Numbers 31:48-54
New English Translation
48 Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders over thousands and the commanders over hundreds, approached Moses 49 and said to him,[a] “Your servants have taken a count[b] of the men who were in the battle, who were under our authority,[c] and not one is missing. 50 So we have brought as an offering for the Lord what each man found: gold ornaments, armlets, bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make atonement for ourselves[d] before the Lord.”[e] 51 Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, all of it in the form of ornaments. 52 All the gold of the offering they offered up to the Lord from the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds weighed 16,750 shekels.[f] 53 Each soldier had taken plunder for himself. 54 So Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the commanders of thousands and commanders[g] of hundreds and brought it into the tent of meeting as a memorial[h] for the Israelites before the Lord.
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- Numbers 31:49 tn Heb “to Moses”; the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
- Numbers 31:49 tn Heb “lifted up the head.”
- Numbers 31:49 tn Heb “in our hand.”
- Numbers 31:50 tn Heb “our souls.”
- Numbers 31:50 sn The expression here may include the idea of finding protection from divine wrath, which is so common to Leviticus, but it may also be a thank offering for the fact that their lives had been spared.
- Numbers 31:52 sn Or about 420 imperial pounds.
- Numbers 31:54 tn The Hebrew text does not repeat the word “commanders” here, but it is implied.
- Numbers 31:54 tn The purpose of the offering was to remind the Lord to remember Israel. But it would also be an encouragement for Israel as they remembered the great victory.
Numbers 31:48-54
Lexham English Bible
48 Then the leaders of the thousands of the army, the commanders of the thousands and the commanders of the hundreds, approached Moses, 49 and they said to Moses, “Your servants have taken count[a] of the men of war who were in our charge,[b] and no man is missing from us. 50 So we brought the offering of Yahweh, what each man found, objects of gold, bangles,[c] bracelets,[d] rings,[e] earrings,[f] and female ornaments,[g] to make atonement for ourselves before[h] Yahweh.” 51 Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, all objects of work. 52 All the gold of the contribution that they raised up to Yahweh, from the commanders of the thousands and the commanders of the hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels. 53 The men of battle plundered each for himself. 54 So Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from the commanders of the thousands and hundreds, and they brought it to the tent of the assembly as a memorial for the Israelites[i] before Yahweh.
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- Numbers 31:49 Literally “lifted up the head”
- Numbers 31:49 Literally “in our hand”
- Numbers 31:50 Hebrew “bangle”
- Numbers 31:50 Hebrew “bracelet”
- Numbers 31:50 Hebrew “ring”
- Numbers 31:50 Hebrew “earring”
- Numbers 31:50 Hebrew “ornament”
- Numbers 31:50 Literally “in the presence of”
- Numbers 31:54 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
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