Numbers 7 · Verse 14

Numbers 7:14

One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense:
Numbers 7:14, King James Version

Numbers 7:14 in other translations

BSBone gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
WEBone golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
ASVone golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense;
YLTone golden spoon of ten shekels, full of perfume;
DARBYone cup of ten shekels of gold, full of incense;
BBEOne gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice for burning;
WebsterOne spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense:

What does Numbers 7:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 7:12-17

12-17. He that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon ... of the tribe of Judah, &c.--Judah having had the precedence assigned to it, the prince or head of that tribe was the first admitted to offer as its representative; and his offering, as well as that of the others, is thought, from its costliness, to have been furnished not from his own private means, but from the general contributions of each tribe…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 One spoon - כף caph, a censer, on which they put the incense. See Exo 25:29. It is worthy of remark that the different tribes are represented here as bringing their offerings precisely in the same order in which they encamped about the tabernacle. See Numbers 2 and Numbers 10. Tribe Chief Verse Location 1. Judah Nahshon 12 2. Issachar Nethaneel 18 East 3. Zebulun Eliab 24 4. Reuben Elizur 30 5. Simeon Shelumiel 36 South 6. Gad Eliasaph 42 7. Ephraim Elishama 48 8. Manasseh Gamaliel 54 West 9. Benjamin Abidan 60 10. Dan Ahiezer 66 11. Asher Pagiel 72 North 12. Naphtali Ahira 78 It is worthy of remark also, that every tribe offers the same kind of offering, and in the same quantity, to show, that as every tribe was equally indebted to God for its support, so each should testify an equal sense of obligation. Besides, the vessels were all sacrificial vessels, and the animals were all clean animals, such as were proper for sacrifices; and therefore every thing was intended to point out that the people were to be a holy people, fully dedicated to God, and that God was to dwell among them; hence there were fine flour and oil, for a meat-offering, Num 7:13. A bullock, a ram, and a lamb, for a burnt-offering, Num 7:15, Num 7:16. Five oxen, five rams, five he-goats, and five lambs, for a peace-offering, Num 7:17. Thus, as the priests, altars, etc., were anointed, and the tabernacle dedicated, so the people, by this offering, became consecrated to God. Therefore every act here was a religious act. "Thus," says Mr. Ainsworth, "by sacrifices of all sorts, figuring the death of Christ, and the benefits that were to be received thereby, they reconciled and made themselves and theirs acceptable to God, and were made partakers of his grace, to remission of sins, and sanctification through faith, and in the work of the Holy Ghost, in the communion and feeling whereof they rejoiced before God."

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 7:10-89

The princes and great men were most forward in the service of God. Here is an example to those in authority, and of the highest rank; they ought to use their honour and power, their estate and interest, to promote religion and the service of God in the places where they live. Though it was a time of joy and rejoicing, yet still, in the midst of their sacrifices, we find a sin-offering. As, in our best services, we…

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Numbers 7:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כַּ֥ףkafa panH3709
אַחַ֛ת'a.ChatoneH259
עֲשָׂרָ֥ה'a.sa.RahtenH6235
זָהָ֖בza.HavgoldH2091
מְלֵאָ֥הme.le.'AhfullH4392
קְטֹֽרֶת\׃ke.To.retincenseH7004

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 7:14

  • Exodus 35:8

    And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,

  • Exodus 30:7-8

    And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations.

  • 2 Chronicles 24:14

    And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the Lord, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the Lord continually all the days of Jehoiada.

  • Exodus 37:16

    And he made the vessels which were upon the table, his dishes, and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, of pure gold.

  • 1 Kings 7:50

    And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple.

  • 2 Chronicles 4:22

    And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.

  • Numbers 4:7

    And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:

  • 2 Kings 25:14-15

    And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away. And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.

  • Exodus 30:34-38

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight: And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy: And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy. And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the Lord. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
spoon.
4:7; Ex 37:16; 1Ki 7:50; 2Ki 25:14,15; 2Ch 4:22; 24:14
incense.
Ex 30:7,8,34-38; 35:8

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Context

  • Numbers 7:13

    And his offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:

  • Numbers 7:14

    One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense:

  • Numbers 7:15

    One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:

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Numbers 7:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Una cuchara de oro de diez siclos, llena de perfume;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		une coupe d’or de dix sicles, pleine d’encens;
German
Elberfelder 1871		eine Schale, zehn Sekel Gold, voll Räucherwerk;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		mortariolum ex decem siclis aureis plenum incenso: