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14One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense:

Numbers 7:14

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  • And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.

  • And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,

  • And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. …

  • And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:

  • And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away. …

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 10-89)

We have here an account of the great solemnity of dedicating the altars, both that of burnt-offerings and that of incense; they had been sanctified before, when they were anointed ( Lev. 8:10 ; 11 ), but now they were handselled, as it were, by the princes, with their free-will offerings. They began the use of them with rich presents, great expressions of joy and gladness, and extraordinary respec…

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