There is something about the identical repetitions of the giving by the 12 tribes to God for the Levites in their service of the tabernacle and their offerings for the dedication of the altar that is powerfully important.

Repetition is always important in the Scriptures but the repetitions here underline that no tribe is different, that all are equally significant and important to God, that their identical giving doesn't put one ahead and another behind.

Money or giving can so readily separate people and give status to the one who has much and a loss of status to the one who has little but Jesus clearly indicates that the measurement is according to our ability to give so that the woman who gave all that she had to live on gave much more than the rich who gave out of their surfeit.

It is also remarkable that the Scriptures re ...