Numbers 7:86
“The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons was an hundred and twenty shekels.”
Numbers 7:86 in 7 translations
- KJVKing James Version
- The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons was an hundred and twenty shekels.
- DRADouay–Rheims
- Twelve little mortars of gold full of incense, weighing ten sides apiece, by the weight of the sanctuary: that is, in all a hundred and twenty sides of gold.
- ASVAmerican Standard Version
- the twelve golden spoons, full of incense, weighing ten'shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary; all the gold of the spoons a hundred and twenty'shekels ;
- DARBYDarby
- twelve golden cups full of incense, each cup of ten shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of the cups, a hundred and twenty shekels.
- WEBThe World English Bible
- the twelve golden ladles, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary; all the gold of the ladles weighed one hundred twenty shekels;
- YLTYoung's Literal Translation
- Golden spoons are twelve, full of perfume; ten shekels each spoon, by the shekel of the sanctuary; all the gold of the spoons is a hundred and twenty shekels;
- BPVBiblePics Version
- The twelve gold spoons, filled with incense, weighed ten shekels each, according to the sanctuary's standard, totaling one hundred and twenty shekels.
Context: Numbers 7
84This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold:
85Each charger of silver weighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy: all the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
86The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons was an hundred and twenty shekels.
87All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their meat offering: and the kids of the goats for sin offering twelve.
88And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed.
About Numbers 7: The Altar and Its Vessels

The leaders of the tribes bring offerings to dedicate the Tabernacle.
Commentary
In Numbers 7, we see the dedication of the Tabernacle and the offerings of the leaders of the twelve tribes of Israel. This chapter is a continuation of the narrative from the previous chapter, which detailed the instructions for the construction of the Tabernacle and the various furnishings and vessels that were to be used in its service.