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Numbers 7:49

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 — Elishama son of Ammihud, leader of the tribe of Ephraim, presents his gift on the seventh day of the tabernacle’s dedication. He follows the pattern established by the preceding six tribal princes.

The words — קָרְבָּנוֹ (qorbānô) = his offering; מִזְרָק (mizrāq) = silver bowl. These terms anchor the verse in the ritual inventory of the wilderness sanctuary.

The thread — This offering pattern repeats in Numbers 7:13 for the first day, and the sanctuary shekel standard appears in Exodus 38:26. The grain offering of fine flour and oil is detailed in Leviticus 2:1.

Why it lands — The text records a precise weight and composition without commentary. It demands recognition of the ordered, equalized contributions required for communal worship.

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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, 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: