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Thru the Bible - #121 - Numbers 7 - Offerings of the Leaders
What if the ancient rituals of Numbers 7 could illuminate the unity and devotion of a community? Join us on Berean's Corner as we explore the meticulous offerings at the dedication of the altar, discovering how these gestures of faith reflect a deeply structured and sacred worship. Each day, a leader from tribes like Judah and Manasseh presented gifts that were rich in symbolism, from covered carts to gold dishes filled with incense. Listen as we uncover the significance of these offerings and how they served as a powerful testament to the Israelites' collective spirit and divine connection.
Throughout the episode, we examine the consistent and patterned contributions from each of the twelve tribes over twelve days. We journey through the offerings of silver plates, sprinkling bowls, and a variety of animals, all reflecting an unwavering commitment to their faith. Discover how the dedication offerings not only marked a pivotal moment in religious history but also showcased the communal and sacred nature of ancient Israelite worship. Grab a cup of coffee or tea, and immerse yourself in the historical and spiritual richness of these ancient practices as we celebrate their enduring legacy today.
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Speaker 1:The title of today's lesson is offerings of the leaders. Now, the last time we were together, we looked at the Nazarite laws. Today we are looking at the second longest chapter in the Bible, in Numbers, chapter 7, with the longest being Psalm 119. In this chapter, we are looking at the leader's offerings. We will break this chapter down into four parts. Now, as always, we will bring up the reader and he will read the chapter. Now, as I just mentioned a few seconds ago, this is the second longest chapter in the bible, so it is quite a bit of reading. It is 89 verses.
Speaker 1:Now, I contemplated whether I was just going to go right into the lesson and read as I went along, but I think that it would do you good to hear the reader come up and he will read the whole chapter to you and, as always, we will get right into the lesson. So what you can do for this one is is open it up and follow along with the reader and, when he's done, hit the pause button. Grab your water, grab your tea, grab your coffee, grab your drink and come back in. And we will break down this lesson into four parts Numbers, chapter 7. Let's read.
Speaker 2:Numbers 7. When Moses finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed it and consecrated it in all its furnishings. He also anointed and consecrated the altar and all its utensils. Then the leaders of Israel, the heads of families who were the tribal leaders in charge of those who were counted, made offerings. They brought as their gifts before the Lord six covered carts and twelve oxen, an ox from each leader and a cart from every two. These they presented before the tabernacle. The Lord said to Moses Accept these from them, that they may be used in the work at the tent of meeting. Give them to the Levites, as each man's work requires. So Moses took the carts and oxen and gave them to the Levites. He gave two carts and four oxen to the Gershonites as their work required, and he gave four carts and eight oxen to the Marites as their work required. They were all under the direction of Ithamas and of Aaron, the priest. But Moses did not give any to the Kohathites because they were to carry on their shoulders the holy things for which they were responsible.
Speaker 2:When the altar was anointed, the leaders brought their offerings for its dedication and presented them before the Lord. For the Lord had said to Moses Each day one leader is to bring his offering for the dedication of the altar. The one who brought his offering on the first day was Nashan, son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah. His offering was one silver plate weighing 130 shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering. One gold dish weighing ten shekels filled with incense, one young bull, one ram and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering, one male goat for a sin offering and two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old to be sacrificed as a fellowship offering. Lams a year old to be sacrificed as a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Nashen, son of Amminadab. On the second day, nethanel, son of Zuar, the leader of Issachar, brought his offering. The offering he brought was one silver plate weighing 130 shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering. One gold dish weighing 10 shekels filled with incense. One young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering, one male goat for a sin offering and two oxen, five rams, five male goats, one male goat for a sin offering and two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old to be sacrificed as a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Nethanel, son of Zuar. On the third day, eliab, son of Halan, the leader of the people of Zebulun, brought his offering. His offering was one silver plate weighing 130 shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels, both according to the sanctuary's shekel, each filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering. One gold dish weighing 10 shekels filled with incense. One young bull, one ram and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering, one male goat for a sin offering and two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old to be sacrificed as a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Eliab, son of Helon, fellowship offering. This was the offering of Eliab, son of Helon.
