Bamidbar 7-9

Orthodox Jewish Bible

7 And it came to pass on the day that Moshe had fully set up the Mishkan, and had anointed it, and set it apart as kodesh, and all the instruments thereof, both the Mizbe’ach and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and set them apart as kodesh,

² That the Nasiim (Rulers) of Yisroel, heads of the Bais of their Avot, who were the Nasiim of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered;

³ And they brought their korban before Hashem, six covered carts, and twelve oxen; a cart for two of the Nasiim, and for each one an ox; and they brought them before the Mishkan.

⁴ And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying,

⁵ Take it of them, that they may be for the service of the Ohel Mo’ed; and thou shalt give them unto the Levi’im, to every man according to his service.

⁶ And Moshe took the carts and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levi’im.

⁷ Two carts and four oxen he gave unto the Bnei Gershon, according to their service;

⁸ And four carts and eight oxen he gave unto the Bnei Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Itamar ben Aharon HaKohen.

⁹ But unto the Bnei Kehat he gave none, because the service of HaKodesh belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their shoulders.

¹⁰ And the Nasiim offered for dedicating of the Mizbe’ach in the day that it was anointed, even the Nasiim (Rulers) offered their korban before the Mizbe’ach.

¹¹ And Hashem said unto Moshe, They shall offer their korban, each Nasi on his day, for the dedicating of the Mizbe’ach.

¹² And he that offered his korban the first day was Nachshon Ben Amminadav, of the tribe of Yehudah;

¹³ And his korban was one silver bowl, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, according to the shekel HaKodesh; both of them were full of fine flour mixed with oil for a minchah;

¹⁴ One ladle of ten shekels of zahav, full of ketoret;

¹⁵ One young bull, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for an olah (burnt offering);

¹⁶ One kid of the goats for a chattat;

¹⁷ And for a zevach of shelamim, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year; this was the korban of Nachshon ben Amminadav.

¹⁸ On the second day Netanel ben Tzuar, prince of Yissakhar, did offer:

¹⁹ He offered for his korban one silver bowl, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, according to shekel HaKodesh; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a minchah;

²⁰ One ladle of zahav of ten shekels, full of ketoret;

²¹ One young bull, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for an olah (burnt offering);

²² One kid of the goats for a chattat;

²³ And for a zevach of shelamim, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year; this was the korban of Netanel ben Tzuar.

²⁴ On the third day Eliav ben Chelon, Nasi of the Bnei Zevulun, did offer:

²⁵ His korban was one silver bowl, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, according to shekel HaKodesh; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a minchah;

²⁶ One golden ladle of ten shekels, full of ketoret;

²⁷ One young bull, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for an olah (burnt offering);

²⁸ One kid of the goats for a chattat;

²⁹ And for a zevach of shelamim, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year; this was the korban of Eliav ben Chelon.

³⁰ On the fourth day Elitzur ben Shedeur, Nasi of the Bnei Reuven, did offer:

³¹ His korban was one silver bowl of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, according to shekel HaKodesh; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a minchah;

³² One golden ladle of ten shekels, full of ketoret;

³³ One young bull, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for an olah;

³⁴ One kid of the goats for a chattat;

³⁵ And for a zevach of shelamim, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year; this was the korban of Elitzur ben Shedeur.

³⁶ On the fifth day Shelumiel ben Tzurishaddai, Nasi of the Bnei Shim’on, did offer:

³⁷ His korban was one silver bowl, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, according to shekel HaKodesh; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a minchah;

³⁸ One golden ladle of ten shekels, full of ketoret;

³⁹ One young bull, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for an olah;

⁴⁰ One kid of the goats for a chattat;

⁴¹ And for a zevach of shelamim, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year; this was the korban of Shelumiel ben Tzurishaddai.

⁴² On the sixth day Elyasaph ben Deuel, Nasi of the Bnei Gad, offered:

⁴³ His korban was one silver bowl of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, a silver basin of seventy shekels, according to shekel HaKodesh; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a minchah;

⁴⁴ One golden ladle of ten shekels, full of ketoret;

⁴⁵ One young bull, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for an olah (burnt offering);

⁴⁶ One kid of the goats for a chattat;

⁴⁷ And for a zevach of shelamim, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year; this was the korban of Elyasaph ben Deuel.

⁴⁸ On the seventh day Elishama ben Ammihud, Nasi of the Bnei Ephrayim, offered:

⁴⁹ His korban was one silver bowl, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, according to shekel HaKodesh; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a minchah;

⁵⁰ One golden ladle of ten shekels, full of ketoret;

⁵¹ One young bull, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for an olah (burnt offering);

⁵² One kid of the goats for a chattat;

⁵³ And for a zevach of shelamim, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year; this was the korban of Elishama ben Ammihud.

⁵⁴ On the eighth day Gamaliel ben Pedahtzur, Nasi of the Bnei Menasheh offered:

⁵⁵ His korban was one silver bowl of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, according to shekel HaKodesh; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a minchah;

⁵⁶ One golden ladle of ten shekels, full of ketoret;

⁵⁷ One young bull, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for an olah (burnt offering);

⁵⁸ One kid of the goats for a chattat;

⁵⁹ And for a zevach of shelamim, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year; this was the korban of Gamaliel ben Pedahtzur.

⁶⁰ On the ninth day Avidan ben Gideoni, Nasi of the Bnei Binyamin, offered:

⁶¹ His korban was one silver bowl, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, according to shekel HaKodesh; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a minchah;

⁶² One golden ladle of ten shekels, full of ketoret;

⁶³ One young bull, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for an olah;

⁶⁴ One kid of the goats for a chattat;

⁶⁵ And for a zevach of shelamim, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year; this was the korban of Avidan ben Gideoni.

⁶⁶ On the tenth day Achiezer ben Ammishaddai, Nasi of the Bnei Dan, offered:

⁶⁷ His korban was one silver bowl, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, according to shekel HaKodesh; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a minchah;

⁶⁸ One golden ladle of ten shekels, full of ketoret;

⁶⁹ One young bull, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for an olah;

⁷⁰ One kid of the goats for a chattat;

⁷¹ And for a zevach of shelamim, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year; this was the korban of Achiezer ben Ammishaddai.

⁷² On the eleventh day Pagiel ben Ochran, Nasi of the Bnei Asher, offered:

⁷³ His korban was one silver bowl, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, according to shekel HaKodesh; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a minchah;

⁷⁴ One golden ladle of ten shekels, full of ketoret;

⁷⁵ One young bull, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for an olah;

⁷⁶ One kid of the goats for a chattat;

⁷⁷ And for a zevach of shelamim, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year; this was the korban of Pagiel ben Ochran.

⁷⁸ On the twelfth day Achira ben Enan, Nasi of the Bnei Naphtali, offered:

⁷⁹ His korban was one silver bowl, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, according to shekel HaKodesh; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a minchah;

⁸⁰ One golden ladle of ten shekels, full of ketoret;

⁸¹ One young bull, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for an olah;

⁸² One kid of the goats for a chattat;

⁸³ And for a zevach of shelamim, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year; this was the korban of Achira ben Enan.

⁸⁴ This was the dedication of the Mizbe’ach, in the day when it was anointed, by the Nasiim of Yisroel: twelve bowls of kesef, twelve silver basins, twelve spoons of zahav:

⁸⁵ Each bowl of silver weighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each basin seventy; all the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels, according to the shekel HaKodesh;

⁸⁶ The golden spoons were twelve, full of ketoret, weighing ten shekels apiece, according to the shekel HaKodesh; all the zahav of the spoons was an hundred and twenty shekels.

⁸⁷ All the oxen for the olah (burnt offering) were twelve bulls, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their minchah; and the kids of the goats for chattat twelve.

⁸⁸ And all the oxen for the zevach of the shelamim were twenty and four bulls, the rams sixty, the he-goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication of the Mizbe’ach, after that it was anointed.

⁸⁹ And when Moshe was gone into the Ohel Mo’ed to speak with Him, then he heard the voice of One speaking unto him from over the kapporet that was upon the Aron HaEdut, from between the two keruvim; so He spoke unto him.

[BEHAALOSECHA]

8 And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying,

² Speak unto Aharon and say unto him, When thou set up the Nerot (lamps), the seven Nerot (lamps) shall cast light in front of the Menorah.

³ And Aharon did so; he set up the Nerot (lamps) thereof to give light in front of the Menorah, as Hashem commanded Moshe.

⁴ And the Menorah was made thus of hammered zahav, from its base unto its flower was it hammered out; according unto the mar’eh (pattern) which Hashem had shown Moshe, so he made the Menorah.

⁵ And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying,

⁶ Take the Levi’im from among the Bnei Yisroel, and make them tahor.

⁷ And thus shalt thou do unto them, to make them tahor: Sprinkle water of purification upon them, and let them cause a razor to pass over their basar, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves tahor.

⁸ Then let them take a young bull with its minchah, even fine flour mixed with shemen, and another young bull shalt thou take for a chattat.

⁹ And thou shalt bring the Levi’im before the Ohel Mo’ed: and thou shalt gather Kol Adat Bnei Yisroel together;

¹⁰ And thou shalt bring the Levi’im before Hashem; and the Bnei Yisroel shall lay their hands upon the Levi’im;

¹¹ And Aharon shall offer the Levi’im before Hashem for a tenufah from the Bnei Yisroel, that they may perform the Avodat Hashem.

¹² And the Levi’im shall lay their hands upon the rosh of the bulls; and thou shalt offer the one for a chattat, and the other for an olah, unto Hashem, to make kapporah for the Levi’im.

¹³ And thou shalt set the Levi’im before Aharon, and before his Banim, and offer them for a tenufah unto Hashem.

¹⁴ Thus shalt thou set apart as separate the Levi’im from among the Bnei Yisroel; and the Levi’im shall be Mine.

¹⁵ And after that shall the Levi’im go in to do the service of the Ohel Mo’ed; and thou shalt make them tahor and offer them for a tenufah.

