And the leaders offered the dedication offering for the altar when it was anointed, so the leaders 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.
- KJV 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.
- 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.
- 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
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- 2 Chr 7:9On the eighth day, they held a solemn assembly; for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
- 1 Kgs 8:63Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered to Yahweh, twenty two thousand head of cattle, and one hundred twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated Yahweh’s house.
- 2 Chr 7:5King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand head of cattle and a hundred twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated God’s house.
- Deut 20:5The officers shall speak to the people, saying, “What man is there who has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.
- Neh 12:27At 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 giving thanks, and with singing, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and with harps.
- Ps 30:1A Psalm. A Song for the Dedication of the Temple. By David. I will extol you, Yahweh, for you have raised me up, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me.
- Ezra 6:16–17The children of Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy.
- Num 7:1On the day that Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle, and had anointed it and sanctified it, with all its furniture, and the altar with all its vessels, and had anointed and sanctified them;
- Neh 12:43They offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced; for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and the women and the children also rejoiced; so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even far away.
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