The candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light,
The verse names the candlestick for the light, with its furniture and its lamps and the oil for the light, as part of the furnishings required for the tabernacle sanctuary. Those furnishings belong to the pattern and design for the sanctuary that was shown to Moses, and the work done for God's service calls for exactness and care. The command to build came right after leaving Egypt, when Israel was but a step from freedom back to slavery and their means were scanty.
God's house was to be built first, while the people's own tents remained small and they made no plea to enlarge them. The verse belongs to a special extra call beyond tithes and regular systematic donations, asking for voluntary gifts to supply what God's service needed, with the amount required proportioned to the amount bestowed, both for the people's own good and to sustain His service. God owns the gold and silver and all that is possessed, even soul and body, and could supply means without asking any sacrifice, but He asks His people to give so that all will want a part and share the blessing of returning to Him what is His own.
The lampstand and other needs were supplied by willing, cheerful gifts and labor that needed no urging. Each soul was anxious to have an interest in erecting God's house, taking ornaments and jewelry from the person and casting them into the treasury to beautify and enrich the house for God, with materials of gold, silver, brass and ornamental work gladly given at a cost of more than a million dollars. The gifts and labor came in such abundance that Moses had to proclaim that enough had been brought and order willing offerings and work to cease, because all that was brought could not be used. The same blessing comes to every soul who acts a part in giving for His work, including free-will offerings to purchase property for schools where youth are educated to go forth as missionaries.
The verse names the candlestick for the light, with its furniture and its lamps and the oil for the light, as part of the furnishings required for the tabernacle sanctuary. Those furnishings belong to the pattern and design for the sanctuary that was shown to Moses, and the work done for God's service calls for exactness and care. The command to build came right after leaving Egypt, when Israel was but a step from freedom back to slavery and their means were scanty.
God's house was to be built first, while the people's own tents remained small and they made no plea to enlarge them. The verse belongs to a special extra call beyond tithes and regular systematic donations, asking for voluntary gifts to supply what God's service needed, with the amount required proportioned to the amount bestowed, both for the people's own good and to sustain His service. God owns the gold and silver and all that is possessed, even soul and body, and could supply means without asking any sacrifice, but He asks His people to give so that all will want a part and share the blessing of returning to Him what is His own.
The lampstand and other needs were supplied by willing, cheerful gifts and labor that needed no urging. Each soul was anxious to have an interest in erecting God's house, taking ornaments and jewelry from the person and casting them into the treasury to beautify and enrich the house for God, with materials of gold, silver, brass and ornamental work gladly given at a cost of more than a million dollars. The gifts and labor came in such abundance that Moses had to proclaim that enough had been brought and order willing offerings and work to cease, because all that was brought could not be used. The same blessing comes to every soul who acts a part in giving for His work, including free-will offerings to purchase property for schools where youth are educated to go forth as missionaries.