Speaker 2:On the fourth day, eliezer, son of Shadur, the leader of the people of Reuben, brought his offering. His offering was one silver plate weighing 130 shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering. One gold dish, weighing ten shekels, filled with incense, one young bowl, one ram and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering, one male goat for a sin offering and two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old to be sacrificed as a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Eliezer, son of Shadur. Male lambs a year old to be sacrificed as a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Eliezer, son of Shadur. On the fifth day, shalumiel, son of Zerushadai, the leader of the people of Simeon, brought his offering. His offering was one silver plate weighing 130 shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering. One gold dish, weighing ten shekels, filled with incense, one young bull, one ram and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering, one male goat for a sin offering and two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old to be sacrificed as a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Shalumiel, son of Zerushadai.
Speaker 2:On the sixth day, eliasaph, son of Duel, the leader of the people of Gad, brought his offering. His offering was one silver plate weighing 130 shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering. One gold dish weighing 10 shekels filled with incense. One young bowl, one ram and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering. One male goat for a sin offering and two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old to be sacrificed as a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Eliasaph, son of Duel.
Speaker 2:On the seventh day, elishema, son of Amihud, the leader of the people of Ephraim, brought his offering. His offering was one silver plate weighing 130 shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering. One gold dish weighing 10 shekels filled with incense. One young bull, one ram and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering. One male goat for a sin offering and two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old to be sacrificed as a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Elishema, son of Amihud.
Speaker 2:On the eighth day, gamaliel, son of Pedazur, the leader of the people of Manasseh, brought his offering. His offering was one silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering. One gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense. One young bull, one ram and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering, one male goat for a sin offering and two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old to be sacrificed as a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Gamaliel, son of Pedazur. On the ninth day, abed-an, son of Gedeoni, the leader of the people of Benjamin, brought his offering. His offering was one silver plate weighing 130 shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering. One gold dish weighing 10 shekels filled with incense. One young bull, one ram and one male lamb a year old for a grain offering. One gold dish weighing ten shekels filled with incense. One young bull, one ram and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering, one male goat for a sin offering and two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old, to be sacrificed as a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Abaddon, son of Gideonai. This was the offering of Abaddon, son of Gideonai.
Speaker 2:On the tenth day, ahazer, son of Amishadai, the leader of the people of Dan, brought his offering. His offering was one silver plate weighing 130 shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering. One gold dish weighing 10 shekels filled with incense, one young bull, one ram and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering, one male goat for a sin offering and two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old to be sacrificed as a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Ahasuer, son of Amishadai. On the eleventh day, pajiel, son of Okran, the leader of the people of Asher, brought his offering. His offering was one silver plate weighing 130 shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering. One gold dish weighing ten shekels filled with incense, one young bull, one ram and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering, one male goat for a sin offering and two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old to be sacrificed as a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Pajiel, son of Akran. On the twelfth day, ahira, son of Anan, the leader of the people of Naphtali, brought his offering. His offering was one silver plate weighing 130 shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels, both, according to the sanctuary shekel, each filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, one gold dish weighing 10 shekels filled with incense, one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering, one male goat for a sin offering and two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old to be sacrificed as a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Ahira, son of Anan. These were the offerings of the Israelite leaders for the dedication of the altar when it was anointed Twelve silver plates, twelve silver sprinkling bowls and twelve gold dishes, each silver plate weighing 130 shekels and each sprinkling bowl 70 shekels.
Speaker 2:Altogether, the silver dishes weighed 2,400 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel. The twelve gold dishes filled with incense weighed 10 shekels each, according to the sanctuary shekel. Altogether, the gold dishes weighed 120 shekels. The total number of animals for the burnt offering came to twelve young bulls, twelve rams and 12 male lambs a year old. Together with their grain offering, 12 male goats were used for the sin offering. The total number of animals for the sacrifice of the fellowship offering came to 24 oxen, 60 rams, 60 male goats and 60 male lambs a year old. These were the offerings for the dedication of the altar after it was anointed. When Moses entered the tent of meeting to speak with the Lord, he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two cherubim, above the atonement cover on the ark of the testimony, and he spoke with him.
