Numbers 7:86

86 the twelve gold bowls full of incense weighing ten shekels each according to the sanctuary shekel—all the gold of the bowls weighed one hundred twenty shekels;

Numbers 7:86 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 7:86

The golden spoons [were] twelve, full of incense
Which points at the use those spoons or cups were of, namely, to carry incense in them, such as were used on the day of atonement ^F12:

[weighing] ten [shekels] apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary;
(See Gill on Numbers 7:14);

all the gold of the spoons [was] twenty [shekels];
which amounted to forty nine ounces, five drachms, scruples, and eight gains, worth about seventy five pounds of our money.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 Misn. Yoma, c. 4, 4. & 5, 1.

Numbers 7:86 In-Context

84 This is what the Israelite chiefs provided for the dedication of the altar on the day it was anointed: twelve silver dishes, twelve silver basins, and twelve gold bowls;

85 each silver dish weighing one hundred thirty shekels and each basin seventy shekels—all the silver equipment weighed two thousand four hundred shekels according to the sanctuary shekel;

86 the twelve gold bowls full of incense weighing ten shekels each according to the sanctuary shekel—all the gold of the bowls weighed one hundred twenty shekels;

87 all the animals for the entirely burned offering were twelve bulls, twelve rams, twelve male lambs a year old, with their grain offering; twelve male goats for the purification offering;

88 and all the animals for the well-being sacrifice were twenty-four bulls, sixty rams, sixty male goats, and sixty male lambs a year old. This was the dedication offering for the altar after it was anointed.