New Living Translation
Numbers 7:1
1On the day Moses set up the Tabernacle, he anointed it and set it apart as holy. He also anointed and set apart all its furnishings and the altar with its utensils.
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
On the day Moses set up the Tabernacle, he anointed it and set it apart as holy. He also anointed and set apart all its furnishings and the altar with its utensils. 2Then the leaders of Israel—the tribal leaders who had registered the troops—came and brought their offerings. 3Together they brought six large wagons and twelve oxen. There was a wagon for every two leaders and an ox for each leader. They presented these to the Lord in front of 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
Words taken from the KJV.
- And it came to pass on the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- that Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
- had fullyכָּלָהkâlâh · to end: finishH3615
- set upקוּםqûm · to arise: raiseH6965
- the tabernacleמִשְׁכָּןmishkân · tabernacleH4908
- and had anointedמָשַׁחmâshach · to anointH4886
- it, and sanctifiedקָדַשׁqâdash · to consecrate: consecateH6942
- it, and all the instrumentsכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
- thereof, both the altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
Cross-references for Numbers 7:1
- Exodus 40:17So the Tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year.
- Exodus 30:23“Collect choice spices—12-1/2 pounds of pure myrrh, 6-1/4 pounds of fragrant cinnamon, 6-1/4 pounds of fragrant calamus,
- Leviticus 8:10Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the Tabernacle and everything in it, making them holy.
- Leviticus 9:1After the ordination ceremony, on the eighth day, Moses called together Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel.
- Genesis 2:3And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because it was the day when he rested from all his work of creation.
- Exodus 13:2“Dedicate to me every firstborn among the Israelites. The first offspring to be born, of both humans and animals, belongs to me.”
- 1 Kings 8:64That same day the king consecrated the central area of the courtyard in front of the Lord’s Temple. He offered burnt offerings, grain offerings, and the fat of peace offerings there, because the bronze altar in the Lord’s presence was too small to hold all the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.
- Matthew 23:19How blind! For which is more important—the gift on the altar or the altar that makes the gift sacred?
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
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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
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