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

20Purify all your clothing, too, and everything made of leather, goat hair, or wood.” 21Then Eleazar the priest said to the men who were in the battle, “The Lord has given Moses this legal requirement: Anything made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, or lead— 23that is, all metals that do not burn—must be passed through fire in order to be made ceremonially pure. These metal objects must then be further purified with the water of purification. But everything that burns must be purified by the water alone. 24On the seventh day you must wash your clothes and be purified. Then you may return to 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