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85 Each silver dish weighed as much as 130 pieces of silver. Each deep dish weighed as much as seventy pieces of silver. All the silver of the dishes weighed as much as 2,400 pieces of silver. They were weighed by the weight of silver agreed upon for the meeting tent. 86 The twelve gold dishes full of special perfume each weighed as much as ten pieces of silver. They were weighed by the weight of silver agreed upon for the meeting tent. All the gold of the dishes weighed as much as 120 pieces of silver. 87 All the animals given for the burnt gift were twelve bulls, twelve rams, and twelve male lambs one year old with their grain gifts. Twelve male goats were given for a sin gift.

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85 Each silver plate weighed a hundred and thirty shekels, and each sprinkling bowl seventy shekels. Altogether, the silver dishes weighed two thousand four hundred shekels,[a] according to the sanctuary shekel.(A) 86 The twelve gold dishes filled with incense weighed ten shekels each, according to the sanctuary shekel.(B) Altogether, the gold dishes weighed a hundred and twenty shekels.[b] 87 The total number of animals for the burnt offering(C) came to twelve young bulls, twelve rams and twelve male lambs a year old, together with their grain offering.(D) Twelve male goats were used for the sin offering.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 7:85 That is, about 60 pounds or about 28 kilograms
  2. Numbers 7:86 That is, about 3 pounds or about 1.4 kilograms