* On the seventh.
Both Jewish and Christian writers have been surprised that
this work of offering went forward on the seventh day (which
they suppose to have been a sabbath), as well as on the other
days. But, 1. there is no absolute proof that this seventh
day of offering was a sabbath. 2. Were it even so, could
the people be better employed than in thus consecrating
themselves and their services to the Lord? We have already
seen that every act was a religious act; and we may rest
assured, that no day was too holy for the performance of such
acts as are here recorded. Here it may be observed, that
Moses has thought fit to set down distinctly, and at full
length, the offerings of the princes of each tribe, though,
as we have already observed, they were the very same, both in
quantity and quality, that an honourable mention might be
made of every one apart, and that none might think himself in
the least neglected.
* Elishama.
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