Numbers 7:1

King James Version 1769 (Standard 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;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִ֡י בְּיוֹם֩ כַּלּ֨וֹת מֹשֶׁ֜ה לְהָקִ֣ים אֶת־הַמִּשְׁכָּ֗ן וַיִּמְשַׁ֨ח אֹת֜וֹ וַיְקַדֵּ֤שׁ אֹתוֹ֙ וְאֶת־כָּל־כֵּלָ֔יו וְאֶת־הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ וְאֶת־כָּל־כֵּלָ֑יו וַיִּמְשָׁחֵ֖ם וַיְקַדֵּ֥שׁ אֹתָֽם׃

Transliteration

wa-yəhî in yôm kallôt Mōšeh ləhāqîm ʾet-the-miškān wa-yimšaḥ ʾōtô wa-yəqaddēš ʾōtô wə-ʾet-all-kēlāyw wə-ʾet-the-mizbēaḥ wə-ʾet-all-kēlāyw wa-yimšāḥēm wa-yəqaddēš ʾōtām

Grammar Details

• *wa-yəhî*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and it came to pass/happened
• *yôm*: masculine singular construct - day of
• *kallôt*: infinitive construct of *kālâ* - to complete/finish
• *Mōšeh*: proper noun, masculine singular - Moses
• *ləhāqîm*: preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - to set up/erect
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *miškān*: noun, masculine singular - tabernacle/dwelling place
• *wa-yimšaḥ*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he anointed
• *ʾōtô*: direct object marker with 3rd masculine singular suffix - it/him
• *wa-yəqaddēš*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, piel - and he sanctified/consecrated
• *kēlāyw*: noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his vessels/utensils
• *mizbēaḥ*: noun, masculine singular - altar
• *wa-yimšāḥēm*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - and he anointed them
• *ʾōtām*: direct object marker with 3rd masculine plural suffix - them

Word Meanings

• *yəhî*: happened/came to pass/was
• *kallôt*: finishing/completing/ending
• *ləhāqîm*: to raise up/to erect/to establish
• *miškān*: tabernacle/dwelling place/tent sanctuary
• *yimšaḥ*: anointed/smeared with oil
• *yəqaddēš*: sanctified/consecrated/set apart

Referenced Verses

• Lev 8:10-11 : 10 And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernac and all that was therein, and sanctified them. 11 And he sprinkd thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify them.
• Lev 9:1-9 : 1 And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses cald Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel; 2 And he said unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, without bmish, and offer them before the LORD. 3 And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without bmish, for a burnt offering; 4 Also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the LORD; and a meat offering mingd with oil: for to day the LORD will appear unto you. 5 And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernac of the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood before the LORD. 6 And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commanded that ye should do: and the glory of the LORD shall appear unto you. 7 And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for thyself, and for the peop: and offer the offering of the peop, and make an atonement for them; as the LORD commanded. 8 Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and sw the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself. 9 And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him: and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar: 10 But the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin offering, he burnt upon the altar; as the LORD commanded Moses. 11 And the fsh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp. 12 And he sw the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkd round about upon the altar. 13 And they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the pieces thereof, and the head: and he burnt them upon the altar. 14 And he did wash the inwards and the gs, and burnt them upon the burnt offering on the altar. 15 And he brought the peop's offering, and took the goat, which was the sin offering for the peop, and sw it, and offered it for sin, as the first. 16 And he brought the burnt offering, and offered it according to the manner. 17 And he brought the meat offering, and took an handful thereof, and burnt it upon the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning. 18 He sw also the bullock and the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings, which was for the peop: and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkd upon the altar round about, 19 And the fat of the bullock and of the ram, the rump, and that which covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver: 20 And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the altar: 21 And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded. 22 And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the peop, and bssed them, and came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and peace offerings. 23 And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernac of the congregation, and came out, and bssed the peop: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the peop. 24 And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the peop saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.
• Num 7:84 : 84 This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold:
• Num 7:88 : 88 And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed.
• 1 Kgs 8:64 : 64 The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.
• Matt 23:19 : 19 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
• Gen 2:3 : 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
• Exod 13:2 : 2 Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
• Exod 30:23-30 : 23 Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels, 24 And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin: 25 And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil. 26 And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony, 27 And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense, 28 And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot. 29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy. 30 And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.
• Exod 40:9-9 : 9 And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shall be holy. 10 And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy.
• Exod 40:17-19 : 17 And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up. 18 And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars. 19 And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses.