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 THE INSTRUMENTS THEREOF, BOTH THE ALTAR AND ALL THE VESSELS THEREOF, AND HAD ANOINTED THEM, AND SANCTIFIED THEM;_ The day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle. Those who... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 7:2,3

_THAT THE PRINCES OF ISRAEL, HEADS OF THE HOUSE OF THEIR FATHERS, WHO WERE THE PRINCES OF THE TRIBES, AND WERE OVER THEM THAT WERE NUMBERED, OFFERED:_ The princes of Israel ... brought their offering before the Lord. The finishing of the sacred edifice would, it may well be imagined, be hailed as a... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 7:4,5

_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ The Lord spake ... Take it of them. They exhibited a beautiful example to all who are great in dignity and in wealth to be foremost in contributing to the support, and in promoting the interests, of religion. The strictness of the injunctions Moses had recei... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 7:6-9

_AND MOSES TOOK THE WAGONS AND THE OXEN, AND GAVE THEM UNTO THE LEVITES._ Moses took the wagons and the oxen. The х_ HAA`ªGAALOT_ (H5699)] word seems to be fairly rendered by the word "wagons." Wheel carriages of some kind are certainly intended (cf. Genesis 45:19; 1 Samuel 6:7; 2 Samuel 6:3; Isaia... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 7:10,11

_AND THE PRINCES OFFERED FOR DEDICATING OF THE ALTAR IN THE DAY THAT IT WAS ANOINTED, EVEN THE PRINCES OFFERED THEIR OFFERING BEFORE THE ALTAR._ The princes offered ..., х_ HAMIZBEEACH_ (H4196)]. "Altar" is here used in the singular for the plural; because it is evident, from the kind of offerings,... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 7:12-17

_AND HE THAT OFFERED HIS OFFERING THE FIRST DAY WAS NAHSHON THE SON OF AMMINADAB, OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH:_ And he that offered his offering the first day was Nabshon. Judah having had the precedence assigned to it, the prince or head of that tribe was the first admitted to offer as its representativ... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 7:18

_ON THE SECOND DAY NETHANEEL THE SON OF ZUAR, PRINCE OF ISSACHAR, DID OFFER:_ On the second day Nethaneel ... prince of Issachar. This tribe being stationed on the right side of Judah, offered next through its representative; then Zebulun, which was on the left side; and so on in orderly succession... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 7:19-47

_HE OFFERED FOR HIS OFFERING ONE SILVER CHARGER, THE WEIGHT WHEREOF WAS AN HUNDRED AND THIRTY SHEKELS, ONE SILVER BOWL OF SEVENTY SHEKELS, AFTER THE SHEKEL OF THE SANCTUARY; BOTH OF THEM FULL OF FINE FLOUR MINGLED WITH OIL FOR A MEAT OFFERING:_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 7:48

_ON THE SEVENTH DAY ELISHAMA THE SON OF AMMIHUD, PRINCE OF THE CHILDREN OF EPHRAIM, OFFERED:_ On the seventh day. Surprise has been expressed by some that this work of presentation was continued on the Sabbath. But assuming that the seventh day referred to was a Sabbath (which is uncertain), the wo... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 7:49-83

_HIS OFFERING WAS ONE SILVER CHARGER, THE WEIGHT WHEREOF WAS AN HUNDRED AND THIRTY SHEKELS, ONE SILVER BOWL OF SEVENTY SHEKELS, AFTER THE SHEKEL OF THE SANCTUARY; BOTH OF THEM FULL OF FINE FLOUR MINGLED WITH OIL FOR A MEAT OFFERING:_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 7:84-88

_THIS WAS THE DEDICATION OF THE ALTAR, IN THE DAY WHEN IT WAS ANOINTED, BY THE PRINCES OF ISRAEL: TWELVE CHARGERS OF SILVER, TWELVE SILVER BOWLS, TWELVE SPOONS OF GOLD:_ This was the dedication of the altar. The inspired historian here sums up the separate items detailed in the preceding narrative,... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 7:89

_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 BETWEEN THE TWO CHERUBIMS: AND HE SPAKE UNTO HIM._ And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the... [ Continue Reading ]

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