Numbers 31:51

What does Numbers 31:51 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 31:51 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

So Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, even all the worked ornaments.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And Moses receiveth--Eleazar the priest also--the gold from them, every made vessel,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And Moses and Eleazar the priest received all the gold in divers kinds,

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, all manner of wrought jewels.

Context

v.50And we have brought Jehovah’s oblation, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, ankle-chains, and bracelets, signet-rings, ear-rings, and armlets, to make atonement for our souls before Jehovah.

v.51This passage

v.52And all the gold of the heave-offering that they offered up to Jehovah, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Numbers 7:2

    that the princes of Israel, the heads of their fathers’ houses, offered. These were the princes of the tribes, these are they that were over them that were numbered:

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