Numbers 7 - Introduction
_THE OFFERING OF THE PRINCES OF THE TWELVE TRIBES: THE LORD SPEAKETH TO MOSES FROM THE MERCY-SEAT._ _Before Christ 1490._... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE OFFERING OF THE PRINCES OF THE TWELVE TRIBES: THE LORD SPEAKETH TO MOSES FROM THE MERCY-SEAT._ _Before Christ 1490._... [ Continue Reading ]
TWO WAGGONS AND FOUR OXEN—UNTO THE SONS OF GERSHON— By referring to chap. Numbers 4:5 and the following verses, it will appear, that to those of the Levites who had the heaviest burdens to carry, the most carriages were allowed; while the Kohathites (Numbers 7:9.) were allowed none, as they, for the... [ Continue Reading ]
OFFERED FOR DEDICATING OF THE ALTAR— The altar had been before consecrated or set apart for a holy and separate use by solemn ceremonies, which lasted seven days; Exodus 29:37. Leviticus 8:11 so that this dedicating here spoken of, signifies the first application of it to its proper use. Thus, Deute... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY SHALL OFFER—EACH PRINCE ON HIS DAY— Thus the _dedication_ or _handseling_ of the altar continued no less than twelve days; which made it very solemn, and gave every tribe an opportunity, by its representative, to express its devotion and reverence to God, and to find a gracious acceptance from... [ Continue Reading ]
HE THAT OFFERED—THE FIRST DAY, WAS NAHSHON, &C.— Bishop Kidder judiciously observes, that though Nahshon offered first, according to the order fixed in chap. 2: and might upon that account be envied for the conspicuous place he held, yet is he so far from being therefore magnified, that he is the on... [ Continue Reading ]
ONE SILVER CHARGER— This _charger,_ or _broad, deep dish,_ appears to have been for the use of the altar of burnt-offerings in the court of the tabernacle; for all the vessels of the sanctuary were of gold: the use of it seems to have been for receiving the flesh which was offered at the altar, or t... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE DAY— i.e. _At the time:_ for the dedication lasted twelve days.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL THE OXEN FOR THE—PEACE-OFFERINGS WERE TWENTY AND FOUR— _The peace-offerings_ were for the offerers to feast upon, together with the priests, and as many of their friends as they chose to invite; and therefore they are double the number of the burnt-offerings. Hence Le Clerc justly infers, that a... [ Continue Reading ]
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 pleased with the voluntary offerings of the princes of the people, declared that pleasure, by conti... [ Continue Reading ]