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Numbers 31:51

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Numbers 31:51 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.
Numbers 31:51 — American Standard Version

Context — Numbers 31

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
48And the officers that were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses;
49and they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war that are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.
50And 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.
51And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.
52And 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.
53([For] the men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.)
54And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tent of meeting, for a memorial for the children of Israel before Jehovah.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, etc.] For it seems the several things before mentioned were all of gold: even all wrought jewels; or “vessels of work” f460 or wrought vessels, or instruments, “chains, bracelets”, etc. which were all of gold, and curiously wrought.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Num 7:2-6 Numbers 31:52”
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