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 31:52 in other translations
| BSB | All the gold that the commanders of thousands and of hundreds presented as an offering to the LORD weighed 16,750 shekels. |
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| WEB | All the gold of the wave offering that they offered up to the LORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred fifty shekels. |
| ASV | And all the gold of the heave-offering that they offered up to Jehovah, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels. |
| YLT | and all the gold of the heave-offering which they have lifted up to Jehovah is sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels, from heads of the thousands, and from heads of the hundreds; |
| DARBY | And all the gold of the heave-offering that they offered to Jehovah was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels, from the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds. |
| BBE | And the gold which the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds gave, as an offering to be lifted up before the Lord, came to sixteen thousand, seven hundred and fifty shekels. |
| Webster | And all the gold of the offering that they offered to the LORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels. |
What does Numbers 31:52 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 31:52 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- 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 31:53
(For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)
Numbers 31:52 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y todo el oro de la ofrenda que ofrecieron á Jehová de los tribunos y centuriones, fué diez y seis mil setecientos y cincuenta siclos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et tout l’or de l’offrande élevée, qu’ils avaient offert à l’ Éternel, fut de 16 750 sicles, de la part des chefs de milliers et des chefs de centaines; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und alles Gold des Hebopfers, das sie für Jehova hoben, war 16750 Sekel, von den Obersten über tausend und von den Obersten über hundert. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | pondo sedecim millia septingentos quinquaginta siclos, a tribunis et centurionibus. |