Bible Strands
Numbers 7:43
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 — On the sixth day of the tabernacle dedication, Eliasaph son of Deuel, leader of the Gadites, presents his designated gift. The words — קָרְבָּנ֞וֹ (qarbanô) denotes his offering, while מִזְרָק (mizrāq) specifies the silver bowl used to hold the grain mixture. The thread — The prescribed grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil appears in Leviticus 2:5 and Leviticus 14:10. Why it lands — The text demands exact compliance with sanctuary weights and specific materials, requiring the reader to recognize ritual precision over personal preference.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, a 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:
Cross-references
- Leviticus 2:5 If your offering is a grain offering prepared on a griddle, it must be unleavened bread made of fine flour mixed with oil.
- Leviticus 14:10 On the eighth day he is to bring two unblemished male lambs, an unblemished ewe lamb a year old, a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with olive oil, and one log of olive oil.
- Hebrews 1:9 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You above Your companions with the oil of joy.”
- 1 John 2:27 And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught.