The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords,
The pins of the tabernacle and the pins of the court, with their cords, are named among the materials and furnishings provided for the sanctuary and its court. Those small fastenings and ties for the wilderness tabernacle were supplied by free-will offerings given just after Israel left Egypt, when there was but a step back from freedom to slavery and means were scanty. Though their own tents were small, the people did not plead to enlarge them, but put God's house first, to be built after the design God gave.
The tabernacle project was supplied through abundant, willing gifts that Moses invited the people to bring willingly from the heart, and they needed no urging. They took ornaments and jewelry from their persons into the treasury to beautify and enrich the house for God, gladly giving gold, silver, brass and ornamental work because each soul was anxious to have an interest in erecting it for God. They gave in such abundance, expending more than a million dollars, that Moses had to proclaim they had enough and their cheerful, willing labors and offerings must cease, because all already brought could not be appropriated.
Even these small fastenings and ties were a small part of the wilderness tabernacle provided by special free-will offerings over and above systematic tithes and regular donations, laid upon the people by God in proportion to what each had been given, with larger gifts required from larger means, both for their own good and to sustain His service. God could have created an abundance of means without asking any sacrifice, for the gold and silver are His and all that is possessed, even souls and bodies, are His, but He never works that way; He asks His people to return to Him what is His own so that every soul may have a share in the blessing. The detailed requirements for the tabernacle's construction show that God required exactness, skill, wisdom, and perfection in work done for His service, qualities workers should bring to every line of that work.
The verse sets the pattern for hearts now who are equally free, willing, and anxious to give means and hearty cooperation when assured there is a work to be done and God calls. The same pattern calls for everyone to take an interest and make free-will offerings to help purchase property for educating youth to go forth as missionaries, with a blessing for everyone who acts his part, so that when the deed is offered the money is ready.
The pins of the tabernacle and the pins of the court, with their cords, are named among the materials and furnishings provided for the sanctuary and its court. Those small fastenings and ties for the wilderness tabernacle were supplied by free-will offerings given just after Israel left Egypt, when there was but a step back from freedom to slavery and means were scanty. Though their own tents were small, the people did not plead to enlarge them, but put God's house first, to be built after the design God gave.
The tabernacle project was supplied through abundant, willing gifts that Moses invited the people to bring willingly from the heart, and they needed no urging. They took ornaments and jewelry from their persons into the treasury to beautify and enrich the house for God, gladly giving gold, silver, brass and ornamental work because each soul was anxious to have an interest in erecting it for God. They gave in such abundance, expending more than a million dollars, that Moses had to proclaim they had enough and their cheerful, willing labors and offerings must cease, because all already brought could not be appropriated.
Even these small fastenings and ties were a small part of the wilderness tabernacle provided by special free-will offerings over and above systematic tithes and regular donations, laid upon the people by God in proportion to what each had been given, with larger gifts required from larger means, both for their own good and to sustain His service. God could have created an abundance of means without asking any sacrifice, for the gold and silver are His and all that is possessed, even souls and bodies, are His, but He never works that way; He asks His people to return to Him what is His own so that every soul may have a share in the blessing. The detailed requirements for the tabernacle's construction show that God required exactness, skill, wisdom, and perfection in work done for His service, qualities workers should bring to every line of that work.
The verse sets the pattern for hearts now who are equally free, willing, and anxious to give means and hearty cooperation when assured there is a work to be done and God calls. The same pattern calls for everyone to take an interest and make free-will offerings to help purchase property for educating youth to go forth as missionaries, with a blessing for everyone who acts his part, so that when the deed is offered the money is ready.