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Numbers 7:85

in Numbers 7

Each silver platter weighed a hundred and thirty shekels, and each silver bowl seventy shekels. The total weight of the silver articles was two thousand four hundred shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

each silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and each bowl seventy; all the silver of the vessels two thousand and four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary;

KJV

Each charger of silver weighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy: all the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:

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This verse in Numbers 7

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
Each charger of silver weighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy,.... See Gill on Num 7:13, all the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; which amounted to 1,139 ounces and four drachms (k), which were worth about three hundred pounds of our money. (k) Vid. Scheuchzer. ut supra. (Physic. Sacr. vol. 2. p. 366.)

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

How greatly would the sanctuary of God be enriched and beautified if all would in their places do their part towards it, by exemplary purity and devotion, extensive charity, and universal usefulness! God signified his gracious acceptance of these presents that were brought him, by speaking familiarly to Moses, as a man speaks to his friend, from off the mercy-seat (

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

So large a collection of cattle offered for sacrifice on one occasion proves both the large flocks of the Israelites and the abundance of pastures which were then, and still are, found in the valleys that lie between the Sinaitic Mountains.

The words behind it

16 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים[was] thirty

    sheloshimH7970 →172 times

  • וּמֵאָ֗הand one hundred

    umeahH3967 →581 times

  • הַקְּעָרָ֤הthe dish

    hakearahH7086 →17 times

  • הָֽאַחַת֙<the> one

    haachatH259 →971 times

  • כֶּ֔סֶףsilver

    kesefH3701 →403 times

  • וְשִׁבְעִ֖יםand [was] seventy

    veshivimH7657 →91 times

  • הַמִּזְרָ֣קthe bowl

    hamizrakH4219 →32 times

  • הָאֶחָ֑ד<the> one

    haechadH259 →971 times

  • כֹּ֚לall

    kolH3605 →5413 times

  • כֶּ֣סֶף[the] silver of

    kesefH3701 →403 times

  • הַכֵּלִ֔יםthe vessels

    hakelimH3627 →325 times

  • אַלְפַּ֥יִם[was] two thousand

    ʾalpayimH505 →505 times

  • וְאַרְבַּע־and four

    vearba'-H702 →318 times

  • מֵא֖וֹתhundred<s>

    meotH3967 →581 times

  • בְּשֶׁ֥קֶלby [the] shekel of

    beshekelH8255 →88 times

  • הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃the holy place

    hakodeshH6944 →469 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

1 Chronicles 29:4three thousand talents of gold (the gold of Ophir) and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the buildings,2 works1 Chronicles 29:7Toward the service of God’s house they gave 5,000 talents and 10,000 darics of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze, and 100,000 talents of iron.2 works1 Chronicles 22:14Now behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD—100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also provided timber and stone, and you may add to them.2 worksEzra 8:25–26and I weighed out to them the contribution of silver and gold and the articles that the king, his counselors, his leaders, and all the Israelites there had offered for the house of our God.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 22:14

    Now behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD—100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also…

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 22:3

      David provided a large quantity of iron to make the nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, together with more bronze than could be weighed

    • 2 Kings 25:16

      As for the two pillars, the Sea, and the movable stands that Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.

    • 1 Kings 10:14

      The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents,

    • 1 Chronicles 29:4–7

      three thousand talents of gold (the gold of Ophir) and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the buildings,

    • 2 Corinthians 8:2

      In the terrible ordeal they suffered, their abundant joy and deep poverty overflowed into rich generosity.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 29:4

    three thousand talents of gold (the gold of Ophir) and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the buildings,

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 9:28

      They sailed to Ophir and imported gold from there—420 talents—and delivered it to Solomon.

    • 1 Chronicles 22:14

      Now behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD—100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also…

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 29:7

    Toward the service of God’s house they gave 5,000 talents and 10,000 darics of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze, and 100,000 talents of iron.

    it leads to

    • Ezra 2:69

      According to their ability, they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 darics of gold, 5,000 minas of silver, and 100 priestly garments.

Where this verse is studied

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About Numbers

The Brazen Serpent, Anthony van Dyck, 1618 to 1620. Public domain.
The Brazen Serpent, Anthony van Dyck, 1618 to 1620. Public domain.
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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