Numbers 31:22

Numbers 31:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
• New International Version (NIV)Gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, lead
• English Standard Version (ESV)only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

Context of Numbers 31:22

20You must also make these things clean: any clothes or anything made from leather, wool or wood.’ 21Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers, ‘This is the rule that the Lord told Moses: You must put all the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, and other metals in a fire. 23Put in the fire anything that the fire will not destroy. The fire will make those things clean. But you must also wash them with water. As for anything that the fire would destroy, wash them with water to make them clean. 24On the seventh day, you must wash your clothes. After that you will be clean again. Then you can come into the camp.’

Numbers 31:22 word by word

אַ֥ךְ אֶת־הַזָּהָ֖ב וְאֶת־הַכָּ֑סֶף אֶֽת־הַנְּחֹ֙שֶׁת֙ אֶת־הַבַּרְזֶ֔ל אֶֽת־הַבְּדִ֖יל וְאֶת־הָעֹפָֽרֶת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Only the goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
• and the silverכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701
• the brassנְחֹ֫שֶׁתnechôsheth · bronzeH5178
• the ironבַּרְזֶלbarzel · ironH1270
• the tinבְּדִילbedîyl · tinH913
• and the leadעֹפֶרֶת‛ôphereth ‛ôphereth · leadH5777

Commentaries on Numbers 31:22

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22Brass - Render copper. See Genesis 4:22 note. The verse is curious as illustrating the variety of metals in use at this early date for domestic purposes. All these metals were common in Egypt centuries before the date of the Exodus.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-24Verses 19-24 The Israelites had to purify themselves according to the law, and to abide without the camp seven days, though they had not contracted any moral guilt, the war being just and lawful, and commanded by God. Thus God would preserve in their minds a dread and detestation of shedding blood. The spoil had been used by Midianites, and being now come into the possession of Israelites, it was fit that it should be purified.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-24Israelite soldiers who touched dead bodies became ceremonially unclean (ritually impure). They had to go through the required purification rituals. These rituals were routine, but they were important. They also had to purify their equipment (see 5:1–4; 19:1–22).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-2419-24. abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person ... purify both yourselves and your captives--Though the Israelites had taken the field in obedience to the command of God, they had become defiled by contact with the dead. A process of purification was to be undergone, as the law required (Le 15:13; Nu 19:9-12), and this purifying ceremony was extended to dress, houses, tents, to everything on which a dead body had lain, which…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 31:22

• Armies
• Lead
• Purification
• Sanitation
• Tin

In the dictionaries

• Copper
• Jericho
• Prey
• Purify
• Tin
• Abel-Shittim
• Balaam
• Lead
• Moses
• Numbers, Book of

Commentaries on Numbers 31

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings