4. Then the Lord said to Moses,
5. “Accept these from them, that they may be used in the service of the tent of meeting, and give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service.”
6. So Moses took the wagons and the oxen and gave them to the Levites.
7. Two wagons and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their service.
8. And four wagons and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according to their service, under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
9. But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because they were charged with the service of the holy things that had to be carried on the shoulder.
10. And the chiefs offered offerings for the dedication of the altar on the day it was anointed; and the chiefs offered their offering before the altar.
11. And the Lord said to Moses, “They shall offer their offerings, one chief each day, for the dedication of the altar.”
12. He who offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah.
13. And his offering was one silver plate whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
14. one golden dish of 10 shekels, full of incense;