Numbers - 31:22



22 however the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

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Explanation and meaning of Numbers 31:22.

Differing Translations

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Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
howbeit the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
Gold, and silver, and brass, and iron, and lend, and tin,
Only the gold, and the silver, the copper, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
But gold and silver and brass and iron and tin and lead,
however the gold, and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
Gold, and silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin,
Profecto aurum, et argentum, aes, ferrum, stannum, et plumbum, et quiequid ingreditur ignem, transire facietis per ignem, et mundabitur;

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

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.

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.

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