¹⁶ For they are wholly given unto Me from among the Bnei Yisroel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the Bechor Kol Bnei Yisroel, have I taken them unto Me.

¹⁷ For Kol Bechor Bnei Yisroel are Mine, both adam and behemah; on the day that I struck down kol bechor in Eretz Mitzrayim I set them apart as kodesh for Myself.

¹⁸ And I have taken the Levi’im tachat (instead of) Kol Bechor Bnei Yisroel.

¹⁹ And I have given the Levi’im as a gift to Aharon and to his Banim from among the Bnei Yisroel, to do the Avodat Bnei Yisroel in the Ohel Mo’ed, and to make kapporah for the Bnei Yisroel; so that there be no plague among the Bnei Yisroel, when the Bnei Yisroel come near unto HaKodesh.

²⁰ And Moshe, and Aharon, and Kol Adat Bnei Yisroel, did with the Levi’im according unto all that Hashem commanded Moshe concerning the Levi’im, so did the Bnei Yisroel unto them.

²¹ And the Levi’im purified themselves, and they immersed their clothes; and Aharon offered them as a tenufah before Hashem; and Aharon made kapporah for them to make them tahor.

²² And after that went the Levi’im in to do their Avodah in the Ohel Mo’ed before Aharon, and before his Banim; just as Hashem had commanded Moshe concerning the Levi’im, so did they with them.

²³ And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying,

²⁴ This is it that belongeth unto the Levi’im: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall enter to perform service in the Avodat Ohel Mo’ed;

²⁵ And from the age of fifty years they shall retire from the service of the Avodah and shall serve no more;

²⁶ But shall assist with their brethren in the Ohel Mo’ed, in performing their duties, and shall do no Avodah. Thus shalt thou do with the Levi’im regarding their duties.

9 And Hashem spoke unto Moshe in the Midbar Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of Eretz Mitzrayim, saying,

² Let the Bnei Yisroel also observe the Pesach at its appointed season.

³ In the fourteenth day of this month, at twilight, ye shall observe it in its appointed season; according to kol chukkot of it, according to all the mishpatim thereof, shall ye observe it.

⁴ And Moshe spoke unto the Bnei Yisroel, that they should observe the Pesach.

⁵ And they observed the Pesach on the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight in the Midbar Sinai; according to all that Hashem commanded Moshe, so did the Bnei Yisroel.

⁶ And there were certain men, who were teme’im by the nefesh (dead body) of an adam, that they could not observe the Pesach on that day; and they came before Moshe and before Aharon on that day;

⁷ And those men said unto him, We are teme’im (unclean) by the nefesh of a man; but why should we be kept back, that we may not offer a korban Hashem in its appointed season among the Bnei Yisroel?

⁸ And Moshe said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what Hashem will command concerning you.

⁹ And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying,

¹⁰ Speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, saying, If any man of you or of your descendents shall be tamei by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall observe the Pesach unto Hashem.

¹¹ The fourteenth day of the second month [Iyyar] at twilight they shall observe it, and eat it with matzot and merorim (bitter herbs).

¹² They shall leave none of it unto boker, nor break any bone of it; according to all the chukkat of the Pesach they shall observe it.

¹³ But the man that is tahor, and is not in a journey, and faileth to observe the Pesach, even the same nefesh shall be cut off from among his people; because he brought not the korban Hashem at its appointed time, that man shall bear his sin.

¹⁴ And if a ger shall stay for a while among you, and will observe the Pesach unto Hashem; according to the chukkat of the Pesach, and according to the mishpat thereof, so shall he do; ye shall have one chukkat, both for the ger, and for him that was born in the land.

¹⁵ And on the day that the Mishkan was set up the Anan covered the Mishkan, namely, the Ohel HaEdut; and at erev there was upon the Mishkan as it were the appearance of eish, until boker.

¹⁶ So it was tamid: the Anan covered it by day, and the appearance of eish by lailah.

¹⁷ And when the Anan was lifted up from the Ohel, then after that the Bnei Yisroel set out; and in the place where the Anan abode, there the Bnei Yisroel encamped.

¹⁸ At the mouth of Hashem the Bnei Yisroel set out, and at the mouth of Hashem they encamped; as long as the Anan abode upon the Mishkan they encamped.

¹⁹ And when the Anan tarried long upon the Mishkan many days, then the Bnei Yisroel obeyed the order of Hashem, and did not set out.

²⁰ And so it was, when the Anan was a few days upon the Mishkan; according to the mouth of Hashem they encamped; according to the mouth of Hashem they set out.

²¹ And so it was, when the Anan abode from erev unto boker, and that the Anan was lifted up in the boker, then they set out; whether it was by yomam valailah that the Anan was lifted up, they set out.

²² Or whether it were two days, or a month, or longer, that the Anan tarried over the Mishkan remaining thereon, the Bnei Yisroel abode in their tents, and did not set out; but when it was lifted up, they set out.

²³ At the mouth of Hashem they encamped, and at the mouth of Hashem they set out; they obeyed the order of Hashem, at the mouth of Hashem by the hand of Moshe.