Bible Strands
Numbers 7:86
The twelve gold dishes filled with incense weighed ten shekels each, according to the sanctuary shekel. The total weight of the gold dishes was a hundred and twenty shekels.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative records the tribal leaders presenting their dedication offerings at the tabernacle after its consecration. Moses documents the final tally of these standardized gifts.
The words — כַּפּוֹת (ka.ppōt) denotes "pans" or "dishes," and זָהָב (zāhāḇ) means "gold." The text specifies that twelve of these gold vessels were filled with incense and each weighed exactly ten sanctuary shekels.
The thread — This verse concludes a sequence of identical measurements for the leaders' silver and gold offerings, mirroring the precise accounting found in Numbers 7:85 and Numbers 7:87. The pattern establishes a uniform standard across all twelve tribal contributions.
Why it lands — It requires the reader to recognize that the dedication offerings follow a strict, uniform standard of weight and quantity rather than individual variation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons was an hundred and twenty shekels.