13 And his offering `is' one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty `shekels'; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present;
14 one golden spoon of ten `shekels', full of perfume;
15 one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering;
16 one kid of the goats for a sin-offering;
17 and for a sacrifice of the peace-offerings two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this `is' the offering of Nahshon son of Amminadab.
18 On the second day hath Nethaneel son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, brought near.
19 He hath brought near his offering, one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty `shekels'; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present;
20 one golden spoon of ten `shekels', full of perfume;
21 one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering;
22 one kid of the goats for a sin-offering;
23 and for a sacrifice of the peace-offerings two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this `is' the offering of Nethaneel son of Zuar.
24 On the third day, the prince of the sons of Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon; --
25 his offering `is' one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty `shekels'; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present;
26 one golden spoon of ten `shekels', full of perfume;
27 one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering;
28 one kid of the goats for a sin-offering;
29 and for a sacrifice of the peace-offerings two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this `is' the offering of Eliab son of Helon.
30 On the fourth day, Elizur, son of Shedeur, prince of the sons of Reuben; --
31 his offering is one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty `shekels'; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present;
32 one golden spoon of ten `shekels', full of perfume;
33 one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering;
34 one kid of the goats for a sin-offering;
35 and for a sacrifice of the peace-offerings two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this `is' the offering of Elizur son of Shedeur.
36 On the fifth day, the prince of the sons of Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai; --
37 his offering `is' one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty `shekels'; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present;
38 one golden spoon of ten `shekels', full of perfume;
39 one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering;
40 one kid of the goats for a sin-offering;
41 and for a sacrifice of the peace-offerings two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this `is' the offering of Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.
42 On the sixth day, the prince of the sons of Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel; --
43 his offering `is' one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty `shekels'; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present;
44 one golden spoon of ten `shekels', full of perfume;
45 one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering;
46 one kid of the goats for a sin-offering;
47 and for a sacrifice of the peace-offerings two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this `is' the offering of Eliasaph son of Deuel.
48 On the seventh day, the prince of the sons of Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud; --
49 his offering `is' one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty `shekels'; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present;
50 one golden spoon of ten `shekels', full of perfume;
51 one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering;
52 one kid of the goats for a sin-offering;
53 and for a sacrifice of the peace-offerings two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this `is' the offering of Elishama son of Ammihud.
54 On the eighth day, the prince of the sons of Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur; --
55 his offering `is' one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty `shekels'; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present;
56 one golden spoon of ten `shekels', full of perfume;
57 one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering;
58 one kid of the goats for a sin-offering;
59 and for a sacrifice of the peace-offerings two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this `is' the offering of Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.
60 On the ninth day, the prince of the sons of Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni; --
61 his offering `is' one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty `shekels'; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present;
62 one golden spoon of ten `shekels', full of perfume;
63 one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering;
64 one kid of the goats for a sin-offering:
65 and for a sacrifice of the peace-offerings two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this `is' the offering of Abidan son of Gideoni.
66 On the tenth day, the prince of the sons of Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai; --
67 his offering `is' one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty `shekels'; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present;
68 one golden spoon of ten `shekels', full of perfume;
69 one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering;
70 one kid of the goats for a sin-offering;
71 and for a sacrifice of the peace-offerings two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this `is' the offering of Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.
72 On the eleventh day, the prince of the sons of Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran; --
73 his offering `is' one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty `shekels'; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present;
74 one golden spoon of ten `shekels', full of perfume;
75 one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering;
76 one kid of the goats for a sin-offering;
77 and for a sacrifice of the peace-offerings two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this `is' the offering of Pagiel son of Ocran.
78 On the twelfth day, the prince of the sons of Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan; --
79 his offering `is' one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty `shekels'; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present;
80 one golden spoon of ten `shekels', full of perfume;
81 one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering;
82 one kid of the goats for a sin-offering;
83 and for a sacrifice of the peace-offerings two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this `is' the offering of Ahira son of Enan.
84 This `is' the dedication of the altar, in the day of its being anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve silver dishes, twelve silver bowls, twelve golden spoons;
85 a hundred and thirty `shekels' each silver dish, and each bowl seventy; all the silver of the vessels `is' two thousand and four hundred `shekels', by the shekel of the sanctuary.
86 Golden spoons `are' twelve, full of perfume; ten `shekels' each spoon, by the shekel of the sanctuary; all the gold of the spoons `is' a hundred and twenty `shekels';
87 all the oxen for burnt-offering `are' twelve bullocks, rams twelve, lambs, sons of a year twelve, and their present; and kids of the goats twelve, for sin-offering;
88 and all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace-offerings `are' twenty and four bullocks, rams sixty, he-goats sixty, lambs, sons of a year, sixty; this is the dedication of the altar, in the day of its being anointed.
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Commentary on Numbers 7 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 7
God having set up house (as it were) in the midst of the camp of Israel, the princes of Israel here come a visiting with their presents, as tenants to their landlord, in the name of their respective tribes.
Num 7:1-9
Here is the offering of the princes to the service of the tabernacle. Observe,
Num 7:10-89
We have here an account of the great solemnity of dedicating the altars, both that of burnt-offerings and that of incense; they had been sanctified before, when they were anointed (Lev. 8:10, 11), but now they were handselled, as it were, by the princes, with their free-will offerings. They began the use of them with rich presents, great expressions of joy and gladness, and extraordinary respect to those tokens of God's presence with them. Now observe here,