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Numbers 7:89

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 frequentative, describing what usually happened. It is a single incident, introducing some words of Jehovah which have been lost. They cannot be the commands in the following chapter, for in that case Numbers 7:1 would be a meaningless repetition.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Numbers 7:89. _TO SPEAK WITH HIM_] To confer with God, and to receive farther discoveries of his will. _HE HEARD THE VOICE OF ONE SPEAKING UNTO HIM_] Though Moses saw no similitude, but _only...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    WITH HIM - i. e. as marginal, “with God,” not (as some) with himself. HE HEARD THE VOICE OF ONE SPEAKING - Rather, he heard the voice speaking, or conversing. The effect was as though Moses was audib...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    5. THE OFFERINGS OF THE PRINCES CHAPTER 7 _ 1. The princes present their offerings (Numbers 7:1)_ 2. The command concerning these offerings and the Levites (Numbers 7:4) 3. The twelve princes and...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    OFFERINGS OF VESSELS, ANIMALS, AND OTHER MATERIALS FOR USE IN SACRIFICE. The weights of each charger, bowl, and spoon (or cup) presented by the several princes were about 60, 33, and 4¾ oz. respective...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION. Hebrew tent of meeting. See App-40. WITH HIM: i.e. with Jehovah. Compare Numbers 7:11. MERCY SEAT. See note on Exodus 25:17....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    WHEN MOSES WAS GONE—TO SPEAK WITH HIM— i.e. _with God._ The whole may be considered as in a parenthesis from the eleventh verse. The present verse is added, most probably, to shew that God, being well...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    VIII. PRINCES.-' OFFERINGS AT THE DEDICATION (NUMBERS 7) TEXT Numbers 7:1. 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 t...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND WHEN MOSES WAS GONE INTO THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION TO SPEAK WITH HIM, THEN HE HEARD THE VOICE OF ONE SPEAKING UNTO HIM FROM OFF THE MERCY SEAT THAT WAS UPON THE ARK OF TESTIMONY, FROM BE...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE OFFERINGS OF THE PRINCES AT THE DEDICATION OF THE ALTAR The twelve princes, each representing his tribe, presented gold and silver vessels for use in sacrifices, sacrificial animals, and wagons a...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    TO SPEAK WITH HIM] i.e. with Jehovah....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS IN THE DESERT NUMBERS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 7 THE LEADERS BRING GIFTS TO *GOD’S TENT – NUMBERS 7:1-89 V1 As soon as Moses had set up *God’s Tent, he *dedi

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וּ בְ בֹ֨א מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶל ־אֹ֣הֶל מֹועֵד֮

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    SANCTUARY AND PASSOVER 1. THE OFFERINGS OF THE PRINCES Numbers 7:1 THE opening verses of the chapter seem to imply that immediately after the erection of the tabernacle the gifts of the princes were...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In our division of Numbers into Chapter s, chapter seven is the longest. It deals with worship and, first of all, with the princes' voluntary offering of their substance to the maintenance of worship....

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And when Moses was gone into the (h) tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that [was] upon the ark of testimony, fr...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Oracle of God, whose majesty appeared, in the form of a bright cloud, upon the propitiatory, or mercy-seat. (Haydock) --- Moses is allowed to enter in quality of God's messenger, to announce his will...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Here would I desire the Reader to pause, and to remark with me, the gracious goodness and wonderful condescension of our GOD. What a proof was this in speaking from the mercy seat, that GOD hears pray...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    It is impossible to look at this book ever so cursorily without feeling the difference of the atmosphere from that of Leviticus. And this is so much the more striking because it cannot be fairly doubt...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    89._And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle _There seems at first sight to be a kind of contradiction between this passage and the other, in which we saw that a thick cloud stood in the door of th...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Here ends this part of the book. The camp, arranged according to God's order, is placed under His blessing. [1] Thereupon the princes of the people offer a free-will-offering to Jehovah, for the servi...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND WHEN MOSES WAS GONE INTO THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION, TO SPEAK WITH HIM,.... With God, to consult him on some affair or another, or to learn whether he had anything else to communicate to h...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _To speak with him_ To consult God upon occasion. _The voice of one speaking from off the mercy-seat_ Which Moses, standing without the veil, could easily hear. And this seems to be added in this plac...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    [THE PRINCES OFFER.] 1 The offering of the Princes at the dedication of the Tabernacle. 10 Their seuerall offrings at the dedication of the Altar. 89 God speaketh to Moses from the Mercie seat. 1 A...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And when Moses was gone into the Tabernacle of the Congregation to speak with Him, to commune with the Lord, THEN HE HEARD THE VOICE OF ONE SPEAKING UNTO HIM FROM OFF THE MERCY-SEAT THAT WAS UPON THE...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE GIFTS OF THE PRINCES. The incident which is here related took place just after the Tabernacle had been erected, its equipment put into place, and the entire Sanctuary with all its furniture cons...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    OFFERINGS OF THE LEADERS GIVEN TO THE LEVITES (vs.1-9) Moses, having completed the setting up of the tabernacle, anointed and consecrated it together with its furnishings and the copper altar outside...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    HIM: i. God...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    10-89 The princes and great men were most forward in the service of God. Here is an example to those in authority, and of the highest rank; they ought to use their honour and power, their estate and...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    INTO THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION; into which Moses, though no priest, was permitted to enter by God's special license. TO SPEAK WITH HIM, i.e. to consult God upon occasion. FROM OFF THE MERCY-S...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    This is the very longest section in the entire Book of Numbers. It contains a detailed statement of the names of the twelve princes of the congregation, and of their respective offerings on the occasi...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Numbers 7:89 Moses H4872 went H935 (H8800) tabernacle H168 meeting H4150 speak H1696 (H8762) heard H

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE RESPONSE OF THE SANCTUARY (NUMBERS 7:89 TO NUMBERS 9:14). To the dedication of the people in all the respects described from Numbers 5:1 onwards now came the response of Yahweh their King. Firstly...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The gifts of the princes. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, princes. CONCLUSION: The great men should with their wealth and power uphold the work of God and should make conscience of being devout be...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Numbers 7:8. _Four waggons and eight oxen._ These perhaps were only cars, seeing a pair of oxen could draw them; yet the people were rich in gold and silver. Numbers 7:13. _One silver charger._ An old...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The princes offered for dedicating of the altar._ SUCH AS HAVE GREATEST BLESSINGS AND GIFTS, MUST BE MOST FORWARD IN GOD’S SERVICE We heard before of the offering performed jointly by the princes, n...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 7:1__ ON THE DAY WHEN MOSES HAD FINISHED SETTING UP THE TABERNACLE. These events took place on or soon after the “first day of the first month” (see...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 7:89 This verse reinforces the importance of the tabernacle, where God speaks to Moses FROM BETWEEN THE TWO CHERUBIM. For a description of the cherubim on the ark, see...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES In this chapter we have the narrative of the presentation of gifts by the princes of the tribes at the dedication of the altar. “This presentation took place at the time...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE OFFERINGS OF THE PRINCES (Numbers 7:1). NUMBERS 7:1 ON THE DAY THAT MOSES HAD fully SET UP THE TABERNACLE. This expression, "on the day", has given

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now in chapter seven we find that the twelve princes of the tribes of Israel brought in their offerings to the Lord. And in verse three we read, They brought six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; and...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 6:23; 1 Peter 1:12; 1 Samuel 4:4; Exodus 25:18; Exodus 25:22;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    To speak with him — To consult God upon occasion. The mercy — seat — Which Moses standing without the veil could easily hear. And this seems to be added in this place, to shew that when men had done t...

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