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Numbers 7:55

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 — Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, leader of the tribe of Manasseh, presents his gift on the eighth day of the tabernacle altar's dedication.

The words — קָרְבָּנוֹ (qarbanô) means "his offering," and מִזְרָק (mizraq) denotes the specific "bowl" that holds the grain mixture.

The thread — The pattern of weighted silver vessels and measured grain offerings repeats throughout the tribal dedications in Numbers 7:54 and 7:56.

Why it lands — The text demands exact weights, designated materials, and prescribed contents for every worship contribution.

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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>/ oilלְמִנְחָֽהle./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: