Numbers 31:50
48 Then the officers who were over the units of the army—the commanders of thousands and of hundreds—approached Moses
49 and said, “Your servants have counted the soldiers under our command, and not one of us is missing.
So we have brought to the LORD an offering of the gold articles each man acquired—armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces—to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD.”
51 So Moses and Eleazar the priest received from them all the articles made out of gold.
52 All the gold that the commanders of thousands and of hundreds presented as an offering to the LORD weighed 16,750 shekels.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- So we have brought to the LORD an offering of the gold articles each man acquired—armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces—to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD.”
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- We have brought the LORD’s offering, what every man found: gold ornaments, armlets, bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make atonement for our souls before the LORD.”
- ASV
- And we have brought Jehovah`s oblation, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, ankle-chains, and bracelets, signet-rings, ear-rings, and armlets, to make atonement for our souls before Jehovah.
- DARBY
- So we present the offering of Jehovah, that which each one hath found, jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make atonement for our souls before Jehovah.
- BLB
- And we have brought YHWH an offering for every man [from] that which he has found, of ornaments of gold, armlets, and bracelets, and signet rings, and earrings, and necklaces, to make atonement upon our souls before the face of YHWH.”
- ÅB
- Derfor bærer vi fram som gave til Herren hva enhver av oss har tatt av gullsaker, armkjeder og armbånd, fingerringer, ørenringer og kulekjeder; det skal være til soning for oss for Herrens åsyn.
- OTB
- Så vi har brakt som et offer til Herren det hver mann fant, gjenstander av gull—armbånd, armbånd, signetringer, øreringer og halskjeder—for å gjøre soning for oss selv for Herrens åsyn."
- B1930
- Derfor bærer vi frem som gave til Herren hvad enhver av oss har tatt av gullsaker, armkjeder og armbånd, fingerringer, ørenringer og kulekjeder; det skal være til soning for oss for Herrens åsyn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 30:12
“When you take a census of the Israelites to number them, each man must pay the LORD a ransom for his life when he is counted. Then no plague will come upon them when they are numbered.
Read in contextExodus 30:15–16
In making the offering to the LORD to atone for your lives, the rich shall not give more than a half shekel, nor shall the poor give less.
Read in contextPsalms 116:12
How can I repay the LORD for all His goodness to me?
Read in contextPsalms 107:15
Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
Read in contextPsalms 116:17
I will offer to You a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD.
Read in contextLeviticus 17:11
For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for your souls upon the altar; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.
Read in contextPsalms 107:21–22
Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
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