Numbers 7:10 When the alter was anointed, the leaders brought their offerings for its dedication and presented them before the alter.
There are days when I read scripture and it truly feels like it bounces off of me. I don’t feel enlightened. I have no insight. I feel inundated with numbers and words with nothing to show for it. That’s one of the reasons I began reading commentary on each chapter, in the hopes that it would become less an exercise in futility and more a way to connect with my Savior.
Numbers 7:11 For the LORD had said to Moses, “Each day one leader is to bring his offering for the dedication of the altar.”
Commentary on the repetitive list of gifts for Numbers 7 states: “Clearly, this was generous giving. God must show Promised Land people how to be givers—one of the best measures of one who has moved from a slave mind-set to a Promised Land mind-set.” Now this I understand, and it’s true for us, too. We are Promised Land people, but do we act like it? Do we love like it? Give like it? Jesus help us.
Numbers 7:84 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.
Lord, Thank You for this day, for this scripture, for commentary that helps me make sense of it all. Thank You that we are Promised Land people, too, and that You are still leading us from a slave mind-set to a Promised Land mind-set. Draw us closer. Amen.
Numbers 7:88b …These were the offerings for the dedication of the alter after it was anointed.
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