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Numbers 7

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On the day that had finished setting up the , and had it and it with all its furniture, and the with all its vessels, and had and them; the princes of Israel, the heads of their fathers' houses, gave . These were the princes of the tribes. These are they who were over those who were counted; ³and they brought their before , six covered wagons and twelve oxen; a wagon for every two of the princes, and for each one an ox. They presented them before the . ⁴ spoke to , saying, "Accept these from them, that they may be used in doing the of the ; and you shall give them to the , to every man according to his ." ⁶ took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them to the . He gave two wagons and four oxen to the sons of , according to their . He gave four wagons and eight oxen to the sons of , according to their , under the direction of the son of the priest. But to the sons of he gave none, because the of belonged to them; they carried it on their shoulders. The princes gave for the dedication of the in the day that it was . The princes gave their before the . said to , "They shall offer their , each prince on his day, for the dedication of the ." He who offered his the first day was the son of , of the tribe of Judah, and his was: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty , one silver bowl of seventy , according to the , both of them full of mixed with oil for a ; one golden ladle of ten , full of ; one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a ; one male goat for a ; and for the of , two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the of the son of . On the second day the son of , prince of , gave his . ¹⁹He offered for his : one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty , one silver bowl of seventy , according to the , both of them full of mixed with oil for a ; ²⁰one golden ladle of ten , full of ; one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a ; ²²one male goat for a ; and for the of , two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the of the son of . On the third day the son of , prince of the children of , ²⁵gave his : one silver platter, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty , one silver bowl of seventy , according to the , both of them full of mixed with oil for a ; ²⁶one golden ladle of ten , full of ; one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a ; ²⁸one male goat for a ; ²⁹and for the of , two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the of the son of . On the fourth day the son of , prince of the children of , ³¹gave his : one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty , one silver bowl of seventy , according to the , both of them full of mixed with oil for a ; one golden ladle of ten , full of ; ³³one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a ; ³⁴one male goat for a ; ³⁵and for the of , two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the of the son of . On the fifth day the son of , prince of the children of , ³⁷gave his : one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty , one silver bowl of seventy , according to the , both of them full of mixed with oil for a ; ³⁸one golden ladle of ten , full of ; one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a ; ⁴⁰one male goat for a ; ⁴¹and for the of , two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old: this was the of the son of . On the sixth day, the son of , prince of the children of Gad, gave his : one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty , one silver bowl of seventy , according to the , both of them full of mixed with oil for a ; ⁴⁴one golden ladle of ten , full of ; one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a ; ⁴⁶one male goat for a ; ⁴⁷and for the of , two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the of the son of . On the seventh day the son of , prince of the children of , ⁴⁹gave his : one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty , one silver bowl of seventy , according to the , both of them full of mixed with oil for a ; ⁵⁰one golden ladle of ten , full of ; ⁵¹one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a ; ⁵²one male goat for a ; ⁵³and for the of , two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the of the son of . On the eighth day the son of , prince of the children of , ⁵⁵gave his : one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty , one silver bowl of seventy , according to the , both of them full of mixed with oil for a ; ⁵⁶one golden ladle of ten , full of ; ⁵⁷one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a ; ⁵⁸one male goat for a ; ⁵⁹and for the of , two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the of the son of . On the ninth day the son of , prince of the children of , ⁶¹gave his : one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty , one silver bowl of seventy , according to the , both of them full of mixed with oil for a ; one golden ladle of ten , full of ; ⁶³one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a ; ⁶⁴one male goat for a ; ⁶⁵and for the of , two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the of the son of . On the tenth day the son of , prince of the children of Dan, ⁶⁷gave his : one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty , one silver bowl of seventy , according to the , both of them full of mixed with oil for a ; ⁶⁸one golden ladle of ten , full of ; ⁶⁹one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a ; ⁷⁰one male goat for a ; ⁷¹and for the of , two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the of the son of . On the eleventh day the son of , prince of the children of Asher, gave his : one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty , one silver bowl of seventy , according to the , both of them full of mixed with oil for a ; ⁷⁴one golden ladle of ten , full of ; ⁷⁵one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a ; ⁷⁶one male goat for a ; ⁷⁷and for the of , two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the of the son of . On the twelfth day the son of , prince of the children of , ⁷⁹gave his : one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty , one silver bowl of seventy , according to the , both of them full of mixed with oil for a ; ⁸⁰one golden ladle of ten , full of ; ⁸¹one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a ; ⁸²one male goat for a ; ⁸³and for the of , two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the of the son of . This was the dedication of the , on the day when it was , by the princes of Israel: twelve silver platters, twelve silver bowls, twelve golden ladles; each silver platter weighing one hundred thirty , and each bowl seventy; all the silver of the vessels two thousand four hundred , according to the ; ⁸⁶the twelve golden ladles, full of , weighing ten apiece, according to the ; all the gold of the ladles weighed one hundred twenty ; ⁸⁷all the cattle for the twelve bulls, the rams twelve, the male lambs a year old twelve, and their ; and twelve male goats for a ; and all the cattle for the of : twenty-four bulls, sixty rams, sixty male goats, and sixty male lambs a year old. This was the dedication of the , after it was . When went into the to speak with , he heard his voice speaking to him from above the that was on the , from between the two ; and he spoke to him.

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The world at this moment · Egypt and Sinai, 1450 BC to 1200 BC ›

Israel in and then out of Egypt, at a period when Egypt was an imperial power that also controlled Canaan. The nation is formed as a people with a law before it has any land.

Egypt: The New Kingdom at its imperial peak, with a professional army, a chariot corps, and control reaching up through Canaan. Ramesses II reigns for sixty-six years and covers the country in monuments to himself. Egyptian power in this period is the reason Canaan is garrisoned rather than free.
The Hittites: The other superpower, in what is now Turkey, and Egypt's rival for the Levant. The two fight the largest chariot battle of the ancient world at Kadesh, then sign a treaty whose text survives from both sides. Hittite treaty form, with its historical prologue, stipulations, witnesses, blessings, and curses, is the shape the Sinai covenant takes, which is one of the stronger arguments for the antiquity of that material.
The Aegean: Mycenaean Greece: warrior kings in stone citadels at Mycenae and Pylos, keeping palace accounts in Linear B. The world of the Trojan War stories, whatever lies behind them.
Further afield: The Shang dynasty in China is casting extraordinary bronzes and writing questions to its ancestors on ox bones. In Mesoamerica the Olmec are beginning the first civilisation of the Americas.

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