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Numbers 7:19

The offering he presented was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Nethanel, leader of Issachar, presents his contribution on the second day of the tabernacle dedication, standing before the priestly altar. The text records his specific silver vessels and their measured contents as part of the twelve-day offering sequence.

The words — הִקְרִ֨ב (hik.Riv) = he brought near, and קַֽעֲרַת (ka.'a.rat) = a dish of, anchor the action and the object of the dedication.

The thread — The sanctuary shekel standard reappears in Exodus 30:13 and Leviticus 27:25, while the repeated tribal offering pattern continues through Numbers 7:13–88.

Why it lands — The text demands precise measurement and standardized weights for worship, showing that devotion is recorded in exact, repeatable terms rather than vague generosity.

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The Hebrew words

הִקְרִ֨בhik.Rivhe brought nearאֶת־'et-<obj.>קָרְבָּנ֜וֹka.re.ba.N/ooffering/ hisקַֽעֲרַת־ka.'a.rat-a dish ofכֶּ֣סֶףKe.sefsilverאַחַ֗ת'a.Chatoneשְׁלֹשִׁ֣יםshe.lo.Shim[was] thirtyוּמֵאָה֮u./me.'Ahand/ one hundredמִשְׁקָלָהּ֒mish.ka.La/hweight/ itsמִזְרָ֤קmiz.Raka bowlאֶחָד֙'e.Chadoneכֶּ֔סֶףKe.sefsilverשִׁבְעִ֥יםshiv.'Imseventyשֶׁ֖קֶלShe.kelshekel[s]בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלbe./She.kelby/ [the] shekel ofהַקֹּ֑דֶשׁha./Ko.deshthe/ holy placeשְׁנֵיהֶ֣ם׀she.nei./Hemboth of/ themמְלֵאִ֗יםme.le.'Im[were] fullסֹ֛לֶתSo.letfine flourבְּלוּלָ֥הbe.lu.Lahmixedבַשֶּׁ֖מֶןva./She.menwith <the>/ oilלְמִנְחָֽה׃le./min.Chahto/ a grain offering

King James Version

He offered for his offering one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: