one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense;
Parallel translations
- WEB one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
- KJV One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense:
- BSB one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
- NASB one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense;
- NLT He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense.
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Quick answer
Nahshon also brings a golden ladle filled with incense.
Overview
The gold ladle of incense added a fragrant offering symbolizing prayer rising to God (cf. Ps 141:2; Rev 5:8). Gold and incense together expressed honor and devotion. The detail anticipates the worship offered to Christ, to whom incense and gold were later brought (Matt 2:11).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Num 4:7“On the table of show bread they shall spread a blue cloth, and put on it the dishes, the spoons, the bowls, and the cups with which to pour out; and the continual bread shall be on it.
- 1 Kgs 7:50the cups, the snuffers, the basins, the spoons, and the fire pans, of pure gold; and the hinges, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, of the temple, of gold.
- 2 Chr 4:22and the snuffers, the basins, the spoons, and the fire pans of pure gold. As for the entry of the house, its inner doors for the most holy place and the doors of the main hall of the temple were of gold.
- Exod 30:7–8Aaron shall burn incense of sweet spices on it every morning. When he tends the lamps, he shall burn it.
- 2 Kgs 25:14–15They took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the spoons, and all the vessels of brass with which they ministered.
- Exod 37:16He made the vessels which were on the table, its dishes, its spoons, its bowls, and its pitchers with which to pour out, of pure gold.
- Exod 30:34–38Yahweh said to Moses, “Take to yourself sweet spices, gum resin, and onycha, and galbanum; sweet spices with pure frankincense: there shall be an equal weight of each;
- 2 Chr 24:14When they had finished, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, from which were made vessels for Yahweh’s house, even vessels with which to minister and to offer, including spoons and vessels of gold and silver. They offered burnt offerings in Yahweh’s house continually all the days of Jehoiada.
- Exod 35:8oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense,
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