Numbers 31:22

Contemporary English Version

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
however the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

King James Version
Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

Lexham English Bible
Only the gold and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead—

English Standard Version
only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

New Century Version
Put any gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, or lead—

New English Translation
‘Only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

Amplified Bible
only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

New American Standard Bible
only the gold and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

Geneva Bible (1587)
As for gold, and siluer, brasse, yron, tynne, and lead:

Legacy Standard Bible
only the gold and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin and the lead,

Complete Jewish Bible
Even though gold, silver, brass, iron, tin and lead

Darby Translation
Only the gold, and the silver, the copper, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

Easy-to-Read Version
You must put gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, or lead into the fire and then wash these things with the special water to make them pure. If something can be put in the fire, you must put it in fire to purify it. If things cannot be put in fire, you must still wash them with the special water.

George Lamsa Translation
Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

Good News Translation
Everything that will not burn, such as gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, or lead, is to be purified by passing it through fire. Everything else is to be purified by the water for purification.

Christian Standard Bible®
The gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, and lead—

Literal Translation
only the gold, the silver, the copper, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Golde, siluer brasse, yron, tynne and leed,

American Standard Version
howbeit the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

Bible in Basic English
But gold and silver and brass and iron and tin and lead,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
As for golde, siluer, brasse, and iron, tinne, and lead,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Howbeit the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

King James Version (1611)
Onely the gold, and the siluer, the brasse, the yron, the tinne, and the lead,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Beside the gold, and the silver, and the brass, and the iron, and lead, and tin,

English Revised Version
howbeit the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

Berean Standard Bible
Only the gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, and lead-

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The gold, and siluer, and bras, and yrun, and tiyn, and leed, and al thing that may passe by flawme, schal be purgid bi fier;

Young's Literal Translation
only, the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

Update Bible Version
nevertheless the gold, and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

Webster's Bible Translation
Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

World English Bible
however the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

New King James Version
"Only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

New Living Translation
Anything made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, or lead—

New Life Bible
Take the gold, silver, brass, iron, tin and lead,

New Revised Standard
gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, and lead—

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Surely the gold and the silver, - the bronze the iron, the tin and the lead,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Gold, and silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin,

Revised Standard Version
only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
only the gold and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin and the lead,

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ Moses became angry with the army commanders ¹⁵ and said, "I can't believe you let the women live! ¹⁶ They are the ones who followed Balaam's advice and invited our people to worship the god Baal Peor. That's why the Lord punished us by killing so many of our people. ¹⁷ You must put to death every boy and all the women who have ever had sex. ¹⁸ But do not kill the young women who have never had sex. You may keep them for yourselves." ¹⁹ Then Moses said to the soldiers, "If you killed anyone or touched a dead body, you are unclean and have to stay outside the camp for seven days. On the third and seventh days, you must go through a ceremony to make yourselves and your captives clean. ²⁰ Then wash your clothes and anything made from animal skin, goat's hair, or wood." ²¹Eleazar then explained, "If you need to purify something that won't burn, such as gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, or lead, you must first place it in a hot fire. After you take it out, sprinkle it with the water that purifies. Everything else should only be sprinkled with the water. Do all of this, just as the Lord commanded Moses. ²⁴ Wash your clothes on the seventh day, and after that, you will be clean and may return to the camp."

Bible Verse Review
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Reciprocal: Genesis 4:22 - brass Numbers 31:13 - without the camp Joshua 8:27 - the cattle Job 28:2 - Iron

Cross-References

Genesis 30:36
Then Laban made Jacob keep the rest of the sheep and goats at a distance of three days' journey.

Genesis 31:5
and he told them: Your father isn't as friendly with me as he used to be, but the God my ancestors worshiped has been on my side.

Genesis 31:12
and he said, "Notice that all the rams are either spotted or speckled. I know everything Laban is doing to you,

Genesis 31:13
and I am the God you worshiped at Bethel, when you poured olive oil on a rock and made a promise to me. Leave here right away and return to the land where you were born."

Genesis 31:31
Jacob answered, "I left secretly because I was afraid you would take your daughters from me by force.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead. These are excepted, and, though unclean, are not to be purified by washing, but in another way, by fire, as follows; all these metals were well known in those early times, and were made use of for instruments and vessels of various sorts.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Brass - 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.