Numbers 7:11

11 The Lord told Moses, "Each day have one leader present his offering for the dedication of the altar."^[a]

Numbers 7:11 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 7:11

And the Lord said unto Moses
For before this was said to him, even what follows, Moses knew not, as the same writer observes, how they should offer, in what order, whether according to their birth, or whether according to the journeying of their camps, or whether they should offer together, or one after another, one day after another ^F7; this affair is set in a clear light:

they shall offer their offering each prince on his day;
one on one day, and the other on the next, and so on successively for twelve days running; and this was ordered for the greater solemnity of the service, and that it might be taken notice of, and each have the honour and credit of it; and this was done, not according to the order of their birth, but as their standards were fixed, first Judah, and those under him, and so the rest in course:

for the dedicating of the altar;
see ( Numbers 7:10 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 Vid. Siphri apud Yalkut in loc.

Numbers 7:11 In-Context

9 But he did not give [any] to the Kohathites, since their responsibility was service related to the holy objects carried on their shoulders.

10 The leaders also presented the dedication gift for the altar when it was anointed. The leaders presented their offerings in front of the altar.

11 The Lord told Moses, "Each day have one leader present his offering for the dedication of the altar."

12 The one who presented his offering on the first day was Nahshon son of Amminadab from the tribe of Judah.

13 His offering was one silver dish weighing three and a quarter pounds and one silver basin weighing one and three-quarter pounds, [measured] by the standard sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

Footnotes

• [a]. Ex 40:10