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31:47 From the Israelites <03478> <01121>’ share <04276> Moses <04872> took <03947> one <0259> of <04480> every fifty <02572> people <0120> and animals <0929> and gave <05414> them to the Levites <03881> who were responsible <04931> for the care <08104> of the Lord’s <03068> tabernacle <04908>, just as <0834> the Lord <03068> commanded <06680> Moses <04872>. 31:48 Then the officers who were over <06485> the thousands <0505> of the army <06635>, the commanders <08269> over thousands <0505> and the commanders <08269> over hundreds <03967>, approached <0413> <07126> Moses <04872> 31:49 and said <0559> to <0413> him <04872>, “Your servants <05650> have taken <05375> a count <07218> of the men <0376> who were in the battle <04421>, who <0834> were under our authority <03027>, and not one <03808> is missing <06485>. 31:50 So we have brought <07126> as an offering <07133> for the Lord <03068> what <0834> each man <0376> found <04672>: gold <02091> ornaments <03627>, armlets <0685>, bracelets <06781>, signet rings <02885>, earrings <05694>, and necklaces <03558>, to make atonement <03722> for ourselves <05315> before <06440> the Lord <03068>.” 31:51 Moses <04872> and Eleazar <0499> the priest <03548> took <03947> the gold <02091> from them, all <03605> of it in the form <04639> of ornaments <03627>. 31:52 All <03605> the gold <02091> of the offering <08641> they offered up <07311> to the Lord <03068> from the commanders <08269> of thousands <0505> and the <0853> commanders <08269> of hundreds <03967> weighed 16,750 <02572> <03967> <07651> <0505> <06240> <08337> shekels <08255>. 31:53 Each <0376> soldier <06635> had taken plunder <0962> for himself. 31:54 So Moses <04872> and Eleazar <0499> the priest <03548> received <03947> the gold <02091> from the commanders <08269> of thousands <0505> and commanders of hundreds <03967> and brought <0935> it into <0413> the tent <0168> of meeting <04150> as a memorial <02146> for the Israelites <03478> <01121> before <06440> the Lord <03068>.

• Num 31:25-54 -- The Distribution of Spoils

• Wars of the Lord, The Book of the

  [ebd] (Num. 21:14, 15), some unknown book so called (comp. Gen. 14:14-16; Ex. 17:8-16; Num. 14:40-45; 21:1-3, 21-25, 33-35; 31. The wars here recorded might be thus designated).
  

• TEMPLE KEEPERS (SERVANTS)

  [isbe] TEMPLE KEEPERS (SERVANTS) - After the conquest of Midian, "Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, that kept the charge of the tabernacle of Yahweh" (Nu 31:47; compa...
  

• TABLET

  [ebd] probably a string of beads worn round the neck (Ex. 35:22; Num. 31:50). In Isa. 3:20 the Hebrew word means a perfume-box, as it is rendered in the Revised Version.
  [isbe] TABLET - tab'-let: A rigid flat sheet (plate, pad or slab) used to receive writing. Stone, clay, wood and perhaps bronze, gold and lead tablets, at least, are mentioned in the Bible. In the Old English sense of "locket" the ...
  

• Spoils

  [nave] SPOILS Of war, Gen. 14:11, 12; Num. 31:9, 10; Deut. 2:35. Divided between the combatants and non-combatants of the Israelites, including priests and Levites, Num. 31:25-54; 1 Sam. 30:24. Dedicated to the Lord, 1 Sam. 15:15...
  

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF

  [isbe] NUMBERS, BOOK OF - num'-berz: I. TITLE AND CONTENTS 1. Title 2. Contents II. LITERARY STRUCTURE 1. Alleged Grounds of Distribution 2. Objections to Same (1) Hypothesis Unproved (2) Written Record Not Impossible (3) No Book E...
  

• Midianites

  [nave] MIDIANITES Descendants of Midian, son of Abraham by Keturah, Gen. 25:1, 2, 4; 1 Chr. 1:32, 33. Called Ishmaelites, Gen. 37:25, 28; Judg. 8:24. Were merchantmen, Gen. 37:28. Buy Joseph and sell him to Potiphar, Gen. 37:28,...
  

• MOSES

  [isbe] MOSES - mo'-zez, mo'-ziz (mosheh; Egyptian mes, "drawn out," "born"; Septuagint Mouse(s)). The great Hebrew national hero, leader, author, law-giver and prophet. I. LIFE 1. Son of Levi 2. Foundling Prince 3. Friend of the Pe...
  

• METALS

  [smith] The Hebrews, in common with other ancient nations, were acquainted with nearly all the metals known to modern metallurgy, whether as the products of their own soil or the results of intercourse with foreigners. One of the ear...
  

• Liberality

  [nave] LIBERALITY. Ex. 22:29, 30 Ex. 13:2, 12. Ex. 23:15 Ex. 34:20. Ex. 25:1-8; Ex. 35:4-29; Ex. 36:3-6; Ex. 38:8; Lev. 19:5 Lev. 22:29; Num. 35:8. Deut. 12:11, 12, 17-19; Deut. 14:27-29; Deut. 15:7-18; Deut. 16:10, 17; Deut. 18:1...
  

• Jericho

  [ebd] place of fragrance, a fenced city in the midst of a vast grove of palm trees, in the plain of Jordan, over against the place where that river was crossed by the Israelites (Josh. 3:16). Its site was near the 'Ain es-Sultan, ...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• GET; GETTING

  [isbe] GET; GETTING - A great many Hebrew words are in the Old Testament translated "get," "got," etc. The word "get" has two meanings: (1) with the idea of movement, "to go," etc.; (2) with that of acquisition, "to gain," "obtain,...
  

• EARRINGS

  [ebd] rings properly for the ear (Gen. 35:4; Num. 31:50; Ezek. 16:12). In Gen. 24:47 the word means a nose-jewel, and is so rendered in the Revised Version. In Isa. 3:20 the Authorized Version has "ear-rings," and the Revised Vers...
  [smith] The material of which earrings were made was generally gold, (Exodus 32:2) and their form circular. They were worn by women and by youth of both sexes. These ornaments appear to have been regarded with superstitious reverence...
  

• CHAIN; CHAINS

  [isbe] CHAIN; CHAINS - chan, chanz: Chains were used by the Hebrews: (1) As ornaments: 'ets`adhah, neTiphah, `anaq, rabhidh, sharsherah, rattoq. As ornaments for the person they were worn about the ankles (Nu 31:50; Isa 3:20) and a...
  

• BOOTY

  [ebd] captives or cattle or objects of value taken in war. In Canaan all that breathed were to be destroyed (Deut. 20: 16). The "pictures and images" of the Canaanites were to be destroyed also (Num. 33:52). The law of booty as to...
  [smith] consisted of captives of both sexes, cattle, and whatever a captured city might contain, especially metallic treasures. Within the limits of Canaan no captives were to be made, (20:14,16) beyond these limits, in case of warli...
  

• BALAAM

  [isbe] BALAAM - ba'-lam bil`am, "devourer"): The son of Beor, from a city in Mesopotamia called Pethor, a man possessing the gift of prophecy, whose remarkable history may be found in Nu 22:2 through 24:25; compare Num 31:8,16; Dt ...
  

• ARMLET

  [isbe] ARMLET - arm'-let: The word translated "bracelet" in 2 Sam 1:10 the King James Version, probably denotes an "armlet," or "arm-band," worn on the upper arm. But it is the same word which with a different context is rendered "...
  

• ANKLET; ANKLE-CHAIN

  [isbe] ANKLET; ANKLE-CHAIN - an'-klet, an'-k'-l-chan: "Anklets" is rightly found in Isa 3:18 the Revised Version (British and American), and "ankle-chains" in Nu 31:50 the Revised Version (British and American). A cognate word of e...
  

• ANKLE

  [isbe] ANKLE - an'-k'-l (in older editions of the King James Version, ancle): From Hebrew me'aphecayim literally, "water of ankles," i.e. shallow water (Ezek 47:3); "anklebones" (Acts 3:7) from sphudron "ankle chains" (the King Jam...
  

• ABEL-SHITTIM

  [isbe] ABEL-SHITTIM - a'-bel-shit'-tim ('abhel ha-shiTTim, "the meadow of the Acacias"): The name appears only in Nu 33:49; but the name Shittim is used to denote the same locality (Nu 25:1; Josh 2:1; 3:1; Mic 6:5). The name always...
  

• Vengeance on the Midianites

  

Slavery

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