Overflow Daily...ish: Offerings
12 He who offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah. 13 And his offering was one silver plate whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; 14 one golden dish of 10 shekels, full of incense; 15 one bull from the herd, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering; 16 one male goat for a sin offering; 17 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab. [1] Numbers 7:12-17 If reading today’s text was tough for you then strap in because you are about to read the exact same gifts being presented to God 11 more times. Could it be that Moses was running out of ideas and so he went on repeating himself for each of the tribes? Was Moses scribing down everything that was happening in real...