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Numbers 7:12-17 meaning
Starting with the day of the dedication of the tabernacle (the tent of meeting), each of the 12 tribes would bring gifts to the Levites over the following 12 days—one tribe per day, amounting to a 12-day dedication ceremony.
Verse 12 identifies the one who presented his offering on the first day (v. 13). His name was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah (v. 12). Nahshon ("little snake") was mentioned in Numbers 1:7 as the leader of the tribe of Judah.
The offering of the tribe of Judah was identical to the other tribes and consisted of the following items:
All of the items above comprised the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab on behalf of the tribe of Judah. The tribes present their offerings in the same order as the tribes were assigned their places in Numbers 2. In both cases, Judah might have gone first due to its place of prophetic prominence, as the Messiah will come from the tribe of Judah.