Bible Strands
Numbers 7:32
one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — This verse records a tribal leader’s material contribution during the tabernacle dedication offerings. It follows a silver vessel listing and immediately precedes the burnt offering animals.
The words — The Hebrew כַּף (kaf) denotes a pan or dish, while קְטֹרֶת (qetoret) specifies the incense it contains. Together they describe a ten-shekel gold vessel filled with the aromatic offering.
The thread — Incense offerings appear in worship contexts like Psalms 66:15, Malachi 1:11, and Luke 1:10. These references connect the tabernacle ritual to later corporate prayer and prophetic worship.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition of precise material contributions to sacred space. It requires the reader to track how specific quantities and materials function within Israel’s ritual system.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
Cross-references
- Psalms 66:15 I will offer You fatlings as burnt offerings, with the fragrant smoke of rams; I will offer bulls and goats. Selah
- Malachi 1:11 For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- Luke 1:10 And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.
- Revelation 8:3 Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne.