Numbers 7:1

On the same day that Moses finished putting up the Tabernacle, he anointed it and dedicated it, along with all its furniture, the altar, and all its utensils.

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In The King James Version

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;

In Context

2The Israelite leaders who were the heads of their families came and gave an offering. They were the same leaders of the tribes who had worked on the registration of the Israelites.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:3God blessed the seventh day, and set it apart as holy, because he rested from all the work he'd done in creation.

Exodus 29:36Every day you are to sacrifice a bull as a sin offering for forgiveness. When you do this the altar needs to be purified. Anoint it to make it holy.

Exodus 30:29Dedicate them so that they will be especially holy. Whatever touches them will become holy.

Exodus 40:11Anoint and dedicate the basin with its stand.

Leviticus 8:10Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the Tabernacle and everything in it to dedicate it all.

Numbers 7:84So on the day the altar was anointed, the dedicatory offerings brought by the Israelite leaders were twelve silver plates, twelve silver bowls, and twelve gold dishes.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 7:1

God having set up house (as it were) in the midst of the camp of Israel, the princes of Israel here come a visiting with their presents, as tenants to their landlord, in the name of their respective tribes. I. They brought presents, 1. Upon the dedication of the tabernacle, for the service of that, ver. 1-9 . 2. Upon the dedication of the altar, for the use of that, ver. 10-88 . And, II. God graciously signified his acceptance of them, ver. 89 . The two foregoing chapters were the records of additional laws which… Read the whole commentary →

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