10 And the princes H5387 offered H7126 for dedicating H2598 of the altar H4196 in the day H3117 that it was anointed, H4886 even the princes H5387 offered H7126 their offering H7133 before H6440 the altar. H4196
And in the eighth H8066 day H3117 they made H6213 a solemn assembly: H6116 for they kept H6213 the dedication H2598 of the altar H4196 seven H7651 days, H3117 and the feast H2282 seven H7651 days. H3117
And the officers H7860 shall speak H1696 unto the people, H5971 saying, H559 What man H376 is there that hath built H1129 a new H2319 house, H1004 and hath not dedicated H2596 it? let him go H3212 and return H7725 to his house, H1004 lest he die H4191 in the battle, H4421 and another H312 man H376 dedicate H2596 it.
And Solomon H8010 offered H2076 a sacrifice H2077 of peace offerings, H8002 which he offered H2076 unto the LORD, H3068 two H8147 and twenty H6242 thousand H505 oxen, H1241 and an hundred H3967 and twenty H6242 thousand H505 sheep. H6629 So the king H4428 and all the children H1121 of Israel H3478 dedicated H2596 the house H1004 of the LORD. H3068
And king H4428 Solomon H8010 offered H2076 a sacrifice H2077 of twenty H6242 and two H8147 thousand H505 oxen, H1241 and an hundred H3967 and twenty H6242 thousand H505 sheep: H6629 so the king H4428 and all the people H5971 dedicated H2596 the house H1004 of God. H430
And at the dedication H2598 of the wall H2346 of Jerusalem H3389 they sought H1245 the Levites H3881 out of all their places, H4725 to bring H935 them to Jerusalem, H3389 to keep H6213 the dedication H2598 with gladness, H8057 both with thanksgivings, H8426 and with singing, H7892 with cymbals, H4700 psalteries, H5035 and with harps. H3658
And it came to pass on the day H3117 that Moses H4872 had fully H3615 set up H6965 the tabernacle, H4908 and had anointed H4886 it, and sanctified H6942 it, and all the instruments H3627 thereof, both the altar H4196 and all the vessels H3627 thereof, and had anointed H4886 them, and sanctified H6942 them;
And the children H1123 of Israel, H3479 the priests, H3549 and the Levites, H3879 and the rest H7606 of the children H1123 of the captivity, H1547 kept H5648 the dedication H2597 of this H1836 house H1005 of God H426 with joy, H2305 And offered H7127 at the dedication H2597 of this H1836 house H1005 of God H426 an hundred H3969 bullocks, H8450 two hundred H3969 rams, H1798 four H703 hundred H3969 lambs; H563 and for a sin offering H2402 H2409 for H5922 all H3606 Israel, H3479 twelve H8648 H6236 he H6841 goats, H5796 according to the number H4510 of the tribes H7625 of Israel. H3479
Also that day H3117 they offered H2076 great H1419 sacrifices, H2077 and rejoiced: H8055 for God H430 had made them rejoice H8055 with great H1419 joy: H8057 the wives H802 also and the children H3206 rejoiced: H8055 so that the joy H8057 of Jerusalem H3389 was heard H8085 even afar off. H7350
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Commentary on Numbers 7 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 7
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.
Num 7:1-9
Here is the offering of the princes to the service of the tabernacle. Observe,
Num 7:10-89
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, 11), but now they were handselled, as it were, by the princes, with their free-will offerings. They began the use of them with rich presents, great expressions of joy and gladness, and extraordinary respect to those tokens of God's presence with them. Now observe here,