and the priest shall offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, and make atonement for them, because they incurred guilt by reason of the corpse. They shall sanctify the head that same day,
and separate themselves to the LORD for their days as nazirites,[10 (#ulink_d0b4e7b8-0ae8-5ad1-a865-4df9f9d42450)] and bring a male lamb a year old as a guilt offering. The former time shall be void, because the consecrated head was defiled.
13 This is the law for the nazirites[10 (#ulink_d0b4e7b8-0ae8-5ad1-a865-4df9f9d42450)] when the time of their consecration has been completed: they shall be brought to the entrance of the tent of meeting,
and they shall offer their gift to the LORD, one male lamb a year old without blemish as a burnt offering, one ewe lamb a year old without blemish as a sin offering, one ram without blemish as an offering of well-being,
and a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of choice flour mixed with oil and unleavened wafers spread with oil, with their grain offering and their drink offerings.
The priest shall present them before the LORD and offer their sin offering and burnt offering,
and shall offer the ram as a sacrifice of well-being to the LORD, with the basket of unleavened bread; the priest also shall make the accompanying grain offering and drink offering.
Then the nazirites[10 (#ulink_d0b4e7b8-0ae8-5ad1-a865-4df9f9d42450)] shall shave the consecrated head at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and shall take the hair from the consecrated head and put it on the fire under the sacrifice of well-being.
The priest shall take the shoulder of the ram, when it is boiled, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them in the palms of the nazirites,[10 (#ulink_d0b4e7b8-0ae8-5ad1-a865-4df9f9d42450)] after they have shaved the consecrated head.
Then the priest shall elevate them as an elevation offering before the LORD; they are a holy portion for the priest, together with the breast that is elevated and the thigh that is offered. After that the nazirites[10 (#ulink_d0b4e7b8-0ae8-5ad1-a865-4df9f9d42450)] may drink wine.
21 This is the law for the nazirites[10 (#ulink_d0b4e7b8-0ae8-5ad1-a865-4df9f9d42450)] who take a vow. Their offering to the LORD must be in accordance with the nazirite[11 (#ulink_8f137578-713b-5af1-8d7a-0a86055a5b95)] vow, apart from what else they can afford. In accordance with whatever vow they take, so they shall do, following the law for their consecration.
22 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:
Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, Thus you shall bless the Israelites: You shall say to them,
The LORD bless you and keep you;
the LORD make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you;
the LORD lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace.
For reflection: Numbers 6:24–26
God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.
—from Mere Christianity
27 So they shall put my name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.
7 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,
the leaders of Israel, heads of their ancestral houses, the leaders of the tribes, who were over those who were enrolled, made offerings.
They brought their offerings before the LORD, six covered wagons and twelve oxen, a wagon for every two of the leaders, and for each one an ox; they presented them before the tabernacle.
Then the LORD said to Moses:
Accept these from them, that they may be used in doing the service of the tent of meeting, and give them to the Levites, to each according to his service.
So Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them to the Levites.
Two wagons and four oxen he gave to the Gershonites, according to their service;
and four wagons and eight oxen he gave to the Merarites, according to their service, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
But to the Kohathites he gave none, because they were charged with the care of the holy things that had to be carried on the shoulders.
10 The leaders also presented offerings for the dedication of the altar at the time when it was anointed; the leaders presented their offering before the altar.
The LORD said to Moses: They shall present their offerings, one leader each day, for the dedication of the altar.
12 The one who presented his offering the first day was Nahshon son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah;
his offering was one silver plate weighing one hundred thirty shekels, one silver basin weighing seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of choice flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
one golden dish weighing ten shekels, full of incense;
one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
one male goat for a sin offering;
and for the sacrifice of well-being, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nahshon son of Amminadab.
18 On the second day Nethanel son of Zuar, the leader of Issachar, presented an offering;
he presented for his offering one silver plate weighing one hundred thirty shekels, one silver basin weighing seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of choice flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
one golden dish weighing ten shekels, full of incense;
one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, as a burnt offering;
one male goat as a sin offering;
and for the sacrifice of well-being, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nethanel son of Zuar.
24 On the third day Eliab son of Helon, the leader of the Zebulunites:
his offering was one silver plate weighing one hundred thirty shekels, one silver basin weighing seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of choice flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
one golden dish weighing ten shekels, full of incense;
one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
one male goat for a sin offering;
and for the sacrifice of well-being, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliab son of Helon.
30 On the fourth day Elizur son of Shedeur, the leader of the Reubenites:
