SEV Biblia, Chapter 7:84
Esta fue la dedicación del altar, el día que fue ungido, por los príncipes de Israel: doce platos de plata, doce jarros de plata, doce cucharros de oro.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Numbers 7:84
Verse 84. This was the dedication of the altar, in the day, &c.] Meaning here the time in which it was dedicated; for as each tribe had a whole day for its representative or prince to present the offerings it had provided, consequently the dedication, in which each had his day, must have lasted twelve days: the words therefore, in this text, refer to the last day or twelfth, in which this dedication was completed.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 84. This [was] the dedication of the altar by the princes , etc.] These the presents they made, and the offerings they offered when the altar first began to be made use of, after it had been anointed and sanctified for sacred service: in the day when it was anointed : this shows that it was not the precise and exact day of the setting up of the tabernacle, and the anointing of the altar, that the above presents and offerings were brought, since they were twelve successive days in bringing; but that the sense is, that about that time, or quickly after it was anointed, the princes dedicated it in the manner before described: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold ; according to the number of the princes, and the tribes they were princes of; a noble instance both of devotion and piety, and of liberality and generosity; and is a standing example on record to all princes and great personages in all successive ages, to promote religion and godliness, by their own personal conduct and behaviour, and to encourage and support it by their generous benefactions and donations: the sum total of what they contributed is in this and the following verses given.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 10-89 - The princes and great men were most forward in the service of God. Her is an example to those in authority, and of the highest rank; the ought to use their honour and power, their estate and interest, to promote religion and the service of God in the places where they live Though it was a time of joy and rejoicing, yet still, in the midst of their sacrifices, we find a sin-offering. As, in our best services, we are conscious that there is sin, there should be repentance, even in our most joyful services. In all approaches to God we must by fait look to Christ as the Sin-offering. They brought their offerings eac on a day. God's work should not be done confusedly, or in a hurry; tak time, and we shall have done the sooner, or, at least, we shall have done the better. If services are to be done for twelve days together we must not call it a task and a burden. All their offerings were the same; all the tribes of Israel had an equal share in the altar, and a equal interest in the sacrifices offered upon it. He who now spake to Moses, as the Shechinah or Divine Majesty, from between the Cherubim was the Eternal Word, the second Person in the Trinity; for all God' communion with man is by his Son, by whom he made the world, and rule the church, who is the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
זאת 2063 חנכת 2598 המזבח 4196 ביום 3117 המשׁח 4886 אתו 853 מאת 853 נשׂיאי 5387 ישׂראל 3478 קערת 7086 כסף 3701 שׁתים 8147 עשׂרה 6240 מזרקי 4219 כסף 3701 שׁנים 8147 עשׂר 6240 כפות 3709 זהב 2091 שׁתים 8147 עשׂרה׃ 6240
