Numbers 7:14

14 He also brought a gold dish that weighed 4 ounces, filled with incense;

Numbers 7:14 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 7:14

One spoon of ten [shekels] of gold, &c.
] Its weight was according to the shekels, its matter of gold; it weighed four ounces, one drachm, and nine grains, and was worth about seven pounds and ten shillings of our money:

full of incense;
this looks as if this spoon was designed for the golden altar of incense, which might be at this time also dedicated; but Jarchi understands it as for the altar of burnt offering, and observes, we never find incense belonging to a private person, nor to the outward altar (the altar of burnt offering), but this only, and which was temporary.

Numbers 7:14 In-Context

12 The one who brought his gifts on the first day was Nahshon, son of Amminadab, from the tribe of Judah.
13 He brought a silver plate that weighed 3¼ pounds and a silver bowl that weighed 1¾ pounds using the standard weight of the holy place. Each dish was filled with flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering.
14 He also brought a gold dish that weighed 4 ounces, filled with incense;
15 a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb as a burnt offering;
16 a male goat as an offering for sin;
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