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“As for the Merarites, you are to register them by their clans and their ancestral families.

men from thirty years old to fifty years old, everyone who was qualified for work at the tent of meeting.

men from thirty years old to fifty years old, everyone who was qualified for work at the tent of meeting.

those from thirty years old to fifty years old, everyone who was qualified for work at the tent of meeting.

But if that individual has no relative to receive compensation, the compensation goes to the Lord for the priest, along with the atonement ram by which the priest will make atonement for the guilty person.

then the man is to bring his wife to the priest. He is also to bring an offering for her of two quarts of barley flour. He is not to pour oil over it or put frankincense on it because it is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering for remembrance to draw attention to guilt.

After the priest has the woman stand before the Lord, he is to let down her hair and place in her hands the grain offering for remembrance, which is the grain offering of jealousy. The priest is to hold the bitter water that brings a curse.

or when a feeling of jealousy comes over a husband and he becomes jealous of his wife. He is to have the woman stand before the Lord, and the priest will carry out all these instructions for her.

He is not to defile himself for his father or mother, or his brother or sister, when they die, while the mark of consecration to his God is on his head.

The priest is to present them as a presentation offering before the Lord. It is a holy portion for the priest, in addition to the breast of the presentation offering and the thigh of the contribution. After that, the Nazirite may drink wine.

“These are the instructions about the Nazirite who vows his offering to the Lord for his consecration, in addition to whatever else he can afford; he must fulfill whatever vow he makes in keeping with the instructions for his consecration.”

The leaders also presented the dedication gift for the altar when it was anointed. The leaders presented their offerings in front of the altar.

The Lord told Moses, “Each day have one leader present his offering for the dedication of the altar.”

His offering was one silver dish weighing 3¼ pounds and one silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds, measured by the standard sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;

one male goat for a sin offering;

and two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old, for the fellowship sacrifice. This was the offering of Nahshon son of Amminadab.

As his offering, he presented one silver dish weighing 3¼ pounds and one silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds, measured by the standard sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;

one male goat for a sin offering;