Números 7:3

3 Y ellos trajeron su ofrenda delante del SEÑOR: seis carretas cubiertas y doce bueyes, una carreta por cada dos jefes y un buey por cada uno. Los presentaron ante el tabernáculo.

Números 7:3 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 7:3

And they brought their offering before the Lord
Before the tabernacle, as it is afterwards explained, where he had now taken up his habitation:

six covered wagons, and twelve oxen;
according to the number of the twelve tribes, of which they were princes, two oxen for each wagon, which were to carry the tabernacle, and its vessels, from place to place; and which wagons were covered, not only to hide the things to be put into them from the sight of the people, being sacred, but to preserve them from the rain and dust, and the like; and no doubt, but as they were made of the best materials, So they were covered with rich coverings for the honour of the vessels put into them, being the presents of princes, and in which they joined, and could not be ordinary carriages. The word is rendered "litters" in ( Isaiah 66:20 ) ; and by some, "coaches"; the Targum of Jonathan is,

``six wagons yoked,''

or drawn with a yoke of oxen; and Aben Ezra says, it signifies a kind of oxen which drew wagons; but the Targum of Jonathan, Jarchi, and Ben Gersom interpret it "covered", as we do:

a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox;
two princes joined in the present of one wagon, which shows it could not be a common wagon, but rich carriage, and ornamented, as the Targum of Jonathan adds; and each prince presented an ox, so that there was a yoke of them for each wagon:

and they brought them before the tabernacle;
the Targum of Jonathan says, Moses would not receive them, and therefore they brought them before the tabernacle; and so, says Jarchi, Moses received them not at their hands, until it was declared to him by the mouth of the Lord what he should do, as follows.

Números 7:3 In-Context

1 Y sucedió que el día en que Moisés terminó de levantar el tabernáculo, lo ungió y lo consagró con todos sus muebles; también ungió y consagró el altar y todos sus utensilios.

2 Entonces los jefes de Israel, las cabezas de sus casas paternas, presentaron una ofrenda (ellos eran los jefes de las tribus, los que estaban sobre los enumerados).

3 Y ellos trajeron su ofrenda delante del SEÑOR: seis carretas cubiertas y doce bueyes, una carreta por cada dos jefes y un buey por cada uno. Los presentaron ante el tabernáculo.

4 Entonces habló el SEÑOR a Moisés, diciendo:

5 Acepta de ellos estas cosas, para que sean usadas en el servicio de la tienda de reunión, y las darás a los levitas, a cada uno conforme a su ministerio.