Text -- Numbers 31:50 (NET)

31:50 So we have brought as an offering for the Lord what each man found: gold ornaments, armlets, bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make atonement for ourselves before the Lord.”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Num 31:50

¹ tn Heb “our souls.”

² sn The expression here may include the idea of finding protection from divine wrath, which is so common to Leviticus, but it may also be a thank offering for the fact that their lives had been spared.