Today, I am reading and commenting on  Numbers 7.

At first I did not know what to make of today’s passage because it can be easily seen as a repetitive listing of the same offerings from different people.  However, when I thought about it I realized there is something interesting here.  The leader of each tribe gave exactly the same offering as the leader of every other tribe for the dedication of the Tabernacle.  They did this despite the tribes varying in population by a very large degree.  I believe this reflects the principle that each tribe had an equal share within the nation of Israel, regardless of how many warriors they could provide to the nation.  Having written that, I am not sure what significance it actually has.  It seemed very significant when I started writing.  I thought that as I wrote I would be able to explain that significance, but that did not happen.  I am still convinced the equality of the tribes is significant, but I am not sure why.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.