Numbers 7:86

86 the twelve golden dishes, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece according to the shekel of the sanctuary, all the gold of the dishes being 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 was the dedication offering for the altar, at the time when it was anointed, from the leaders of Israel: twelve silver plates, twelve silver basins, twelve golden dishes,

85 each silver plate weighing one hundred thirty shekels and each basin seventy, all the silver of the vessels two thousand four hundred shekels according to the shekel of the sanctuary,

86 the twelve golden dishes, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece according to the shekel of the sanctuary, all the gold of the dishes being one hundred twenty shekels;

87 all the livestock for the burnt offering twelve bulls, twelve rams, twelve male lambs a year old, with their grain offering; and twelve male goats for a sin offering;

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