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New Living Translation

Numbers 31:22

Anything made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, or 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—
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 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 Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the community went to meet them outside the camp. 14 But Moses was furious with all the generals and captains who had returned from the battle. 15 "Why have you let all the women live?" he demanded. 16 "These are the very ones who followed Balaam's advice and caused the people of Israel to rebel against the Lord at Mount Peor. They are the ones who caused the plague to strike the Lord 's people. 17 So kill all the boys and all the women who have had intercourse with a man. 18 Only the young girls who are virgins may live; you may keep them for yourselves. 19 And all of you who have killed anyone or touched a dead body must stay outside the camp for seven days. You must purify yourselves and your captives on the third and seventh days. 20 Purify all your clothing, too, and everything made of leather, goat hair, or wood." 21 Then Eleazar the priest said to the men who were in the battle, "The Lord has given Moses this legal requirement: 22 Anything made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, or 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
who took them a three-days' journey from where Jacob was. Meanwhile, Jacob stayed and cared for the rest of Laban's flock.
Genesis 31:5
He said to them, "I have noticed that your father's attitude toward me has changed. But the God of my father has been with me.
Genesis 31:12
"The angel said, ‘Look up, and you will see that only the streaked, speckled, and spotted males are mating with the females of your flock. For I have seen how Laban has treated you.
Genesis 31:13
I am the God who appeared to you at Bethel, the place where you anointed the pillar of stone and made your vow to me. Now get ready and leave this country and return to the land of your birth.'"
Genesis 31:31
"I rushed away because I was afraid," Jacob answered. "I thought 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.


 
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