The 12 gold spoons filled with incense [118] weighed 4 ounces [119] each, using the official measure. The 12 gold spoons all together weighed about 3 pounds. [120]
Every person who is counted must pay 1Ú2 shekel. (That is 1Ú2 shekel by the official measure. [299] This shekel weighs 20 gerahs. [300])This half shekel is an offering to the Lord.
Each silver plate weighed about 3 1/4 pounds. [114] And each bowl weighed about 1 3/4 pounds. [115] The silver plates and the silver bowls together all weighed about 60 pounds, [116] using the official measure [117]
The total number of animals for the burnt offering was 12 bulls, 12 rams, and 12 one-year-old male lambs. There were also the grain offerings that must be given with those offerings. And there were 12 male goats that were used for a sin offering to the Lord.
The wise men came to the house where the baby was. They saw the baby with his mother Mary. The wise men bowed down and worshiped the baby. The wise men opened the gifts they brought for the baby. They gave the baby treasures of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. {\cf2\super [23]}