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7:1 When <03117> <01961> Moses <04872> had completed <03615> setting up <06965> the tabernacle <04908>, he anointed <04886> it and consecrated <06942> it and all <03605> its furnishings <03627>, and he anointed <04886> and consecrated <06942> the altar <04196> and all <03605> its utensils <03627>. 7:2 Then the leaders <05387> of Israel <03478>, the heads <07218> of their <01> clans <01004>, made an offering <07126>. They were <01992> the leaders <05387> of the tribes <04294>; they were <01992> the ones <05975> who had been supervising <05975> the numbering <06485>. 7:3 They brought <0935> their offering <07133> before <06440> the Lord <03068>, six <08337> covered <06632> carts <05699> and twelve <06240> oxen <01241>– one cart <05699> for every two <08147> of the leaders <05387>, and an ox <07794> for each one <0259>; and they presented <07126> them in front of <06440> the tabernacle <04908>. 7:4 Then the Lord <03068> spoke <0559> to <0413> Moses <04872>: 7:5 “Receive <03947> these gifts from them, that they may be <01961> used in doing <05647> the work <05656> of the tent <0168> of meeting <04150>; and you must give <05414> them to <0413> the Levites <03881>, to every man <0376> as <06310> his service <05656> requires.” 7:6 So Moses <04872> accepted <03947> the carts <05699> and the oxen <01241> and gave <05414> them to <0413> the Levites <03881>. 7:7 He gave two <08147> carts <05699> and four <0702> oxen <01241> to the Gershonites <01648> <01121>, as <06310> their service <05656> required; 7:8 and he gave <05414> four <0702> carts <05699> and eight <08083> oxen <01241> to the Merarites <04847> <01121>, as <06310> their service <05656> required, under the authority <03027> of Ithamar <0385> son <01121> of Aaron <0175> the priest <03548>. 7:9 But to the Kohathites <06955> <01121> he gave <05414> none <03808>, because <03588> the service <05656> of the holy things <06944>, which they carried <05375> on <05921> their shoulders <03802>, was their responsibility.

• Num 7:1-3 -- The Leader's Offerings
• Num 7:4-9 -- The Distribution of the Gifts

• Wagon

  [ebd] Heb. aghalah; so rendered in Gen. 45:19, 21, 27; 46:5; Num. 7:3, 7,8, but elsewhere rendered "cart" (1 Sam. 6:7, etc.). This vehicle was used for peaceful purposes. In Ezek. 23:24, however, it is the rendering of a different...
  [nave] WAGON, Gen. 45:19, 27; Num. 7:3-9. See: Cart.
  

• Altar

  [nave] ALTAR Built by Noah, Gen. 8:20; Abraham, Gen. 12:7, 8; 13:18; 22:9; Isaac, Gen. 26:25; Jacob, Gen. 33:20; 35:1-7; Moses, Ex. 17:15; 24:4; Balaam, Num. 23:1, 14, 29; Joshua, Deut. 27:4-7; Josh. 8:30-32; Reubenites and Gadites...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• SPOON

  [isbe] SPOON - spoon (kaph; Septuagint thuiske, except in Jer 52:18, where it is kreagra, literally, "fork"): A hollow vessel, a censer; a small vessel in which incense was to be burnt, as is seen from the account given in Nu 7 of ...
  

• Dedication

  [nave] DEDICATION Law concerning dedicated things, Lev. 27; Num. 18:14; 1 Chr. 26:26, 27. Must be without blemish, Lev. 22:18-23; Mal. 1:14. Not redeemable, Lev. 27:28, 29. Offering must be voluntary, Lev. 1:3; 22:19. See: Offe...
  

• Spoons

  [nave] SPOONS Of the tabernacle, Ex. 25:29; Num. 4:7; 7. Of the temple, 1 Kin. 7:50; 2 Chr. 4:22.
  

• Liberality

  [nave] LIBERALITY. Ex. 22:29, 30 Ex. 13:2, 12. Ex. 23:15 Ex. 34:20. Ex. 25:1-8; Ex. 35:4-29; Ex. 36:3-6; Ex. 38:8; Lev. 19:5 Lev. 22:29; Num. 35:8. Deut. 12:11, 12, 17-19; Deut. 14:27-29; Deut. 15:7-18; Deut. 16:10, 17; Deut. 18:1...
  

• Tabernacle

  [nave] TABERNACLE One existed before Moses received the pattern authorized on Mount Sinai, Ex. 33:7-11. The one instituted by Moses was called Sanctuary, Ex. 25:8; Tabernacle, Ex. 27:21; 33:7; 2 Chr. 5:5; of Testimony, Ex. 38:21; ...
  

• Merarites

  [ebd] the descendants of Merari (Num. 26:57). They with the Gershonites and the Kohathites had charge of the tabernacle, which they had to carry from place to place (Num. 3:20, 33-37; 4:29-33). In the distribution of the oxen and ...
  

