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Numbers 7:11 KJV
Numbers · chapter 7 · verse 11
And the LORD said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar.Numbers 7:11 · King James Version
Numbers 7:11 in context
9But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their shoulders.
10And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the altar.
11And the LORD said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar.
12And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah:
13And his offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- dedicatingchănukkâhinitiationH2598 →
- offeringqorbânsomething brought near the altarH7133 →
- princenâsîyʼproperly, an exalted oneH5387 →
- MosesMôshehMosheh, the Israelite lawgiverH4872 →
- offerqârabto approach for whatever purposeH7126 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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We have here an account of the great solemnity of dedicating the altars, both that of burnt-offerings and that of incense; they had been sanctified before, when they were anointed (Lev 8:10, Lev 8:11), but now they were handselled, as it were, by the princes, with their free-will offerings.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-89