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What does Numbers 7:67 mean?
"gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;"
— Numbers 7:67 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
one male goat for a sin offering;
and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni.
On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan
gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
one male goat for a sin offering;
Explanation
Numbers 7:67 records part of the dedication gift brought by Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai, the leader of the tribe of Dan, on the eighth day of a twelve-day ceremony in which each of Israel's twelve tribal leaders presented offerings for the newly completed tabernacle. In plain terms, the verse describes two silver vessels — a platter weighing 130 shekels and a bowl weighing 70 shekels, measured by the official "shekel of the sanctuary" (a fixed standard used for sacred offerings) — both filled with fine flour mixed with olive oil, presented as a grain offering to the Lord.
The context is Numbers 7, which follows the completion and anointing of the tabernacle in Exodus 40 and Leviticus 8-9. Moses had just consecrated the altar, and now the twelve tribal leaders (princes) came forward, one per day, to bring identical sets of gifts: silver plates, silver bowls, gold ladles filled with incense, animals for burnt offerings, sin offerings, and peace offerings. Moses himself, as the writer/compiler of
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