ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

 Tusite Sune 15, 2021

Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with the Lord

hū ‘a Mōsese ki he Tēniti Fe‘iloaki‘anga ke fefolofolai mo Ia

Nomipa 7 (Numbers 7)

 

* G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible*

In our division of Numbers into chapters, chapter seven is the longest. It deals with worship and, first of all, with the princes' voluntary offering of their substance to the maintenance of worship. It is to be noticed that this offering was voluntary, not in answer to any compulsion outside even that of divine commandment. Out of their own consciousness of the importance of worship did the princes of the people offer willingly.

It is further to be observed that in each case the giving was equal, thus precluding the possibility of any spirit of rivalry and realizing unity of purpose. Perhaps the matter of simplest and yet greatest interest in this long chapter is the fact that this giving was so carefully chronicled and that in so detailed and elaborate a way. While all the story might have been told in a very few sentences, it is set forth with elaborate attention to detail. Every man is named and every gift is recorded Thus, while the whole reveals unity of purpose and of equality of giving, in the divine recognition there is a remarkable attention to individual devotion.

Nomipa 7:89 - Pea ‘i he hū ‘a Mōsese ki he Tēniti Fe‘iloaki‘anga ke fefolofolai mo Ia, na‘a ne ongo‘i ‘a e Le‘o ‘oku folofola mai kiate ia mei he funga Hōifua‘anga, ‘a ia ‘oku hili ki he ‘A‘ake Fakamo‘oni‘anga, ‘io, mei he vaha‘a ‘o e ongo Selupimi: pea ne folofola kiate ia.

Numbers 7:89 - And when Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with the Lord, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim; and it spoke to him.

 

*Commentary: The NIV Study Bible*

7:89 This verse emphasizes the awesome responsibility of Moses, who often went into the tent of meeting to speak with the LORD, and who then heard the voice of God speaking to him, in order to receive and communicate God's instructions for the people. This verse also reinforces the importance of the tabernacle, for it was there that Moses heard God speaking to him from between the two cherubim.