Numbers 7:38
in Numbers 7one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense;
KJV
One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
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This verse in Numbers 7
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
On the fourth day Elizur son of Shedeur
on Numbers 7:30-47
Days four to six are Reuben, Simeon and Gad, the south standard of Numbers 2:10-16. Reuben was the firstborn and comes fourth, which Numbers 2 had already settled and Genesis 49:3-4 had explained. The offering does not vary by the size of a tribe or the standing of a man.
This site's exposition
one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense
Matthew Henry reckons that Israel could spare gold and silver in such amounts because God fed them daily with bread from heaven. Their land would come to them in Canaan by promise. Simeon's dish brings the gold to fifty shekels.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense. See Gill on Num 7:14.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
But while this was done in one respect, as subjects offering tribute to their king, it was in another respect, a purely religious act. The vessels offered were for a sacrificial use--the animals brought were clean and fit for sacrifice, both symbolically denoting, that while God was to dwell among them as their Sovereign, they were a holy people, who by this offering dedicated themselves to God.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כַּ֥ף | kaf | a pan | H3709 → | 192 times |
| אַחַ֛ת | ʾachat | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| עֲשָׂרָ֥ה | ʾasarah | ten | H6235 → | 176 times |
| זָהָ֖ב | zahav | gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| מְלֵאָ֥ה | meleah | full | H4392 → | 64 times |
| קְטֹֽרֶת׃ | ketoret | incense | H7004 → | 60 times |
כַּ֥ףa pan
kafH3709 →192 times
אַחַ֛תone
ʾachatH259 →971 times
עֲשָׂרָ֥הten
ʾasarahH6235 →176 times
זָהָ֖בgold
zahavH2091 →389 times
מְלֵאָ֥הfull
meleahH4392 →64 times
קְטֹֽרֶת׃incense
ketoretH7004 →60 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About Numbers
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.