American Standard Version
Numbers 7:1
1And it came to pass on the day that Moses had made an end of setting up the tabernacle, and had anointed it and sanctified it, and all the furniture thereof, and the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them and sanctified them;
Numbers 7:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And 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;
- New International Version (NIV)When Moses finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed and consecrated it and all its furnishings. He also anointed and consecrated the altar and all its utensils.
- English Standard Version (ESV)On the day when Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle and had anointed and consecrated it with all its furnishings and had anointed and consecrated the altar with all its utensils,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now it came to pass, when Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle, that he anointed it and consecrated it and all its furnishings, and the altar and all its utensils; so he anointed them and consecrated them.
Context of Numbers 7:1
And it came to pass on the day that Moses had made an end of setting up the tabernacle, and had anointed it and sanctified it, and all the furniture thereof, and the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them and sanctified them; 2that 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: 3and they brought their oblation before Jehovah, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for every two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they presented them before the tabernacle.
Read all of Numbers 7Numbers 7:1 word by word
וַיְהִ֡י בְּיוֹם֩ כַּלּ֨וֹת מֹשֶׁ֜ה לְהָקִ֣ים אֶת־הַמִּשְׁכָּ֗ן וַיִּמְשַׁ֨ח אֹת֜וֹ וַיְקַדֵּ֤שׁ אֹתוֹ֙ וְאֶת־כָּל־כֵּלָ֔יו וְאֶת־הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ וְאֶת־כָּל־כֵּלָ֑יו וַיִּמְשָׁחֵ֖ם וַיְקַדֵּ֥שׁ אֹתָֽם׃Read the interlinear
- dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
- endכָּלָהkâlâh · to end: finishH3615
- settingקוּםqûm · to arise: raiseH6965
- tabernacleמִשְׁכָּןmishkân · tabernacleH4908
- anointedמָשַׁחmâshach · to anointH4886
- sanctifiedקָדַשׁqâdash · to consecrate: consecateH6942
- altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
- vesselsכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
Cross-references for Numbers 7:1
- Exodus 40:17And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.
- Exodus 30:23Take thou also unto thee the chief spices: of flowing myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty,
- Leviticus 8:10And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them.
- Leviticus 9:1And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel;
- Genesis 2:3And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it; because that in it he rested from all his work which God had created and made.
- Exodus 13:2Sanctify unto me all the first-born, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
- 1 Kings 8:64The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of Jehovah; for there he offered the burnt-offering, and the meal-offering, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar that was before Jehovah was too little to receive the burnt-offering, and the meal-offering, and the fat of the peace-offerings.
- Matthew 23:19Ye blind: for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
Commentaries on Numbers 7:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1On the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle - The transactions mentioned in this chapter took place on the second day of the second month of the second year after their departure from Egypt; and the proper place of this account is immediately after the tenth chapter of Leviticus.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1On the day that - i. e. “at the time that,” compare Genesis 2:4. The presentation of the gifts in fact occupied twelve days, as the sequel shows. The enactments set forth in the chapters from Leviticus 10 to Numbers 6 inclusive, were doubtless promulgated at various times between the consecration of the tabernacle and the departure from Sinai, but are for convenience set out connectedly. The contents of the present chapter are accordingly placed after…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The offerings of the princes at the dedication of the tabernacle. (1-9) The offerings of the princes at the dedication of the altar. (10-89) Verses 1-9 The offering of the princes to the service of the tabernacle was not made till it was fully set up. Necessary observances must always take place of free-will offerings. The more any are advanced, the greater opportunity they have of serving God and their generation. No sooner was the tabernacle set up…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1Moses set up the tabernacle on the first day of the second year after the exodus from Egypt (Exodus 40:1–2). Moses finished setting up the tabernacle. Then he anointed and consecrated it and all its furnishings, along with the altar and all its utensils (compare Exodus 40:9–10; Leviticus 8:10–11). The altar, as the place of sacrifice, was especially important among the holy furniture.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-891. the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle--Those who take the word "day" as literally pointing to the exact date of the completion of the tabernacle, are under a necessity of considering the sacred narrative as disjointed, and this portion of the history from the seventh to the eleventh chapters as out of its place--the chronology requiring that it should have immediately followed the fortieth chapter of Exodus, which relates that the…Read the comment
Topics related to Numbers 7:1
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Numbers 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain
Commentaries