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Numbers 7:31

His offering 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 — Elizur son of Shedeur, leader of the Reubenites, presents his contribution on the fourth day of the tribal dedication sequence.

The words — קָרְבָּנוֹ (qorbanô) = his offering; מִזְרָק (mizraq) = a silver bowl or platter.

The thread — This specific silver vessel for grain offerings appears in the same dedication sequence at Numbers 7:32 and recurs in Solomon’s temple inventory at 1 Kings 7:50.

Why it lands — The text records a precise weight and standard measurement for a ritual object, requiring the reader to note the exactness of the sanctuary’s material requirements.

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The Hebrew words

קָרְבָּנ֞וֹka.re.ba.N/ooffering/ hisקַֽעֲרַת־ka.'a.rat-[was] 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

His offering was one silver charger of the weight of 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: