Numbers 7:14

14 one gold dish weighing ten shekels, ^[a] 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 On the first day Nahshon son of Amminadab from the tribe of Judah drew near with his offering.

13 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;

14 one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;

15 one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering;

16 one male goat for a sin offering;

Footnotes

• [a] 10 shekels is approximately 4 ounces or 114 grams; here and throughout this chapter.