Numbers - 31:51



51 Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all worked jewels.

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Explanation and meaning of Numbers 31:51.

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And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.
And Moses and Eleazar the priest received all the gold in divers kinds,
And Moses receiveth, Eleazar the priest also, the gold from them, every made vessel,
So Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, even all the worked ornaments.
Moses and Eleazar the priest took their gold, even all worked jewels.
And Moses and Eleazar the priest received all the gold in its various kinds,
Et accepit Moses et Eleazar sacerdos aurum ab illis, omnia vasa operis.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold. It was fitting that this should be added, lest any should suppose that Eleazar made a profit by the liberality of others. Moses, therefore, relates, that whatever gold was offered, was faithfully laid up as an ornament for the sanctuary. When it is said, "for a memorial for the children of Israel," it may be taken either actively or passively; viz., either that the gift may be a monument of their gratitude, or that it might conciliate favor for the people in the eyes of God; as if that offering of expiation brought before God, and represented, all those who thus professed themselves to be preserved by His grace. I prefer the latter sense myself, i.e., that this memorial was set before His eyes, in order that God might hereafter also be favorable to His people.

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" (h) or wrought vessels, or instruments, "chains, bracelets", &c. which were all of gold, and curiously wrought.
(h) "vas operis", Montanus.

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