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86 The twelve gold dishes filled with incense weighed ·four ounces [L 10 shekels] each, according to the weight set by the Holy Place measure. Together the gold dishes weighed about ·three pounds [L 120 shekels]. 87 The total number of animals for the burnt offering [Lev. 1:1–17] was twelve bulls, twelve ·male sheep [rams], and twelve male lambs a year old. There was also a ·grain [L gift; tribute] offering [Lev. 2:1], and there were twelve male goats for a ·sin [or purification; Lev. 4:3] offering. 88 The total number of animals for the ·fellowship [or peace; well-being] offering [Lev. 3:1] was twenty-four bulls, sixty ·male sheep [rams], sixty male goats, and sixty male lambs a year old. All these offerings were for ·giving the altar to the service of the Lord [the dedication of the altar] after ·the oil had been poured on it [it had been anointed].

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86 The twelve gold dishes filled with incense weighed ten shekels each, according to the sanctuary shekel.(A) Altogether, the gold dishes weighed a hundred and twenty shekels.[a] 87 The total number of animals for the burnt offering(B) came to twelve young bulls, twelve rams and twelve male lambs a year old, together with their grain offering.(C) Twelve male goats were used for the sin offering.(D) 88 The total number of animals for the sacrifice of the fellowship offering(E) came to twenty-four oxen, sixty rams, sixty male goats and sixty male lambs(F) a year old. These were the offerings for the dedication of the altar after it was anointed.(G)

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  1. Numbers 7:86 That is, about 3 pounds or about 1.4 kilograms