Numbers 7:25

קָרְבָּנוֹ קַֽעֲרַת־כֶּסֶף אַחַת שְׁלֹשִׁים וּמֵאָה מִשְׁקָלָהּ מִזְרָק אֶחָד כֶּסֶף שִׁבְעִים שֶׁקֶל בְּשֶׁקֶל הַקֹּדֶשׁ שְׁנֵיהֶם׀ מְלֵאִים סֹלֶת בְּלוּלָה בַשֶּׁמֶן לְמִנְחָֽה׃

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✦ The same verse in five languages

Hebrew

קָרְבָּנ֞וֹ קַֽעֲרַת־כֶּ֣סֶף אַחַ֗ת שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים וּמֵאָה֮ מִשְׁקָלָהּ֒ מִזְרָ֤ק אֶחָד֙ כֶּ֔סֶף שִׁבְעִ֥ים שֶׁ֖קֶל בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ שְׁנֵיהֶ֣ם׀ מְלֵאִ֗ים סֹ֛לֶת בְּלוּלָ֥ה בַשֶּׁ֖מֶן לְמִנְחָֽה׃

Greek (Septuagint)

τὸ δῶρον αὐτοῦ τρύβλιον ἀργυροῦν ἕν, τριάτεσσαρας κοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ὁλκὴ αὐτοῦ, φιάλην μίαν ἀργυρᾶν, ἑβδομήκοντα σίκλων κατὰ τὸν σίκλον τὸν ἅγιον, ἀμφότερα πλήρη σεμιδάλεως ἀναπεποιημένης ἐν ἐλαίῳ εἰς θυσίαν·

Greek text from Swete's edition, CC BY-SA 4.0

Latin (Vulgate)

obtulit acetabulum argenteum appendens centum triginta siclos, phialam argenteam habentem septuaginta siclos, ad pondus sanctuarii, utrumque plenum simila conspersa oleo in sacrificium:

Spanish

presentó su ofrenda: una bandeja de plata, con un peso de ciento treinta siclos, un tazón de plata de setenta siclos, según el peso del santuario, ambos llenos de harina fina amasada con aceite para una ofrenda de grano;

Classic Spanish (Reina-Valera 1909)

Y su ofrenda, un plato de plata de ciento y treinta siclos de peso, un jarro de plata de setenta siclos, al siclo del santuario; ambos llenos de flor de harina amasada con aceite para presente;

English

His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

✦ What the text says

Summary

The verse itemizes a leader's offering (qorban, H7133A): a silver dish weighing 130 shekels, a silver bowl weighing 70 shekels — both measured by the sanctuary standard — and both filled with fine flour mixed with oil, designated as a grain offering.

Key words

korbano ("his offering", H7133A) — construct noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix, naming the entire gift being enumerated in this verse.
qa'arat ("dish of", H7086) — feminine singular construct, linking directly to kesef ("silver", H3701G) to specify the material of the first vessel.
mizraq ("bowl", H4219) — masculine singular construct, introducing the second vessel, paralleled structurally with the first.
sheqel haqodesh ("shekel of the holy place", H8255 + H6944G) — construct phrase specifying the standard of weight used, "the holy shekel," distinguishing it from any other local standard.
beluláh ("mixed", H1101A) — Qal passive participle feminine singular, describing the flour as having been mixed (with oil) prior to presentation, agreeing grammatically with solet ("fine flour", H5560).

What the text says

The Hebrew sentence is built as a list of construct chains rather than full independent clauses: qa'arat-kesef ("dish of silver"), mizraq... kesef ("bowl... of silver"), each followed by a numeral stating its weight in shekels. The construct relationships (qa'arat kesef, mishqalah, sheqel haqodesh) chain nouns together without verbs, so the vessels and their weights are presented almost like an inventory entry. The dual form shenehem ("both of them," H8147 with 3rd person masculine plural suffix) explicitly ties the following adjective meleʾim ("full," H4392) to both previously named vessels together, rather than to each separately — a detail visible in the Hebrew's dual/plural agreement pattern but flattened in translation as "both... filled."

The participle beluláh ("mixed," H1101A), being passive, indicates the flour arrives already combined with oil rather than being mixed as part of the ritual act described in this verse; the mixing is presupposed, not narrated. The final phrase le-minchah ("for a grain offering," H4503G with prefixed preposition H9005) states the purpose or classification of the filled vessels' contents, marking this whole unit as a minchah-type offering rather than another sacrificial category.

Differences between versions

The LXX (Swete) renders qa'arat as trýblion ("dish/bowl") and mizraq as phialē ("bowl/vial"), using two distinct Greek vessel terms that do not map with certainty onto the Hebrew qa'arah vs. mizraq distinction. The Vulgate uses acetabulum ("small vinegar-dish") for qa'arat and phiala for mizraq, again choosing vessel words whose precise shapes differ from the Hebrew terms' likely referents. All versions agree on the numerical weights (130 and 70 shekels) and on the mixture of flour with oil for a grain offering.

This explanation describes the text using linguistic data; it adds no doctrine or confessional interpretation.