Numbers 31:51

51 So Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from all the military commanders—all kinds of jewelry and crafted objects.

Numbers 31:51 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 31:51

And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them
For it seems the several things before mentioned were all of gold:

even all wrought jewels;
or "vessels of work" ^F8 or wrought vessels, or instruments, "chains, bracelets" which were all of gold, and curiously wrought.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 (hvem ylk) "vas operis", Montanus.

Numbers 31:51 In-Context

49 and said, “We, your servants, have accounted for all the men who went out to battle under our command; not one of us is missing!

50 So we are presenting the items of gold we captured as an offering to the LORD from our share of the plunder—armbands, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces. This will purify our lives before the LORD and make us right with him. ”

51 So Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from all the military commanders—all kinds of jewelry and crafted objects.

52 In all, the gold that the generals and captains presented as a gift to the LORD weighed about 420 pounds.

53 All the fighting men had taken some of the plunder for themselves.