Today's TRC DB w/ Lena's Journalin' Numbers 7 ++

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Numbers 7:1-89
Offerings of Dedication
1On the day Moses set up the Tabernacle, he anointed it and set it apart as holy, along with all its furnishings and the altar with its utensils. 2Then the leaders of Israel—the tribal leaders who had organized the census—came and brought their offerings. 3Together they brought six carts and twelve oxen. There was a cart for every two leaders and an ox for each leader. They presented these to the LORD in front of the Tabernacle.
4Then the LORD said to Moses, 5"Receive their gifts and use these oxen and carts for the work of the Tabernacle. F24 Distribute them among the Levites according to the work they have to do." 6So Moses presented the carts and oxen to the Levites. 7He gave two carts and four oxen to the Gershonite division for their work, 8and four carts and eight oxen to the Merarite division for their work. All their work was done under the leadership of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest. 9But he gave none of the carts or oxen to the Kohathite division, since they were required to carry the sacred objects of the Tabernacle on their shoulders.
10The leaders also presented dedication gifts for the altar at the time it was anointed. They each placed their gifts before the altar. 11The LORD said to Moses, "Let each leader bring his gift on a different day for the dedication of the altar."

12On the first day Nahshon son of Amminadab, leader of the tribe of Judah, presented his offering.
13The offering consisted of a silver platter weighing about 3 1/4 pounds and a silver basin of about 1 ¾ pounds. F25 These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour mixed with olive oil. 14He also brought a gold container weighing about four ounces, F26 which was filled with incense. 15He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb as a burnt offering; 16a male goat for a sin offering; 17and two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs for a peace offering. This was the offering brought by Nahshon son of Amminadab.
18On the second day Nethanel son of Zuar, leader of the tribe of Issachar, presented his offering.
19The offering consisted of a silver platter weighing about 3 1/4 pounds and a silver basin of about 1 ¾ pounds. These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour mixed with olive oil. 20He also brought a gold container weighing about four ounces, which was filled with incense. 21He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb as a burnt offering; 22a male goat for a sin offering; 23and two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs for a peace offering. This was the offering brought by Nethanel son of Zuar.
24On the third day Eliab son of Helon, leader of the tribe of Zebulun, presented his offering.
25The offering consisted of a silver platter weighing about 3 1/4 pounds and a silver basin of about 1 ¾ pounds. These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour mixed with olive oil. 26He also brought a gold container weighing about four ounces, which was filled with incense. 27He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb as a burnt offering; 28a male goat for a sin offering; 29and two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs for a peace offering. This was the offering brought by Eliab son of Helon.
30On the fourth day Elizur son of Shedeur, leader of the tribe of Reuben, presented his offering.
31The offering consisted of a silver platter weighing about 3 1/4 pounds and a silver basin of about 1 ¾ pounds. These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour mixed with olive oil. 32He also brought a gold container weighing about four ounces, which was filled with incense. 33He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb as a burnt offering; 34a male goat for a sin offering; 35and two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs for a peace offering. This was the offering brought by Elizur son of Shedeur.
36On the fifth day Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai, leader of the tribe of Simeon, presented his offering.
37The offering consisted of a silver platter weighing about 3 1/4 pounds and a silver basin of about 1 ¾ pounds. These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour mixed with olive oil. 38He also brought a gold container weighing about four ounces, which was filled with incense. 39He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb as a burnt offering; 40a male goat for a sin offering; 41and two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs for a peace offering. This was the offering brought by Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.
42On the sixth day Eliasaph son of Deuel, leader of the tribe of Gad, presented his offering.
43The offering consisted of a silver platter weighing about 3 1/4 pounds and a silver basin of about 1 ¾ pounds. These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour mixed with olive oil. 44He also brought a gold container weighing about four ounces, which was filled with incense. 45He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb as a burnt offering; 46a male goat for a sin offering; 47and two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs for a peace offering. This was the offering brought by Eliasaph son of Deuel.
48On the seventh day Elishama son of Ammihud, leader of the tribe of Ephraim, presented his offering.
49The offering consisted of a silver platter weighing about 3 1/4 pounds and a silver basin of about 1 ¾ pounds. These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour mixed with olive oil. 50He also brought a gold container weighing about four ounces, which was filled with incense. 51He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb as a burnt offering; 52a male goat for a sin offering; 53and two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs for a peace offering. This was the offering brought by Elishama son of Ammihud.
54On the eighth day Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, leader of the tribe of Manasseh, presented his offering.
55The offering consisted of a silver platter weighing about 3 1/4 pounds and a silver basin of about 1 ¾ pounds. These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour mixed with olive oil. 56He also brought a gold container weighing about four ounces, which was filled with incense. 57He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb as a burnt offering; 58a male goat for a sin offering; 59and two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs for a peace offering. This was the offering brought by Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.
60On the ninth day Abidan son of Gideoni, leader of the tribe of Benjamin, presented his offering.
61The offering consisted of a silver platter weighing about 3 1/4 pounds and a silver basin of about 1 ¾ pounds. These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour mixed with olive oil. 62He also brought a gold container weighing about four ounces, which was filled with incense. 63He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb as a burnt offering; 64a male goat for a sin offering; 65and two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs for a peace offering. This was the offering brought by Abidan son of Gideoni.
66On the tenth day Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai, leader of the tribe of Dan, presented his offering.
67The offering consisted of a silver platter weighing about 3 1/4 pounds and a silver basin of about 1 ¾ pounds. These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour mixed with olive oil. 68He also brought a gold container weighing about four ounces, which was filled with incense. 69He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb as a burnt offering; 70a male goat for a sin offering; 71and two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs for a peace offering. This was the offering brought by Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.
72On the eleventh day Pagiel son of Ocran, leader of the tribe of Asher, presented his offering.
73The offering consisted of a silver platter weighing about 3 1/4 pounds and a silver basin of about 1 ¾ pounds. These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour mixed with olive oil. 74He also brought a gold container weighing about four ounces, which was filled with incense. 75He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb as a burnt offering; 76a male goat for a sin offering; 77and two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs for a peace offering. This was the offering brought by Pagiel son of Ocran.
78On the twelfth day Ahira son of Enan, leader of the tribe of Naphtali, presented his offering.
79The offering consisted of a silver platter weighing about 3 1/4 pounds and a silver basin of about 1 ¾ pounds. These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour mixed with olive oil. 80He also brought a gold container weighing about four ounces, which was filled with incense. 81He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb as a burnt offering; 82a male goat for a sin offering; 83and two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs for a peace offering. This was the offering brought by Ahira son of Enan.
84So this was the dedication offering for the altar, brought by the leaders of Israel at the time it was anointed: twelve silver platters, twelve silver basins, and twelve gold incense containers. 85In all, the silver objects weighed about 60 pounds, F27 about 3 1/4 pounds for each platter and 13/4pounds for each basin. 86The weight of the donated gold came to about three pounds, F28 about four ounces for each of the gold containers that were filled with incense. 87Twelve bulls, twelve rams, and twelve one-year-old male lambs were donated for the burnt offerings, along with their prescribed grain offerings. Twelve male goats were brought for the sin offerings. 88Twenty-four young bulls, sixty rams, sixty male goats, and sixty one-year-old male lambs were donated for the peace offerings. This was the dedication offering for the altar after it was anointed.
89Whenever Moses went into the Tabernacle to speak with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two cherubim above the Ark's cover—the place of atonement—that rests on the Ark of the Covenant. F29 The LORD spoke to him from there.
FOOTNOTES:F24: Hebrew Tent of Meeting; also in 7:89. F25: Hebrew silver platter weighing 130 shekels [1.5 kilograms] and a silver basin weighing 70 shekels [0.8 kilograms], according to the sanctuary shekel; also in 7:19, 25, 31, 37, 43, 49, 55, 61, 67, 73, 79, 85. F26: Hebrew 10 shekels [114 grams]; also in 7:20, 26, 32, 38, 44, 50, 56, 62, 68, 74, 80, 86. F27: Hebrew 2,400 shekels [27.4 kilograms]. F28: Hebrew 120 shekels [1.4 kilograms]. F29: Or Ark of the Testimony.


Copyright Statement: Holy Bible, The New Living TranslationCopyright © 1996 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved
~Lena’s Journalin~
6 is the number of man, yet 12 is the number of the Divine rule of God working among men. 12 is God’s way among men, His provision for man to do God’s vision.
In reading this I saw the correlation of the Uzzah story, where a man moved towards steadying a cart of oxen with the Ark of the covenant balanced on it and the man died. God is specific about His way and for some reason men want to go all around bushes and skirt issues and do it every other way. God always goes back to His words, His words do not change, our understanding and obedience to them changes, but His words remain the same. If he said carry the Ark or presence on men’s shoulders, he did not mean carry it on a cart. If he said use a cart he meant it. Specifics lay it out clearly for all to see and know, trouble comes when we disregard the specifics deviating into ideas of our own reason.
What does it mean to you when we go through this long list of all of the gifts that the leaders brought to the Lord and His work?
To me it means, they gave, they gave into what was important to them, what was truly precious to them. Notice the first parts of each gift were all in the same proportion to one another. It was a symbolism of what God requires, our faith in the Lordship of Christ Jesus, silver is the metal of redemption. We have to give our lives over to God to redeem them. We must die with Christ to our old life, our old self. Our self life cannot redeem us, never ever. No matter how good we are, we have to forsake that old man and His ways and surrender our lives to Jesus and His Lordship.
What do we give into daily? What do we spend our lives on or involve ourselves in? What do we spend our time on? Surround our thoughts with?
If we were one of these leaders, would what would we bring the Lord for His work? Would it be something precious to us, like our time? Would it be something that cost us sacrificing something else we like a lot?
What would we bring? Would we give ourselves over to the work of the Lord? Do we now? What prevents us?
Worry?
Care?
Money?
Time?
Do you think any of these leaders had to make any adjustments in life to give what they did? Could it be that some sold things they had to cash in on something of value?
Did you know that your soul is at stake. It’s up for “auction” to the highest bidder. Someone will pay, what we give up may be in direct relation to who owns our souls. Or what we withhold may be in relation to who does not own our souls. We can gain the whole world and lose our own souls, or give our world to God’s world (view and plan) and live eternally.
It is our freewill choice everyday.



Daily Repetitive Verses:

Proverbs 27:17-19
17 You use steel to sharpen steel, and one friend sharpens another. 18 If you care for your orchard, you'll enjoy its fruit; if you honor your boss, you'll be honored.
19 Just as water mirrors your face, so your face mirrors your heart.
Psalm 122:1
1 When they said, "Let's go to the house of God," my heart leaped for joy.