Numbers 7:1
in Numbers 7On the day Moses finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed and consecrated it and all its furnishings, along with the altar and all its utensils.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And it came to pass on the day that Moses had made an end of setting up the tabernacle, and had anointed it and sanctified it, and all the furniture thereof, and the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them and sanctified them;
KJV
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;
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This verse in Numbers 7
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
On the day that - i. e. “at the time that,” compare Gen 2:4. The presentation of the gifts in fact occupied twelve days, as the sequel shows. The enactments set forth in the chapters from Lev. 10 to Num. 6 inclusive, were doubtless promulgated at various times between the consecration of the tabernacle and the departure from Sinai, but are for convenience set out connectedly. The contents of the present chapter are accordingly placed after them. The order pursued throughout is justly noted as one which would naturally suggest itself to a narrator who was contemporary with the events.
This site's exposition
on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle
on Numbers 7:1-3
The chapter is dated to the day the tabernacle was fully set up, anointed and sanctified, which Exodus 40:17 puts on the first day of the first month of the second year. The princes bring transport before they bring anything else, six covered wagons and twelve oxen, so the first gift to the sanctuary is the means of moving it. Nothing in the tabernacle instructions had asked for wagons.
The record, by era
The Reformation1 voice
And it came to pass on the day that Moses This was the second contribution of the people, after the completion of the Tabernacle; for although mention is only made of the princes, it is probable that each of them presented what the whole tribe had subscribed, since there was no private person at that time wealthy enough to give so much gold and silver of his own.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
On the day - It seems day is for time, and on the day, for about the time. For all the princes did not offer these things upon one and the same day, but on several days, as here it follows.
And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle,....
Note, Necessary observances must always take place of free-will offerings: first those, and then these. Who it was that offered: The princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
This divine sanction it is of great importance to notice, as establishing the principle, that while in the great matters of divine worship and church government we are to adhere faithfully to the revealed rule of faith and duty, minor arrangements respecting them may be lawfully made, according to the means and convenience of God's people in different places.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
On the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle - The transactions mentioned in this chapter took place on the second day of the second month of the second year after their departure from Egypt; and the proper place of this account is immediately after the tenth chapter of Leviticus.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
“Scripture does not say ‘on the day that Moses set up’ [but it states ‘on the day that Moses had finished setting up’].
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
22 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֡י | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בְּיוֹם֩ | beyom | on [the] day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| כַּלּ֨וֹת | kalot | finished | H3615 → | 208 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֜ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| לְהָקִ֣ים | lehakim | to set up | H6965 → | 628 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַמִּשְׁכָּ֗ן | hamishkan | the tabernacle | H4908 → | 139 times |
| וַיִּמְשַׁ֨ח | vaiyimshach | and he anointed | H4886 → | 70 times |
| אֹת֜וֹ | ʾoto | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
| וַיְקַדֵּ֤שׁ | vaykadesh | and he consecrated | H6942 → | 171 times |
| אֹתוֹ֙ | ʾoto | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| כֵּלָ֔יו | kelav | articles its | H3627 → | 325 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ | hamizbeach | the altar | H4196 → | 401 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| כֵּלָ֑יו | kelav | articles its | H3627 → | 325 times |
| וַיִּמְשָׁחֵ֖ם | vaiyimshachem | and he anointed them | H4886 → | 70 times |
| וַיְקַדֵּ֥שׁ | vaykadesh | and he consecrated | H6942 → | 171 times |
| אֹתָֽם׃ | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
וַיְהִ֡יand it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
בְּיוֹם֩on [the] day
beyomH3117 →2304 times
כַּלּ֨וֹתfinished
kalotH3615 →208 times
מֹשֶׁ֜הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
לְהָקִ֣יםto set up
lehakimH6965 →628 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַמִּשְׁכָּ֗ןthe tabernacle
hamishkanH4908 →139 times
וַיִּמְשַׁ֨חand he anointed
vaiyimshachH4886 →70 times
אֹת֜וֹ<obj.> it
ʾotoH853 →10935 times
וַיְקַדֵּ֤שׁand he consecrated
vaykadeshH6942 →171 times
אֹתוֹ֙<obj.> it
ʾotoH853 →10935 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
כֵּלָ֔יוarticles its
kelavH3627 →325 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַthe altar
hamizbeachH4196 →401 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
כֵּלָ֑יוarticles its
kelavH3627 →325 times
וַיִּמְשָׁחֵ֖םand he anointed them
vaiyimshachemH4886 →70 times
וַיְקַדֵּ֥שׁand he consecrated
vaykadeshH6942 →171 times
אֹתָֽם׃<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Numbers 7:88All the livestock sacrificed for the peace offering totaled twenty-four bulls, sixty rams, sixty male goats, and sixty male lambs a year old. This was the dedication offering for the altar after it was…
it leads to
- Numbers 7:10
When the altar was anointed, the leaders approached with their offerings for its dedication and presented them before the altar.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 7:84
So these were the offerings from the leaders of Israel for the dedication of the altar when it was anointed: twelve silver platters, twelve silver bowls, and twelve gold dishes.
- Numbers 7:10
Through
Matthew 23:19You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?
it leads to
- Exodus 29:37
For seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. Then the altar will become most holy; whatever touches the altar will be holy.
- Exodus 30:29
You are to consecrate them so that they will be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy.
- Exodus 29:37
Through
Numbers 7:84So these were the offerings from the leaders of Israel for the dedication of the altar when it was anointed: twelve silver platters, twelve silver bowls, and twelve gold dishes.
it leads to
- Nehemiah 7:70–72
Some of the heads of the families contributed to the project. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics of gold, 50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments.
- Hebrews 13:10
We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat.
- Revelation 21:14
The wall of the city had twelve foundations bearing the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
- Isaiah 60:6–10
Caravans of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah, and all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and frankincense and proclaiming the praises of the LORD.
- Nehemiah 7:70–72
About Numbers
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Calvin, Commentaries; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.