NUMBERS 31:22

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,”

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Numbers 31:22 Translation & Meaning

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Only אַ֥ךְ A particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only Only
the gold, הַזָּהָ֖ב Gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e., yellow), as oil, a clear sky gold
and the silver, הַכָּ֑סֶף Silver (from its pale color); by implication, money silver
the brass, הַנְּחֹ֙שֶׁת֙ Copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e., coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver) brass
the iron, הַבַּרְזֶ֔ל Iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement iron
the tin, הַבְּדִ֖יל Alloy (because removed by smelting); by analogy, tin tin
and the lead, הָֽעֹפָֽרֶת׃ Lead (from its dusty color) lead

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  • 20  And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.

  • 21  And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord commanded Moses;

  • 22  Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

  • 23  Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water.

  • 24  And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.




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