The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,
The verse names the altar for burnt offering with its bronze grating, its carrying poles and all its utensils, together with the washbasin and its stand, as furnishings of the tabernacle built in the wilderness. Those articles belong to the account of the sanctuary's construction and its equipment for service in the wilderness. They were to be made according to God's design, following the pattern shown to Moses, a work requiring exactness, skill, and wisdom.
The furnishings were provided through the Israelites' willing, free-will gifts for building God's house. The people gave freely and cheerfully, bringing their offerings in abundance. They continued giving until there was enough and more than enough, so Moses had to tell them to stop bringing offerings.
This call for special free-will offerings was in addition to the regular systematic and proportionate donations for religious interests and the poor. The call was proportioned to what each person possessed and was made for the people's own good as well as to sustain God's service. God could have supplied the means without requiring sacrifice, since the gold and silver are His and even the people's souls and bodies are His, but He invited all to give so all could share in the blessing. The same blessing comes to everyone who shares by returning to the Lord what is His own, such as by giving free-will offerings to purchase property for educating youth as missionaries.
The verse names the altar for burnt offering with its bronze grating, its carrying poles and all its utensils, together with the washbasin and its stand, as furnishings of the tabernacle built in the wilderness. Those articles belong to the account of the sanctuary's construction and its equipment for service in the wilderness. They were to be made according to God's design, following the pattern shown to Moses, a work requiring exactness, skill, and wisdom.
The furnishings were provided through the Israelites' willing, free-will gifts for building God's house. The people gave freely and cheerfully, bringing their offerings in abundance. They continued giving until there was enough and more than enough, so Moses had to tell them to stop bringing offerings.
This call for special free-will offerings was in addition to the regular systematic and proportionate donations for religious interests and the poor. The call was proportioned to what each person possessed and was made for the people's own good as well as to sustain God's service. God could have supplied the means without requiring sacrifice, since the gold and silver are His and even the people's souls and bodies are His, but He invited all to give so all could share in the blessing. The same blessing comes to everyone who shares by returning to the Lord what is His own, such as by giving free-will offerings to purchase property for educating youth as missionaries.