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Selected Verse: Numbers 31:50 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Nu 31:50 |
Strong Concordance |
We have therefore brought [07126] an oblation [07133] for the LORD [03068], what every man [0376] hath gotten [04672], of jewels [03627] of gold [02091], chains [0685], and bracelets [06781], rings [02885], earrings [05694], and tablets [03558], to make an atonement [03722] for our souls [05315] before [06440] the LORD [03068]. |
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King James |
We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The "chains" were "armlets" Sa2 1:10. The "rings" were "finger-rings," or "seal-rings;" and the "tablets" were worn suspended from the neck Exo 35:22.
To make an atonement for our souls before the Lord - Compare Exo 30:11-16. The atonement was not for any special offence committed (which would have called for a sacrifice of blood-shedding), but rather like the half-shekel given at the census in the Book of Exodus (loc. cite), was an acknowledgment of having received undeserved mercies. These, if unacknowledged, would have entailed guilt on the soul. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
atonement
(See Scofield) - (Exo 29:33). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| An atonement - For their error noted, Num 31:14-16, and withal for a memorial, or by way of gratitude for such a stupendous assistance and deliverance. We should never take any thing to ourselves in war or trade, of which we cannot in faith consecrate a part to God, who hates robbery for burnt - offerings. But when God has remarkably preserved and succeeded us, he expects we should make some particular return of gratitude to him. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
We have - brought an oblation for the Lord - So it appears there was a great deal of booty taken which did not come into the general account; and of this the soldiers, of their own will, made a very extensive offering to God, because he had preserved them from falling in battle. That not one man should have been slain is a most extraordinary circumstance, and powerfully marks the peculiar superintendence of God's especial providence. The Midianites must certainly have made some resistance; but that was ineffectual, because it was against the Lord. When any nation undertakes a crusade against those whom they are pleased to call the Lord's enemies, let them bring from the contest this proof of their Divine mission, viz., that not one man of them is either lost or missing; and then, and not till then, shall we believe that God hath sent them.
To make an atonement for our souls - That is, to make an acknowledgment to God for the preservation of their lives. The gold offered on this occasion amounted to 16,750 shekels, equal to 37,869, 16s. 5d. of our money. See the note on Exo 25:39, where the true value of the shekel is given, and a rule laid down to reduce it to English money. |
11 And the LORD [03068] spake [01696] unto Moses [04872], saying [0559],
12 When thou takest [05375] the sum [07218] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] after their number [06485], then shall they give [05414] every man [0376] a ransom [03724] for his soul [05315] unto the LORD [03068], when thou numberest [06485] them; that there be no plague [05063] among them, when thou numberest [06485] them.
13 This they shall give [05414], every one that passeth [05674] among [05921] them that are numbered [06485], half [04276] a shekel [08255] after the shekel [08255] of the sanctuary [06944]: (a shekel [08255] is twenty [06242] gerahs [01626]:) an half [04276] shekel [08255] shall be the offering [08641] of the LORD [03068].
14 Every one that passeth [05674] among them that are numbered [06485], from twenty [06242] years [08141] old [01121] and above [04605], shall give [05414] an offering [08641] unto the LORD [03068].
15 The rich [06223] shall not give more [07235], and the poor [01800] shall not give less [04591] than half [04276] a shekel [08255], when they give [05414] an offering [08641] unto the LORD [03068], to make an atonement [03722] for your souls [05315].
16 And thou shalt take [03947] the atonement [03725] money [03701] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and shalt appoint [05414] it for the service [05656] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150]; that it may be a memorial [02146] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478] before [06440] the LORD [03068], to make an atonement [03722] for your souls [05315].
22 And they came [0935], both [05921] men [0582] and women [0802], as many as [03605] were willing [05081] hearted [03820], and brought [0935] bracelets [02397], and earrings [05141], and rings [02885], and tablets [03558], all jewels [03627] of gold [02091]: and every man [0376] that offered [05130] offered an offering [08573] of gold [02091] unto the LORD [03068].
10 So I stood [05975] upon him, and slew [04191] him, because I was sure [03045] that he could not live [02421] after [0310] that he was fallen [05307]: and I took [03947] the crown [05145] that was upon his head [07218], and the bracelet [0685] that was on his arm [02220], and have brought [0935] them hither unto my lord [0113].
33 And they shall eat [0398] those things wherewith the atonement was made [03722], to consecrate [04390] [03027] and to sanctify [06942] them: but a stranger [02114] shall not eat [0398] thereof, because they are holy [06944].
14 And Moses [04872] was wroth [07107] with the officers [06485] of the host [02428], with the captains [08269] over thousands [0505], and captains [08269] over hundreds [03967], which came [0935] from [06635] the battle [04421].
15 And Moses [04872] said [0559] unto them, Have ye saved [02421] all the women [05347] alive [02421]?
16 Behold, these [02007] caused [01961] the children [01121] of Israel [03478], through the counsel [01697] of Balaam [01109], to commit [04560] trespass [04604] against the LORD [03068] in the matter [01697] of Peor [06465], and there was a plague [04046] among the congregation [05712] of the LORD [03068].
39 Of a talent [03603] of pure [02889] gold [02091] shall he make [06213] it, with all these vessels [03627].