Numbers 7:1-89

Offerings for the Tabernacle

For the tabernacle:

6 covered carts

12 oxen

For the dedication of the altar:

12 silver plates

12 silver sprinkling bowls

12 gold dishes, each filled with incense

For the burnt offering:

12 young bulls

12 yearling rams

12 yearling male lambs

12 male goats

For the fellowship offering:

24 oxen

60 rams

60 male goats

60 yearling male lambs

...not an insignificant amount of wealth expended in order to launch the tabernacle and the sacrificial systems associated with it! 

"When Moses entered the Tent of Meeting to speak with the Lord, he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two cherubim above the atonement cover on the ark of the Testimony. And he spoke with him." (Numbers 7:89)

God's presence and God's voice are at the very center of the tabernacle, the people's labors, their worship, and their living.

What would I give? Dear God, how much would I spend in order to sense Your presence and to hear Your voice?