Numbers 7:14

THE MESSAGE

a gold vessel weighing four ounces, filled with incense;

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;

King James Version
One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense:

Lexham English Bible
one golden dish weighing ten shekels filled with incense;

New English Translation
one gold pan weighing 10 shekels, full of incense;

Amplified Bible
one golden bowl of ten shekels, full of incense;

New American Standard Bible
one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense;

Geneva Bible (1587)
An incense cup of gold of tenne shekels, ful of incense,

Legacy Standard Bible
one gold pan of 10 shekels, full of incense;

Complete Jewish Bible
one gold pan of ten shekels [one-quarter pound], full of incense;

Darby Translation
one cup of ten [shekels] of gold, full of incense;

English Standard Version
one golden dish of 10 shekels, full of incense;

George Lamsa Translation
One spoon of gold of ten shekels, full of incense;

Good News Translation
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Christian Standard Bible®
one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;

Literal Translation
one golden pan of ten shekels full of incense;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And a golden spone, worth ten Sycles of golde, full of incense:

American Standard Version
one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense;

Bible in Basic English
One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice for burning;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
An [incense] cup of ten sicles of golde, full of incense:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
one golden pan of ten shekels, full of incense;

King James Version (1611)
One spoone of ten shekels of gold, full of incense:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
One golden censer of ten shekels full of incense.

English Revised Version
one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense;

Berean Standard Bible
one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
a morter, of ten goldun siclis, ful of encence.

Young's Literal Translation
one golden spoon of ten [shekels], full of perfume;

Update Bible Version
one golden spoon of ten [shekels], full of incense;

Webster's Bible Translation
One spoon of ten [shekels] of gold, full of incense:

World English Bible
one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;

New King James Version
one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense;

New Living Translation
He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense.

New Life Bible
And he gave one gold dish weighing as much as ten pieces of silver, full of special perfume.

New Revised Standard
one golden dish weighing ten shekels, full of incense;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
one spoon of ten shekels of gold full of incense;

Douay-Rheims Bible
A little mortar of ten sicles of gold full of incense:

Revised Standard Version
one golden dish of ten shekels, full of incense;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense;

Contextual Overview

¹⁰When the Altar was anointed, the leaders brought their offerings for its dedication and presented them before the Altar because God had instructed Moses, "Each day one leader is to present his offering for the dedication of the Altar." ¹²On the first day, Nahshon son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah, brought his offering. His offering was: a silver plate weighing three and a quarter pounds and a silver bowl weighing one and three-quarter pounds (according to the standard Sanctuary weights), each filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a Grain-Offering; ¹⁴ a gold vessel weighing four ounces, filled with incense; ¹⁵ a young bull, a ram, and a yearling lamb for a Whole-Burnt-Offering; ¹⁶ a he-goat for an Absolution-Offering; two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, and five yearling lambs to be sacrificed as a Peace-Offering. ¹⁷ This was the offering of Nahshon son of Amminadab. ¹⁸On the second day, Nethanel son of Zuar, the leader of Issachar, brought his offering. His offering was: a silver plate weighing three and a quarter pounds and a silver bowl weighing one and three-quarter pounds (according to the standard Sanctuary weights), each filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a Grain-Offering; a gold vessel weighing four ounces, filled with incense; a young bull, a ram, and a yearling lamb for a Whole-Burnt-Offering; a he-goat for an Absolution-Offering; two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, and five yearling lambs to be sacrificed as a Peace-Offering. This was the offering of Nethanel son of Zuar. ²⁴On the third day, Eliab son of Helon, the leader of the people of Zebulun, brought his offering. His offering was: a silver plate weighing three and a quarter pounds and a silver bowl weighing one and three-quarter pounds (according to the standard Sanctuary weights), each filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a Grain-Offering; a gold vessel weighing four ounces, filled with incense; a young bull, a ram, and a yearling lamb for a Whole-Burnt-Offering; a he-goat for an Absolution-Offering; two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, and five yearling lambs to be sacrificed as a Peace-Offering. This was the offering of Eliab son of Helon. ³⁰On the fourth day, Elizur son of Shedeur, the leader of the people of Reuben, brought his offering. His offering was: a silver plate weighing three and a quarter pounds and a silver bowl weighing one and three-quarter pounds (according to the standard Sanctuary weights), each filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a Grain-Offering; a gold vessel weighing four ounces, filled with incense; a young bull, a ram, and a yearling lamb for a Whole-Burnt-Offering; a he-goat for an Absolution-Offering; two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, and five yearling lambs to be sacrificed as a Peace-Offering. This was the offering of Elizur son of Shedeur. ³⁶On the fifth day, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai, the leader of the people of Simeon, brought his offering. His offering was: a silver plate weighing three and a quarter pounds and a silver bowl weighing one and three-quarter pounds (according to the standard Sanctuary weights), each filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a Grain-Offering; a gold vessel weighing four ounces, filled with incense; a young bull, a ram, and a yearling lamb for a Whole-Burnt-Offering; a he-goat for an Absolution-Offering; two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, and five yearling lambs to be sacrificed as a Peace-Offering. This was the offering of Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

