Numbers 7:86
the twelve golden ladles, full of incense, weighing ten shekels [4 oz; 113.4 g] apiece, [a total of 3 lb; 1.37 kg], after the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is 0.4 oz; 11.34 g); all the gold of the ladles weighed one hundred twenty shekels [3 lb; 1.37 kg]; (Maftir ·Conclusion·)
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Matthew 2:11+ 2:11. MP: Presented with gold and frankincense, the caravans coming from Sheba (northern Africa) will proclaim the good news of the praises of Yahweh! (See also Ps 72:10, 72:15; Is 60:6). (Is 60:6) They came into the house and saw the young child with Mary [Rebellion], his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 7:11-89
10 And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the altar. 11 And the Lord said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar. 12 And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah: 13 And his offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the… Read the whole commentary →