Numbers 7:85

New International Reader's Version

Each plate weighed three pounds four ounces. Each sprinkling bowl weighed one pound 12 ounces. The total weight of the silver dishes was 60 pounds. Everything was weighed according to the standard weights used in the sacred tent.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 22:14

“I’ve tried very hard to provide for the Lord’s temple. I’ve provided 3,750 tons of gold and 37,500 tons of silver. I’ve provided more bronze and iron than anyone can weigh. I’ve also given plenty of wood and stone. You can add to it.

1 Chronicles 29:4

I’m giving 110 tons of gold and 260 tons of pure silver. Cover the walls of the buildings with it.

1 Chronicles 29:7

All of them gave to the work on God’s temple. They gave more than 190 tons of gold and 380 tons of silver. They also gave 675 tons of bronze and 3,800 tons of iron.

Numbers 7:84

Those were the offerings the Israelite leaders brought. They gave them to set the altar apart when it was anointed with olive oil. They gave 12 silver plates, 12 silver sprinkling bowls and 12 gold dishes.

Numbers 7:86

Each of the 12 gold dishes weighed four ounces. They were filled with incense. They were weighed according to the weights used in the sacred tent. The total weight of the gold dishes was three pounds.

Matthew 14:8

Her mother told her what to say. So the girl said to Herod, “Give me the head of John the Baptist on a big plate.”