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Green's Literal Translation

Numbers 31:22

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Lead;   Purification;   Sanitation;   Tin;   Thompson Chain Reference - Iron;   Lead;   Tin;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Armies of Israel, the;   Brass, or Copper;   Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Iron;   Metals;   Silver;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Lead;   Midianites;   Tin;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Clean, Unclean;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Copper;   Jericho;   Tin;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Iron (2);   Lead;   Metals;   Midian;   Ophir;   Silver;   Tin;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Minerals and Metals;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Arts and Crafts;   Clean and Unclean;   Mining and Metals;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Eleazar ;   Lead,;   Tin;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Metals;   Mid'ian;   Tin;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Lead;   Tin;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Lead;   Slave;   Tin;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Iron;   Metals;   Priestly Code;   Red Heifer;   Sidra;  

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—
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

13 And Moses and Eleazar the priest, and all the rulers of the congregation went out to meet them outside the camp. 14 And Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds who came from the service of the war. 15 And Moses said to them, Have you saved all the women alive? 16 Behold, these through the counsel of Balaam became to the sons of Israel a deliverance of treachery against Jehovah in the matter of Peor; and the plague was on the company of Jehovah. 17 And now kill every male among the infants; yea, you shall kill every woman having known a man by lying with a male. 18 And you shall keep alive for yourselves all the female children who have not known a man by lying with a male. 19 And encamp outside the camp seven days. Whoever has killed any person, and whoever touched a pierced one, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, you and your captives. 20 And as to every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood, you shall purify them . 21 And Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to battle, This is the statute of the law which Jehovah has commanded Moses: 22 only the gold, the silver, the copper, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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
And he put three days journey between himself and Jacob. And Jacob was feeding the remaining flocks of Laban.
Genesis 31:5
And he said to them, I see your father's face, that it is not toward me as before. But the God of my father has been with me.
Genesis 31:12
And He said, Lift up your eyes and see all the rams leaping on the flock; they are striped, speckled and spotted. For I have seen all that Laban is doing to you.
Genesis 31:13
I am the God of Bethel, there where you anointed the pillar, where you vowed a vow to Me. Now rise up; go out of this land and go back to the land of your kindred.
Genesis 31:31
And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid. For I said, Lest by force you take your daughters from me.

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.


 
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