SEV Biblia, Chapter 7:89
Y cuando entraba Moisés en el tabernáculo del testimonio, para hablar con El, oía la voz del que le hablaba de encima de la cubierta que estaba sobre el arca del testimonio, de entre los dos querubines; y hablaba con él.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Numbers 7:89
Verse 89. To speak with him] To confer with God, and to receive farther discoveries of his will. He heard the voice of one speaking unto him] Though Moses saw no similitude, but only heard a voice, yet he had the fullest proof of the presence as well as of the being of the Almighty. In this way God chose to manifest himself during that dispensation, till the fullness of the time came, in which the WORD was made flesh, and DWELT AMONG US. No man hath seen God at any time; the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
The mercy-seat] See the note on "Exod. xxv. 17". As God gave oracular answers from this place, and spoke to Moses as it were face to face, hence the place was called the ORACLE, rybd debir, or speaking place, from rbd dabar, he spoke, 1 Kings vi. 23. And as this mercy-seat represented our blessed Redeemer, so the apostle says that God, who had at sundry times, and in divers manners, SPOKEN in time past to the fathers by the prophets, hath, in these last days, SPOKEN unto us by his Son. Heb. i. 1, 2. Hence the incarnated Christ is the true rybd debir or oracle, in and by whom God speaks unto man. On this occasion we find there were offered 12 silver chargers each weighing 130 shekels. silver bowls, each 70 shekels. Total amount of silver vessels 2, 400 shekels. golden spoons, each weighing 10 shekels. Total amount of golden vessels... 120 shekels. silver charger at 130 shekels, reduced to troy weight, makes 75 9 16 8/31 A silver bowl, at 70 shekels, amounts to 40 12 21 21/31 Total weight of the 12 chargers. 905 16 3 3/31 Total weight of the 12 bowls 487 14 20 4/31 Total - 1, 393 10 23 7/31 Which, at 5s. per oz., is equal to.. ú348 7s. 9d.
The 12 golden spoons, allowing each to be - 5 16 3 3/31 amount to - 69 13 13 5/31 Which, at ú4 per ounce, is equal to ú278 14s. 2 1/2 d. And added to the amount of the silver............................. ú348 7s. 9d. make a total of..................... ú627 1s. 11d.
Besides the above there were Bullocks 12 Rams 12 Lambs 12 Goats 24 Rams 60 He-goats 60 Lambs 60 - Total 240 clean beasts for sacrifice.
By which we may at once see that though the place in which they now sojourned was a wilderness, as to cities, villages, and regular inhabitants, yet there was plenty of pasturage, else the Israelites could not have furnished these cattle, with all the sacrifices necessary for different occasions, and especially for the passover, which was celebrated during their sojourning in the desert, and which itself must have required an immense number of lambs, (see chap. 9.,) when each family of the 600, 000 males was obliged to provide one for itself.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 89. And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation, to speak with him , etc.] With God, to consult him on some affair or another, or to learn whether he had anything else to communicate to him, to be delivered to the children of Israel; or whether he had any directions and instructions to give him about the presents and gifts of the princes, since this seems to be immediately after their offerings: then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him ; the Targum of Jonathan paraphrases it, the voice of the Spirit; but rather the voice of the Shechinah, or Word of God, the eternal “Logos”, is what was heard; who in the fulness of time was to be made flesh, and dwell among men, and be heard, and seen, and handled by them; for as for the voice of the Father, the was not heard at any time, ( John 5:37); from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim ; upon the ark in which the law was, called the testimony, was the mercy seat; over that were placed two cherubim shadowing it, and between these was the seat of the divine Majesty, which he had now taken, and from hence the voice of him speaking, was heard; which, as it follows upon the presents and offerings of the princes, may be interpreted, of the divine approbation and acceptance of them, since it was promised by the Lord to Moses, that upon their building a tabernacle for him he would dwell in it; and upon the making a mercy seat with the cherubim over the ark, he would there meet with Moses, and commune with him; all which being done to his mind he fulfils his promise: though it seems that at this time Moses did not go into the most holy place, only into the tabernacle of the congregation, the outward sanctuary, the court of the tabernacle; and there he heard the voice, as Jarchi observes, coming out of the most holy place, and from the mercy seat there, which was so loud, clear, and distinct, as to be well heard and understood by him; he supposes the voice went out from heaven to between the two cherubim, and from thence to the tabernacle of the congregation: and he spake unto him; what he spoke is not said, unless it is what follows in the next chapter.
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
ובבא 935 משׁה 4872 אל 413 אהל 168 מועד 4150 לדבר 1696 אתו 854 וישׁמע 8085 את 853 הקול 6963 מדבר 1696 אליו 413 מעל 5921 הכפרת 3727 אשׁר 834 על 5921 ארן 727 העדת 5715 מבין 996 שׁני 8147 הכרבים 3742 וידבר 1696 אליו׃ 413
