2 Samuel 6:19
19and distributed among all the people, the whole multitude of Israel, both men and women, a cake of bread, a portion of meat, ▼▼Vulgate; the meaning of the Hebrew term is uncertain
and a cake of raisins to each one. bThen all the people departed, each to his house. 1 Kings 8:63-64
63Solomon offered as peace offerings to the Lord 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord. 64The same day the king consecrated the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord, for there he offered the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat pieces of the peace offerings, because cthe bronze altar that was before the Lord was too small to receive the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat pieces of the peace offerings.1 Chronicles 16:2-3
2And when David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord 3and distributed to all Israel, both men and women, to each a loaf of bread, a portion of meat, ▼▼Compare Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
and a cake of raisins. 1 Chronicles 29:3-9
3Moreover, in addition to all that I have provided for the holy house, I have a treasure of my own of gold and silver, and because of my devotion to the house of my God I give it to the house of my God: 4 e3,000 talents ▼▼A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
of gold, of the gold of gOphir, and 7,000 talents of refined silver, for overlaying the walls of the house, ▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew houses
5and for all the work to be done by craftsmen, gold for the things of gold and silver for the things of silver. Who then will offer willingly, consecrating himself ▼▼Or ordaining himself; Hebrew filling his hand
today to the Lord?” 6Then jthe leaders of fathers’ houses made their freewill offerings, as did also the leaders of the tribes, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and kthe officers over the king’s work. 7They gave for the service of the house of God 5,000 talents and 10,000 ldarics ▼
▼A daric was a coin weighing about 1/4 ounce or 8.5 grams
of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze and 100,000 talents of iron. 8And whoever had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of the Lord, in the care of nJehiel the Gershonite. 9Then the people rejoiced because they had given willingly, for with a owhole heart they had offered freely to the Lord. David the king also rejoiced greatly. 2 Chronicles 5:6
6And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who had assembled before him, were before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.2 Chronicles 7:4-5
The Dedication of the Temple
4 pThen the king and all the people offered sacrifice before the Lord. 5King Solomon offered as a sacrifice 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.Ezekiel 46:4-12
4 qThe burnt offering that the prince offers to the Lord ron the Sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish. 5And sthe grain offering with the ram shall be an ephah, ▼▼An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters
and the grain offering with the lambs shall be uas much as he is able, together with a hin ▼▼A hin was about 4 quarts or 3.5 liters
of oil to each ephah. 6On the day of the new moon he shall offer a bull from the herd without blemish, and six lambs and a ram, which shall be without blemish. 7As a grain offering he shall provide an ephah with the bull and an ephah with the ram, and with the lambs was much as he is able, together with a hin of oil to each ephah. 8 xWhen the prince enters, he shall enter by the vestibule of the gate, and he shall go out by the same way. 9 y“When the people of the land zcome before the Lord at the appointed feasts, he who enters by the north gate to worship shall go out by the south gate, and he who enters by the south gate shall go out by the north gate: no one shall return by way of the gate by which he entered, but each shall go out straight ahead. 10When they enter, aathe prince shall enter with them, and when they go out, he shall go out.
11“At the feasts and the appointed festivals, abthe grain offering with a young bull shall be an ephah, and with a ram an ephah, and with the lambs acas much as one is able to give, together with a hin of oil to an ephah. 12When the prince provides ada freewill offering, either a burnt offering or peace offerings as a freewill offering to the Lord, aethe gate facing east shall be opened for him. And he shall offer his burnt offering or his peace offerings afas he does on the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and after he has gone out the gate shall be shut.
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