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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Numbers 7 This chapter gives an account of the presents brought, by the princes of the twelve tribes at the setting up of the tabernacle, for the use of it, Numbers 7:1; and at the dedication of the altar, and the service of that, Numbers 7:10; first of the prince of the tribe of Judah, Numbers 7:12; then of the prince of Issachar, Numbers 7:18; of the prince of Zebulun, Numbers...
John Gill
The golden spoons [were] twelve, full of incense,.... Which points at the use those spoons or cups were of, namely, to carry incense in them, such as were used on the day of atonement (l): [weighing] ten [shekels] apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary; [See comments on Numbers 7:14]; all the gold of the spoons [was] twenty [shekels]; which amounted to forty nine ounces, five drachms,...
Matthew Henry
God having set up house (as it were) in the midst of the camp of Israel, the princes of Israel here come a visiting with their presents, as tenants to their landlord, in the name of their respective tribes. I. They brought presents, 1. Upon the dedication of the tabernacle, for the service of that, ver. 1-9. 2. Upon the dedication of the altar, for the use of that, ver. 10-88. And, II. God...