Numbers 7:10

Numbers 7:10 says, And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the altar.  There was a day set up for the various princes offer their sacrifices to dedicate the altar.  The princes, or leaders of the tribes of Israel, were given a day in which to offer their offerings before the altar when it was dedicated.   Again, God operates in an orderly fashion as He accomplshes His work today, and we cannot all do the same thing at the same time.  Verse eleven adds, And the LORD said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar.  This was not Moses decision, but God's.  We need to make sure that we are working by God's plan and not our own.  Verse twelve states, And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah:  Nahshon, of the tribe of Judah was to be the first to bring his offering.  This did not make him or the tribe of Judah better than the others.  It only meant that they were following God's directions.  No matter what or when we are doing what God directs us to do, we must never feel that we are better than other Christians.  Verse thirteen adds, And his offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:  Verse fourteen continues, One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense:  These were the permanent gifts offered with a temporary sacrifice. Verse fifteen says, One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:  Verse sixteen adds, One kid of the goats for a sin offering:  Verse seventeen continues, And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.  Then Nashon for the people of Judsh was to present the things used for temporary offerings. We are told all that Nashun and the tribe of Judah offered, and I believe that we must acknowledge that this was done freely, but under God's guidance.   We need to also give freely to God's work today, but to it under His guidance.   Verse eighteen states, On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer:  On the second day, Nethaneel of the tribe of Issachar was to bring his offering.  Once more, this did not make his offering more or less important than anyone elses.  Verse nineteen adds, He offered for his offering one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:  Again, we first have the permanent gifts mixed with the temporary offerings.  Verse twenty continues. One spoon of gold of ten shekels, full of incense:  Verse twenty-one says, One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:  Verse twenty-two adds, One kid of the goats for a sin offering: Verse twenty-three continues, And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar.  Then, we have the gifts offered to be used in temporary sacrifices.  We are told of the offering of Nethaneel and the tribe of Issachar.  We should note that in these offerings, some of it was of a more permanent nature and some was to be used quickly.   This should be the nature of our offerings to God today.