Numbers 7:1

And it came to pass, on the day when Moses made an end of rearing up the habitation and anointing it, and hallowing it, and all the furniture thereof, and the altar, and all the utensils thereof,—both of anointing them, and hallowing them,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them;

In Context

2that the princes of Israel, the heads of their ancestral houses, made an offering,—they being princes of the tribes, they being the men who stood over them who were numbered:

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Cross References

Genesis 2:3And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it,—because therein, rested he from all his work which God, by creating, had made.

Exodus 29:36And a sin-bearing bullock, shalt thou offer daily, for them who are to be covered by propitiation, and shalt make a sin-cleansing for the altar, when thou puttest a propitiatory-covering thereon,—and shalt anoint it to hallow it.

Exodus 30:29So shalt thou hallow them, and they shall be most holy,—whosoever toucheth them, shall be holy.

Exodus 40:11and thou shalt anoint the laver and its stand,—and shalt hallow it.

Leviticus 8:10And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the habitation and all that was therein,—and hallowed them;

Numbers 7:84This, was the offering for the dedication of the altar in the day when it was anointed, from the princes of Israel,—twelve chargers of silver twelve tossing bowls of silver, twelve spoons of gold;

Matthew Henry on Numbers 7:1

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 graciously signified his acceptance of them, ver. 89 . The two foregoing chapters were the records of additional laws which… Read the whole commentary →

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