spoon: Numbers 4:7, Exodus 37:16, 1 Kings 7:50, 2 Kings 25:14, 2 Kings 25:15, 2 Chronicles 4:22, 2 Chronicles 24:14

incense: Exodus 30:7, Exodus 30:8, Exodus 30:34-38, Exodus 35:8

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 12:13 - bowls 1 Chronicles 28:17 - the bowls Jeremiah 52:18 - the spoons Matthew 2:11 - frankincense

Cross-References

Genesis 7:2
"Take on board with you seven pairs of every clean animal, a male and a female; one pair of every unclean animal, a male and a female; and seven pairs of every kind of bird, a male and a female, to insure their survival on Earth. In just seven days I will dump rain on Earth for forty days and forty nights. I'll make a clean sweep of everything that I've made."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

One spoon of ten [shekels] of gold, c. Its weight was according to the shekels, its matter of gold it weighed four ounces, one drachm, and nine grains, and was worth about seven pounds and ten shillings of our money:

full of incense; this looks as if this spoon was designed for the golden altar of incense, which might be at this time also dedicated; but Jarchi understands it as for the altar of burnt offering, and observes, we never find incense belonging to a private person, nor to the outward altar (the altar of burnt offering), but this only, and which was temporary.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The several princes make their offerings in the order assigned to the tribes Numbers 2:0. It was doubtless the tribes themselves which presented these gifts through their chiefs. The twelve offerings are strictly alike, and were offered on twelve separate days.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Numbers 7:14. One spoon — כף caph, a censer, on which they put the incense. See Exodus 25:29.

It is worthy of remark that the different tribes are represented here as bringing their offerings precisely in the same order in which they encamped about the tabernacle. See Numbers 2:1-31 and Numbers 10:13-27.

1. JUDAH ... the chief 2. ISSACHAR . . . 3. ZEBULUN . . .	Nahshon, Nethaneel, Eliab,	Numbers 7:12 Numbers 7:18 Numbers 7:24	East
4. REUBEN . . . 5. SIMEON . . . 6. GAD . . .	Elizur, Shelumiel, Eliasaph,	Numbers 7:30 Numbers 7:36 Numbers 7:42	South
7. EPHRAIM . . . 8. MANASSEH . . . 9. BENJAMIN . . .	Elishama, Gamaliel, Abidan,	Numbers 7:48 Numbers 7:54 Numbers 7:60	West
10. DAN . . . 11. ASHER . . . 12. NAPHTALI . . .	Ahiezer, Pagiel, Ahira,	Numbers 7:66 Numbers 7:72 Numbers 7:78	North

It is worthy of remark also, that every tribe offers the same kind of offering, and in the same quantity, to show, that as every tribe was equally indebted to God for its support, so each should testify an equal sense of obligation. Besides, the vessels were all sacrificial vessels, and the animals were all clean animals, such as were proper for sacrifices; and therefore every thing was intended to point out that the people were to be a holy people, fully dedicated to God, and that God was to dwell among them; hence there were fine flour and oil, for a meat-offering, Numbers 7:13. A bullock, a ram, and a lamb, for a burnt-offering, Numbers 7:15-16. Five oxen, five rams, five he-goats, and five lambs, for a peace-offering, Numbers 7:17. Thus, as the priests, altars, &c., were anointed, and the tabernacle dedicated, so the people, by this offering, became consecrated to God. Therefore every act here was a religious act.

"Thus," says Mr. Ainsworth, "by sacrifices of all sorts, figuring the death of Christ, and the benefits that were to be received thereby, they reconciled and made themselves and theirs acceptable to God, and were made partakers of his grace, to remission of sins, and sanctification through faith, and in the work of the Holy Ghost, in the communion and feeling whereof they rejoiced before God."