Speaker 1:All right, welcome back. Thank you for hanging in there on that one. Now, as I mentioned, we are going to break this long chapter down into four parts. Number one the furnishings in the tabernacle and the tabernacle itself were anointed and consecrated by Moses. Notice verse one. Now, it came about on the day that Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle. He anointed it and consecrated it with all his furnishings and the altar and all his utensils. He anointed them and consecrated them. So we see who the Lord put in charge of anointing and consecrating the things Excuse me, people, the things in the tabernacle, but it was Moses. Moses anointed the furnishings, the altar, the utensils and everything else in the tabernacle. Now we move on to the second part. The offerings of dedication were brought by the people. Now, this is going to be quite a bit. So this is verses two through 83. Now we will break this, these 82 verses, down into two parts. In verses two to 11, the leaders bring in the offerings Verse two. Then the leaders of Israel, the heads of their fathers households, made an offering. They were the leaders of the tribes, they were their fathers' households made an offering. They were the leaders of the tribes, they were the ones who were over the numbered men when they brought their offering before the Lord, six covered carts and twelve oxen, a cart for every two of the leaders and an ox for each one. Then they presented them before the tabernacle. Then the Lord spoke to Moses saying Accept these things from them that they may be used in the service of to Moses, saying to the sons of Gershon, according to their service, and four carts and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according to their service, under the direction of Ithamar, the son of Aaron, the priest. But he did not give any to the sons of Kohoth, because theirs was the service of the holy objects which they carried on the shoulders. And the leaders offered the dedication offering for the altar when it was anointed. So the leaders offered their offering before the altar. Then the Lord said to Moses let them present their offering, one leader each day for the dedication of the altar. So we see that they are bringing everything in and the Lord gives Moses the instruction that you let each one of them per day bring in and present their offering. You let each one of them per day bring in and present their offering, which brings us to the next part In verses 12 through 83, we see the offerings of each leader, one per day for 12 days per tribe. Now we're going to break each of these 12 days down. Day number one was Judah. We see this in verses 12 through 17. Now the one who presented his offering on the first day was Nishan, the son of Ademadab of the tribe of Judah, and his offering was one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for the grain excuse me, for grain offering. One gold pan of 10 shekels full of incense. One bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old for a burnt offering, one male goat for a sin offering and for the sacrifice of peace offerings. Two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was an offering of nishan, the son of amenadad.
Speaker 1:On day two, we see issachar, verses 18 through 23. On the second day, nathaniel, the son of zuar, leader of issachar, presented an offering. He presented as his offering one silver dish whose wheat was 130 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering. One gold pan of 10 shekels full of incense. One bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old for a burnt offering. One male goat for a sin offering and for the sacrifice of peace offerings. Two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Nadaniel the son of Zuar.
Speaker 1:On day three, it was Zebulun's turn. We see this in verses 24 to 29. On the third day, it was Eliab, the son of Helan, leader of the sons of Zebulun. His offering was one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering. One gold pan of 10 shekels full of incense. One young bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old for a burnt offering. One male goat for a sin offering and for the sacrifice of peace offering. Two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was an offering of eliab, the son of Helan.
Speaker 1:On day four, it was Reuben's turn.
Speaker 1:We see this in verses 30 to 35.
Speaker 1:On the fourth day it was it was Eleazar, the son of Shador, leader of the sons of Reuben.
Speaker 1:His offering was one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering.
Speaker 1:One gold pan of 10 shekels full of incense, one bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old for a burnt offering, one male goat for a sin offering and for the sacrifice of peace offerings to oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old.
Speaker 1:This was the offering of eleazar, the son of shador. On day five, it was simeon excuse me, simeon. We see this in verses 36 to 41. On the fifth day it was it was shulubael, the son of uh zarush, uh zarush hadai, leader of the children of simeon. His offering was one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering. One gold pan of 10 shekels full of incense, one bull, one ram male lamb one year old for a burnt offering, one male goat for a sin offering and for the sacrifice of peace offering. Two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Shalumayel, the son of Zerushadai.
Speaker 1:On day six, it was Gad. We see this in verses 42 to 47. On the sixth day, it was Eliasaf, the son of Duel, the leader of the sons of Gad. His offering was one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering. One gold pan of 10 shekels full of incense. One bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old for a burnt offering. One male goat for a sin offering and for the sacrifice of peace offering to oxen. Five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was an offering of Eliasaf, the son of Duel.
Speaker 1:On day seven, it was Ephraim. We see this in verses 48 to 53. On the seventh day, it was Elishamah, the son of Amahu, leader of the sons of Ephraraim. His offering was one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering. One gold pan of 10 shekels full of incense. One bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old for a burnt offering. One male goat for a sin offering and for the sacrifice of peace offerings. Two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of alishamah, the son of uh amahud, all right day. Eight manasseh, verses 54 through 59. On the eighth day it was, it was gamiel, the son of put uh peda excuse me, pedazur, a leader of the sons of manasseh, you got to excuse me sometimes. Sometimes, when I run across these old testament names, they catch me off guard and then I find myself trying to uh sound them out and break it down. As I'm reading live, I'll continue. His offering was one silver dish whose shekels one silver bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering. One gold pan of 10 shekels full of incense. One bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old for a burnt offering. One male goat for a sin offering and for the sacrifice of peace offerings. Two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of gamaliel, the son of pet uh patu's air pet dessert. All right.
Speaker 1:On day nine, it was benjamin's turn. We see this in verses 60 to 65. On the ninth day, it was abaddon, the son of gadi oni, the leader of the sons of benjamin. His offering was one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels. One silver bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering. One gold pan of 10 shekels full of incense. One bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old for a burnt offering. One male goat for a sin offering and for the sacrifice of peace offerings. Two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old old. This was an offering of Abaddon, the son of Gideonai.
Speaker 1:All right, day 10. It was Dan's turn. We see this in verses 66 to 71. On the 10th day, it was Ahazur, the son of Mishadai, leader of the sons of Dan. The son of mishhadai, leader of the sons of dan. His offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels. One silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering. One gold pan of ten shekels full of incense. One bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old for a burnt offering, one male goat for a sin offering and for the sacrifice of peace offerings. Two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Ahazur, the son of Mishhadai.
Speaker 1:On day 11, asher was up. We see this in verses 72 through 77. On the 11th day, it was pajel, the son of akran, leader of the sons of asher. His offering was one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a green offering. One gold pan of 10 shekels full of incense. One bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old for a burnt offering, one male goat for a sin offering and for the sacrifice of peace offerings. Two oxen, five rams, five male goats five. Then we get to day 12 and it was Naphtali who was up, and we see this in verses 78 through 83. On the 12th day, it was Ahara, the son of Enan, leader of the sons of Naphtali. His offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering. One gold pan of ten shekels full of incense. One. One ram. One male lamb one year old for a burnt offering. One male goat for a sin offering and for the sacrifice of peace offerings. Two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of ahara, the son of inan.
Speaker 1:Now we move on to part number three. A summary was given by moses of the offerings. We see this in verses 84 through 88. This was a dedication of offering for the altar from the leaders of israel when it was anointed. 12 silver dishes, 12 silver bowls, 12 gold pans, each silver dish weighing 130 shekels and each bowl 70. All the silver of the utensils was 2,400 shekels according to the shekel of the sanctuary. The 12 gold pans full of incense, weighing 10 shekels a piece according to the shekel of the sanctuary. All the gold of the pans 120 shekels. All the oxen for the burnt offering, 12 bulls. All the rams 12. The male lambs one year old with their grain offering 12 and the male goats for a sin offering 12. And all the oxen for the sacrifice of peace offering. 24 bulls, all the rams, 60, the male goat, 60, the male lambs one year old, 60. This was the dedication offering for the altar after it was anointed.
Speaker 1:Now, this was quite an substantial offering that, uh, these leaders brought in. Uh, just to summarize, uh one more time to make it, uh, to make it clear, they gave 12 silver plates, each amounting 130 shekels. They gave 12 silver bowls, each mounting 70 shekels. They gave 12 golden dishes, each weighing 10 shekels. They gave 12 oxen, they gave 12 bulls, they gave 12 rams. They gave 12 male lambs with their grain offerings. They gave 12 male goats with their sin offering. They gave 24 bull oxen for peace offerings. Then they, they gave 60 goats, 60 rams, then they gave 61 year old male lamb. So this is quite a substantial offering that these leaders brought in, that they want to bring in, and they brought it in out of their own free will and out of their own goodness, the goodness of their own heart.
Speaker 1:Then we get to the fourth part. The dedication was accepted by God. Then he speaks to Moses, verse 89. To the fourth part. The dedication was accepted by god. Then he speaks to moses, verse 89. Now, when moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with him, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim, and he spoke to him. Who was the? Who was the hymn? The first hymn is god. God is speaking to moses, moses goes in and the lord is speaking to god, and I'm sure that the lord was commending moses with the leaders bringing in this great bounty of a sacrifice. It was. It was a beautiful offering. Nobody held back, and this scripture tells us that they all brought in their best for the lord.
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