Discovery BoxNumbers 7:10-11 
Context7:10 The leaders offered 1 gifts 2 for 3 the dedication 4 of the altar when it was anointed. 5 And the leaders presented 6 their offering before the altar. 7:11 For the Lord said to Moses, “They must present their offering, one leader for each day, 7 for the dedication of the altar.”
Numbers 7:84
Context7:84 This was the dedication for the altar from the leaders of Israel, when it was anointed: twelve silver platters, twelve silver sprinkling bowls, and twelve gold pans.
1 tn The verse begins with the preterite and vav (ו) consecutive: “and they offered.”
2 tn The direct object, “gifts,” is implied but not actually stated in the Hebrew text. It has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarity.
3 tn The sign of the accusative here must indicate an adverbial accusative and not the direct object; they offered their gifts for the dedication of the altar.
4 sn Some commentators take the word “dedication” in the sense of a dedication gift, and so make it the direct object. Many modern scholars assume that this is a late word, belonging only in P, the Chronicler, and the heading of Ps 30 (a Davidic psalm).
5 tn The adverbial clause uses the Niphal infinitive construct as the main verb. The word is the well-known מָשַׁח (mashakh, “to anoint, smear”).
6 tn Heb “offered,” but this is redundant and has been translated as “presented” for stylistic reasons. The same phrase occurs in vv. 11 and 12.
7 tn The distributive sense is achieved by repetition: “one leader for the day, one leader for the day.”
