Numbers 31:51
And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.
Numbers 31:51 in other translations
| BSB | So Moses and Eleazar the priest received from them all the articles made out of gold. |
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| WEB | Moses and Eleazar the priest took their gold, even all worked jewels. |
| ASV | And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels. |
| YLT | And Moses receiveth--Eleazar the priest also--the gold from them, every made vessel, |
| DARBY | And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, all manner of wrought jewels. |
| BBE | So Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, even all the worked ornaments. |
| Webster | And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels. |
What does Numbers 31:51 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 31:48-54
48-54. officers ... said ... there lacketh not one man of us--A victory so signal, and the glory of which was untarnished by the loss of a single Israelitish soldier, was an astonishing miracle. So clearly betokening the direct interposition of Heaven, it might well awaken the liveliest feelings of grateful acknowledgment to God (Psa 44:2, 3). The oblation they brought for the Lord "was partly an atonement" or…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 31:48-54
The success of the Israelites had been very remarkable, so small a company overcoming such multitudes, but it was still more wonderful that not one was slain or missing. They presented the gold they found among the spoils, as an offering to the Lord. Thus they confessed, that instead of claiming a reward for their service, they needed forgiveness of much that had been amiss, and desired to be thankful for the…
Numbers 31:51 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 31:51
- Numbers 7:2-6
That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered: And they brought their offering before the Lord, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they brought them before the tabernacle. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service. …
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Context
- Numbers 31:50
We have therefore brought an oblation for the Lord, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the Lord.
- Numbers 31:51
And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.
- Numbers 31:52
And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the Lord, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.
Numbers 31:51 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y Moisés y el sacerdote Eleazar recibieron el oro de ellos, alhajas, todas elaboradas. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Moïse et Éléazar, le sacrificateur, prirent d’eux cet or, tous les objets ouvragés. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Mose und Eleasar, der Priester, nahmen das Gold von ihnen, allerlei verarbeitetes Geschmeide. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Susceperuntque Moyses et Eleazar sacerdos omne aurum in diversis speciebus, |