• CART

  [ebd] a vehicle moving on wheels, and usually drawn by oxen (2 Sam. 6:3). The Hebrew word thus rendered, 'agalah (1 Sam. 6:7, 8), is also rendered "wagon" (Gen. 45:19). It is used also to denote a war-chariot (Ps. 46:9). Carts wer...
  [isbe] CART - kart (`aghalah): The Hebrew word has been translated in some passages "cart," and in others "wagon." In one verse only has it been translated "chariot." The context of the various passages indicates that a distinction...
  [smith] (Genesis 45:19,27; Numbers 7:3,7,8) a vehicle drawn by cattle, (2 Samuel 6:6) to be distinguished from the chariot drawn by horses. Carts and wagons were either open or covered, (Numbers 7:3) and were used for conveyance o...
  

• Bull

  [nave] BULL, or Ox [Synonymous terms in A.V.]. Uses of: For sacrifice, Ex. 29:3, 10-14, 36; Lev. 4:8, 16; Num. 7:87, 88; 28:11-31; 29; Heb. 9:13; 10:4; plowing, 1 Sam. 14:14; 1 Kin. 19:19; Prov. 14:4; Isa. 32:20; Jer. 31:18; trea...
  

• LITTER

  [ebd] (Heb. tsab, as being lightly and gently borne), a sedan or palanquin for the conveyance of persons of rank (Isa. 66:20). In Num. 7:3, the words "covered wagons" are more literally "carts of the litter kind." There they denot...
  [isbe] LITTER - lit'-er (tsabh): (1) Used upon backs of camels for easy riding, made of a wooden frame with light mattress and pillows, also a covering above, supported by upright pieces, sometimes having also side awnings for prot...
  

• Government

  [nave] GOVERNMENT Paternal functions of, Gen. 41:25-57. Civil service school provided by, Dan. 1:3-20. Maintains a system of public instruction, 2 Chr. 17:7-9. Executive departments in. See: Cabinet; King; Ruler; Statecraft. Ju...
  

• Church

  [nave] CHURCH, place of worship. Called Courts, Psa. 65:4; 84:2, 10; 92:13; 96:8; 100:4; 116:19; Isa. 1:12; 62:9; Zech. 3:7; House of God, Gen. 28:17, 22; Josh. 9:23; Judg. 18:31; 20:18, 26; 21:2; 1 Chr. 9:11; 24:5; 2 Chr. 5:14; 22:...
  

• Anointing

  [nave] ANOINTING Of the body, Deut. 28:40; Ruth 3:3; Esth. 2:12; Psa. 92:10; 104:15; 141:5; Prov. 27:9, 16; Eccl. 9:8; Song 1:3; 4:10; Isa. 57:9; Amos 6:6; Mic. 6:15. Of guests, 2 Chr. 28:15; Luke 7:46; the sick, Isa. 1:6; Mark 6:...
  

• Ithamar

  [nave] ITHAMAR Son of Aaron, Ex. 6:23; 28:1; 1 Chr. 6:3. Intrusted with moneys of the tabernacle, Ex. 38:21. Charged with duties of the tabernacle, Num. 4:28; 7:8. Forbidden to lament the death of his brothers, Nadab and Abihu, ...
  

• Levites

  [nave] LEVITES The descendants of Levi. Set apart as ministers of religion, Num. 1:47-54; 3:6-16; 16:9; 26:57-62; Deut. 10:8; 1 Chr. 15:2. Substituted in the place of the firstborn, Num. 3:12, 41-45; 8:14, 16-18; 18:6. Religious ...
  

• OX

  [smith] There was no animal in the rural economy of the Israelites, or indeed in that of the ancient Orientals generally, that was held in higher esteem than the ox and deservedly so, for the ox was the animal upon whose patient labo...
  

• Gershon

  [nave] GERSHON, called also Gershom. Son of Levi, Gen. 46:11; Ex. 6:16, 17; Num. 3:17-26; 4:22-28, 38; 7:7; 10:17; 26:57; Josh. 21:6; 1 Chr. 6:1, 16, 17, 20, 43, 62, 71; 15:7; 23:6.
  

• ARK OF THE COVENANT

  [smith] The first piece of the tabernacle?s furniture, for which precise directions were delivered. Exod 25. I. Description. -- It appears to have been an oblong chest of shittim (acacia) wood, 2 1/2 cubits long by 1 1/2 broad and de...
  

• The Gifts of the Leaders

  

• Why Is Liberality to Be Commended?
  It is pleasing to God. He never forgets it. Christ set an example of it. And it is characteristic of Saints (II Cor. 9:7; Heb. 6:10; II Cor. 8:9; Ps. 112:9). This good quality should be exercised in the service of God towards...

The Structure of the Tabernacle

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