Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 7:85:
- Kupsabiny: “So, all the things that those leaders gave for the anointing/inauguration of the altar are these: Twelve plates made from silver, twelve bowls made from silver and twelve small bowls made from gold which things that smell sweet filled. The total weight of silver reached twenty-eight kilos following the standard for weighing decided in the Tent of God. The total weight of gold reached one and a half kilo following the weight which was decided in the Tent of God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Each of the flat silver trays weighed 130 shekels and each of the silver sprinkling bowls weighed 70 shekels in accordance with the shekel of the sanctuary. The total of all the trays and bowls was 2400 shekels in accordance with the shekel of the Tent of Meeting.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Each silver large-plate has a weigh of about one and one-half kilogram, and each silver bowl has a weigh of about 800 grams. The weight of them all together about 28 kilograms according to the weigh-scale-(that-is-used) by the priests.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “When the altar was dedicated to Yahweh, those twelve leaders brought these gifts:
—twelve silver plates and twelve silver bowls, weighing a total of about 60 pounds/27.6 kg., each of them being weighed on the scales kept in the Sacred Tent;
—twelve gold dishes filled with incense, weighing a total of about three pounds/1.4 kg., each being weighed on those same scales;
—twelve bulls, twelve full-grown rams, and twelve one-year-old rams, to be sacrifices that were completely burned, along with the grain offerings;
—twelve goats to be sacrificed to forgive the people for the sins they have committed;
—and 24 bulls, 60 full-grown rams, 60 goats, and 60 rams that were one-year-old, to be sacrifices to maintain the people’s fellowship with Yahweh.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
