¹³ Each one who crosses over to those already counted is to give a half shekel,^[a] according to the sanctuary shekel,^(A) which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the Lord.

The Grain Offering

2 “‘When anyone brings a grain offering^(A) to the Lord, their offering is to be of the finest flour.^(B) They are to pour olive oil^(C) on it,^(D) put incense on it^(E)

¹⁶ And they made from pure gold the articles for the table—its plates and dishes and bowls and its pitchers for the pouring out of drink offerings.

²⁹ And make its plates and dishes of pure gold, as well as its pitchers and bowls for the pouring out of offerings.^(A)

¹¹ His head was brought in on a platter and given to the girl, who carried it to her mother.

⁸ Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”

²⁰ On that day holy to the Lord^(A) will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the cooking pots^(B) in the Lord’s house will be like the sacred bowls^(C) in front of the altar.

² While Belshazzar was drinking^(A) his wine, he gave orders to bring in the gold and silver goblets^(B) that Nebuchadnezzar his father^[a] had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines^(C) might drink from them.^(D)