Introduction
THE DEDICATORY GIFTS OF THE PRINCES.
This historical item would naturally have been recorded in Leviticus at the beginning of chap. vii, before the account of the consecration of the tabernacle and its furniture. But it was deferred in order to preserve the continuity of the Sinaitic laws. Moreover, there is a logical consistency in the mention of these offerings immediately before the departure from Sinai, because they comprised the facilities necessary for the transportation of the tabernacle to Canaan. The presentation of the gifts could not have occupied the entire time of these twelve days, so that the publication of the laws was probably carried on during a portion of each day. The whole book of Leviticus occupied only a month. Hence we infer that a great economy of time was practised by Moses.
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