_The offerings of the princes_
This chapter affords the most striking instance in the Pentateuch of
the Priestly style. The mechanical formulas and verbal repetitions
are, to modern ears, monotonous and tautological; but for the writer
it was evidently a delight to emphasize by this means the liber... [ Continue Reading ]
_on the day that_ If this is understood strictly, it is the date given
in Exodus 40:17, and is one month _earlier_than the date of Numbers
1:1. But the following verse (-them that were numbered") presupposes
the census and the appointment of the tribal chiefs which occurred
_after_the erection of th... [ Continue Reading ]
_offered_ The verb cannot, as in English, stand alone with an absolute
force. It is intended to govern -their oblation" in Numbers 7:3; but
the remainder of the verse is a parenthesis, and the sentence is then
resumed with another verb, -and they brought."
_covered wagons_ The word _zâbh_, rendered... [ Continue Reading ]
The transport duties of each of the Levitical families are laid down
in ch. 4.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the sanctuary the_ HOLY THINGS. See on Numbers 4:15.
_upon their shoulders_ In early days this form of honour was not
always paid to the ark; see 2 Samuel 6:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
The gifts which they brought after the wagons and oxen were such as to
provide the first complete set of offerings upon the altar for all the
different forms of sacrifice.
_offered for the dedication offered_ THE DEDICATION-GIFT (as R.V.
marg.). The abstract word -dedication" or -inauguration" is e... [ Continue Reading ]
_charger_ a dish. Cf. Exodus 25:29; Exodus 37:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
An isolated and mutilated fragment describing the intercourse of God
with Moses in the sanctuary, and relating the fulfilment of Exodus
25:22. The words -with him" imply that Jehovah has been mentioned
previously in the original context of the passage. The verbs -went,"
-heard" and -spake" are not f... [ Continue Reading ]