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Numbers 7:86

in Numbers 7

The twelve gold dishes filled with incense weighed ten shekels each, according to the sanctuary shekel. The total weight of the gold dishes was a hundred and twenty shekels.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

the twelve golden spoons, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary; all the gold of the spoons a hundred and twenty shekels;

KJV

The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons was an hundred and twenty shekels.

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This verse in Numbers 7

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense,.... Which points at the use those spoons or cups were of, namely, to carry incense in them, such as were used on the day of atonement (l): weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary; See Gill on Num 7:14, all the gold of the spoons was twenty shekels; which amounted to forty nine ounces, five drachms, scruples, and eight gains, worth about seventy five pounds of our money. (l) Misn. Yoma, c. 4, 4. & 5, 1.

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.

  • כַּפּ֨וֹת[the] pans of

    kapotH3709 →192 times

  • זָהָ֤בgold

    zahavH2091 →389 times

  • שְׁתֵּים־two [plus]

    sheteim-H8147 →768 times

  • עֶשְׂרֵה֙ten

    ʾesrehH6240 →338 times

  • מְלֵאֹ֣תfull

    meleotH4392 →64 times

  • קְטֹ֔רֶתincense

    ketoretH7004 →60 times

  • עֲשָׂרָ֧ה[were] ten

    ʾasarahH6235 →176 times

  • עֲשָׂרָ֛הten

    ʾasarahH6235 →176 times

  • הַכַּ֖ףthe pan

    hakafH3709 →192 times

  • בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלby [the] shekel of

    beshekelH8255 →88 times

  • הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁthe holy place

    hakodeshH6944 →469 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • זְהַ֥ב[the] gold of

    zehavH2091 →389 times

  • הַכַּפּ֖וֹתthe pans

    hakapotH3709 →192 times

  • עֶשְׂרִ֥ים[was] twenty

    ʾesrimH6242 →315 times

  • וּמֵאָֽה׃and one hundred

    umeahH3967 →581 times

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

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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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