The aggregate worth, by weight, of the whole of the offerings was about 438 British pounds: But the real worth of such a sum, when measured by the prices of clothing and food at that time, must have been vastly greater.<\/P><\/p>\n
Verse 84<\/span>. This was the dedication of the altar, in the day,<\/B><\/I> c.<\/I>] Meaning here the time<\/I> in which it was dedicated for as each tribe had a whole day for its representative or prince to present the offerings it had provided, consequently the dedication, in which each had his day, must have lasted twelve<\/I> days: the words therefore, in this text, refer to the last day or twelfth<\/I>, in which this dedication was completed.<\/P> <\/p>\n When it was anointed:<\/B> this is again repeated, to show why it is called the dedication of the altar. because it was the first offering made by any particular persons or tribes. <\/P> <\/p>\n 84-88. This was the dedication ofthe altar<\/B>The inspired historian here sums up the separateitems detailed in the preceding narrative, and the aggregate amountis as follows: 12 silver chargers, each weighing 130 shekels equals1560; 12 silver bowls, each 70 shekels equals 840: total weight. Asilver charger at 130 shekels, reduced to troy weight, made 75ounces, 9 pennyweights, 168.31 grains; and a silver bowl at 70shekels amounts to 40 ounces, 12 pennyweights, 2121.31 grains. Thetotal weight of the 12 chargers is therefore 905 ounces, 16pennyweights, 33.11 grains; and that of the 12 bowls 487 ounces, 14pennyweights, 204.31 grains; making the total weight of silvervessels 1393 ounces, 10 pennyweights, 237.31 grains; which at 5s.<\/I>per ounce, is equal to 383 1s.<\/I> 8d.<\/I> The 12 goldenspoons, allowing each to be 5 ounces, 16 pennyweights, 3.31 grains,amount to 69 ounces, 3 pennyweights, 135.31 grains, which, at 4 perounce, is equal to 320 14s.<\/I> 10d.<\/I>, and added to theamount of the silver, makes a total of 703 16s.<\/I> 6d.<\/I>Besides these the offerings comprised twelve bullocks, twelve rams,twelve lambs, twenty-four goats, sixty rams, sixty he-goats, sixtylambsamounting in all to 240. So large a collection of cattleoffered for sacrifice on one occasion proves both the large flocks ofthe Israelites and the abundance of pastures which were then, andstill are, found in the valleys that lie between the SinaiticMountains. All travellers attest the luxuriant verdure of thoseextensive wadies; and that they were equally or still more rich inpasture anciently, is confirmed by the numerous flocks of theAmalekites, as well as of Nabal, which were fed in the wilderness ofParan (1Sa 15:9<\/span>).<\/P><\/p>\n This [was] the dedication of the altar by the princes<\/strong>,…. These the presents they made, and the offerings they offered when the altar first began to be made use of, after it had been anointed and sanctified for sacred service:<\/p>\n in the day when it was anointed<\/strong>: this shows that it was not the precise and exact day of the setting up of the tabernacle, and the anointing of the altar, that the above presents and offerings were brought, since they were twelve successive days in bringing; but that the sense is, that about that time, or quickly after it was anointed, the princes dedicated it in the manner before described:<\/p>\n twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold<\/strong>; according to the number of the princes, and the tribes they were princes of; a noble instance both of devotion and piety, and of liberality and generosity; and is a standing example on record to all princes and great personages in all successive ages, to promote religion and godliness, by their own personal conduct and behaviour, and to encourage and support it by their generous benefactions and donations: the sum total of what they contributed is in this and the following verses given.<\/p>\n Verses 84-89:<\/strong><\/p>\n This text lists the totals of the offerings made by the twelve princes, at the dedication of the altar. It was not a lavish offering, when compared with that which Solomon offered at the dedication of the Temple. However, for a group of pilgrims in the Sinai desert, it was a substantial one.<\/p>\n The amount of silver in the vessels: <\/strong>2,400 shekels, approximately 700 pounds troy. In today’s currency, this would be about $126,000.00.<\/strong><\/p>\n The amount of gold in the spoons: 120 shekels, approximately 420 ounces or 35 pounds troy. The value today: about $145,000.00.<\/strong><\/p>\n When the twelfth offering was complete, Moses entered the Tabernacle. There he heard the voice of God clearly and distinctly, from the darkness behind the veil, speaking from the Mercy Seat, between the cherubim, over the Ark of the Testimony. Chapter 8 records what God said.<\/p>\n Num 7:84<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>In the day<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> i.e. At the time: <\/em>for the dedication lasted twelve days. <\/p>\n in the day: i.e. in the twelve days. See App-18. <\/p>\n the dedication: Num 7:10, 1Ch 29:6-8, Ezr 2:68, Ezr 2:69, Neh 7:70-72, Isa 60:6-10, Heb 13:10, Rev 21:14 <\/p>\n the princes: Jdg 5:9, Neh 3:9 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Num 7:88 – that it was anointed 1Ki 8:63 – dedicated Ezr 8:28 – the vessels Zec 14:20 – the bowls Mat 14:8 – a charger<\/p>\n 7:84 This [was] the {f} dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold:<\/p>\n (f) This was the offering of the princes, when Aaron dedicated the altar.<\/p>\n This [was] the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold: The aggregate worth, by weight, of the whole of the offerings was about 438 British pounds: But the real worth of such a sum, when … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 7:84”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3943\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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