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Numbers 7:48-53 meaning
Starting with the day of the dedication of the tabernacle (the tent of meeting), each of the 12 tribes would bring gifts to the Levites over the following 12 days—one tribe per day, amounting to a 12-day dedication ceremony.
The next day, the seventh day (v. 48), Elishama the son of Ammihud, leader of the sons of Ephraim, presented his offering. Elishama ("my God has heard") was mentioned in Numbers 1:10 as the leader of the tribe of Ephraim.
The offering of the tribe of Ephraim was identical to the other tribes and consisted of the following items:
All of the items above comprised the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud.