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.
Parallel translations
- WEB The princes gave offerings for the dedication of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes gave their offerings before the altar.
- BSB When the altar was anointed, the leaders approached with their offerings for its dedication and presented them before the altar.
- NKJV Now the leaders offered the dedication offering for the altar when it was anointed; so the leaders offered their offering before the altar.
- NASB And the leaders offered the dedication offering for the altar when it was anointed, so the leaders offered their offering before the altar.
- NLT The leaders also presented dedication gifts for the altar at the time it was anointed. They each placed their gifts before the altar.
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Quick answer
The tribal leaders also brought offerings for the dedication of the altar.
Overview
Beyond the wagons, the princes presented dedication gifts for the newly anointed altar. This marked the altar's inauguration for its sacred purpose of sacrifice. The lavish, unified giving expressed the people's joy in establishing worship at God's appointed place.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- 2 Chr 7:9And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
- 1 Kgs 8:63And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.
- 2 Chr 7:5And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
- Deut 20:5And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.
- Neh 12:27And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.
- Ps 30:1I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.
- Ezra 6:16–17And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy,
- Num 7:1And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them;
- Neh 12:43Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
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