Bible Strands
Numbers 7:14
one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative records the offerings brought by the tribal leaders during the consecration of the altar. Each leader presents identical vessels and sacrifices in a structured sequence.
The words — The text specifies כּף (kaf), a pan or dish, and זָהב (za.Hav), gold, noting it weighs ten shekels and is filled with קטרת (ke.To.ret), incense. The phrasing explicitly distinguishes the vessel’s weight from its contents.
The thread — The use of incense connects to Exodus 30:7, where Aaron burns it daily, Exodus 30:34, which details the sacred spice formula, and Exodus 35:8, which lists spices provided for the tabernacle. These references establish incense as a regulated element of worship.
Why it lands — The verse demands exact standards for sacred materials and requires worshipers to follow prescribed orders. It leaves no room for improvisation in how offerings are prepared or presented.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense:
Cross-references
- Exodus 30:7 And Aaron is to burn fragrant incense on it every morning when he tends the lamps.
- Exodus 30:34 The LORD also said to Moses, “Take fragrant spices—gum resin, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense—in equal measures,
- Exodus 35:8 olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;
- Exodus 37:16 He also made the utensils for the table out of pure gold: its plates and dishes, as well as its bowls and pitchers for pouring drink offerings.
- Numbers 4:7 Over the table of the Presence they are to spread a blue cloth and place the plates and cups on it, along with the bowls and pitchers for the drink offering. The regular bread offering is to remain on it.
- 1 Kings 7:50 the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers; and the gold hinges for the doors of the inner temple (that is, the Most Holy Place) as well as for the doors of the main hall of the temple.
- 2 Kings 25:14 They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.
- 2 Chronicles 4:22 the wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers of pure gold; and the gold doors of the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place as well as the doors of the main hall.
- 2 Chronicles 24:14 When they were finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada, and with it were made articles for the house of the LORD—utensils for the service and for the burnt offerings, dishes, and other objects of gold and silver. Throughout the days of Jehoiada, burnt offerings were presented regularly in the house of the LORD.