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New Living Translation

Numbers 7:14

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Shekel;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Altar of Burnt-Offering, the;   Dedication;   Judah, the Tribe of;   Offerings;   Tabernacle;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Charger(s);   Dedicate, Dedication;   Pan;   Spoon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Sacrifice and Offering;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Bason;   Charger;   Ox, Oxen;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Last Days at Sinai;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gold;   Shewbread, the;   Spoon;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Sacrifice;  

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 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;
THE MESSAGE
a gold vessel weighing four ounces, filled with incense;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense;

Contextual Overview

10 The leaders also presented dedication gifts for the altar at the time it was anointed. They each placed their gifts before the altar. 11 The Lord said to Moses, "Let one leader bring his gift each day for the dedication of the altar." 12 On the first day Nahshon son of Amminadab, leader of the tribe of Judah, presented his offering. 13 His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3 1⁄4 pounds and a silver basin weighing 1 3⁄4 pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil. 14 He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense. 15 He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb for a burnt offering, 16 and a male goat for a sin offering. 17 For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Nahshon son of Amminadab. 18 On the second day Nethanel son of Zuar, leader of the tribe of Issachar, presented his offering. 19 His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3 1⁄4 pounds and a silver basin weighing 1 3⁄4 pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.

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 with you seven pairs—male and female—of each animal I have approved for eating and for sacrifice, and take one pair of each of the others.
Genesis 7:3
Also take seven pairs of every kind of bird. There must be a male and a female in each pair to ensure that all life will survive on the earth after the flood.
Genesis 7:8
With them were all the various kinds of animals—those approved for eating and for sacrifice and those that were not—along with all the birds and the small animals that scurry along the ground.
Genesis 7:9
They entered the boat in pairs, male and female, just as God had commanded Noah.

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."


 
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