Numbers 7 Offerings
Chapter 7 is a long chapter most of it is redundant as it describes how each tribe's leader brought their gifts to the tabernacle. The chapter begins with the blessing of the tent and all the pieces of the tabernacle. This is followed by the Israelites bring their offerings to the tent of meetings. Majority of the chapter is essentially the same thing as each tribe brings the same gifts over the next twelve days. What struck me in this was the importance of the offerings. The offerings were intended to allow the Levites to be able to do the work of the ministry. Remember the Levites responsibility was to the Tent of Meeting and ministry to the people of Israel. They were not out making a living this was their living. What we need to understand here is that this was just an offering. We will see later that this is different from the tithe. Application As a minister I am aware of tho...