. These were the princes of the tribes, these are they that were over them that were numbered: Féach an chaibidilCommon English Bible2 The chiefs of Israel, the leaders of their households, made their presentations. They were the tribal chiefs and those who were in charge of the enlistment. Féach an chaibidilCatholic Public Domain Version2 that the leaders of Israel and the heads of the families, who were in each tribe and who were in charge of those who had been numbered, offered Féach an chaibidil |
Numbers 7:2
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Josiah's officials also voluntarily gave some of their animals to the people, the priests, and the Levites as sacrifices. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, who were the officials in charge of the temple, gave the priests 2,600 sheep and lambs and 300 bulls to sacrifice during the Passover celebration.
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