The Meaning of Numbers 31:52 Explained

Numbers 31:52

KJV: And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the LORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.

YLT: and all the gold of the heave-offering which they have lifted up to Jehovah is sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels, from heads of the thousands, and from heads of the hundreds;

Darby: And all the gold of the heave-offering that they offered to Jehovah was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels, from the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds.

ASV: And all the gold of the heave-offering that they offered up to Jehovah, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Numbers 31:52?

MEANING: What does Numbers 31:52 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Numbers 31:52 mean?

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What is the context of Numbers 31:52?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the LORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.

What does Numbers 31:52 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 31:21-54 - The Disposition Of The Spoils Of War

This law, which subjected the victors to a whole week of separation and to special purification, instead of an immediate welcome into the camp, was intended to wean the Hebrews from the practice of war, giving them a higher standard than that of surrounding nations. Thus God educates us, by placing before us an ever higher standard, as we are able to obey it. It is easy to say hard things against this treatment of Midian, but extermination is sometimes the only way to safety.

For us the lesson is one of rigid separation. Some may be able to stand God's searching fire; but others cannot bear that flame. Yet these may not go altogether free. See Numbers 31:23. As strangers and pilgrims we must abstain from fleshly lusts. God demands our holiness, but discriminates in the method of producing it. [source]

Chapter Summary: Numbers 31

¹ The Midianites are spoiled, and Balaam slain
¹³ Moses is angry with the officers, for saving the women alive
¹⁹ How the soldiers, with their captives and spoil, are to be purified
²⁵ The proportion in which the prey is to be divided
⁴⁸ The voluntary offering unto the treasure of the Lord

What do the individual words in Numbers 31:52 mean?

And was all the gold of the offering that they offered to Yahweh six [and] ten thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels From the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds

וַיְהִ֣י ׀ כָּל־ זְהַ֣ב הַתְּרוּמָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר הֵרִ֙ימוּ֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה שִׁשָּׁ֨ה עָשָׂ֥ר אֶ֛לֶף שְׁבַע־ מֵא֥וֹת וַחֲמִשִּׁ֖ים שָׁ֑קֶל מֵאֵת֙ שָׂרֵ֣י הָֽאֲלָפִ֔ים וּמֵאֵ֖ת שָׂרֵ֥י הַמֵּאֽוֹת

וַיְהִ֣י ׀	And was
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אֶהְיֶה Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
זְהַ֣ב	the gold
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: זָהָב Sense: gold.
הַתְּרוּמָ֗ה	of the offering
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: תְּרוּמָה Sense: contribution, offering.
אֲשֶׁ֤ר	that
Parse: Pronoun, relative Root: אֲשֶׁר Sense: (relative part.).
הֵרִ֙ימוּ֙	they offered
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person common plural Root: יָרוּם Sense: to rise, rise up, be high, be lofty, be exalted.
לַֽיהוָ֔ה	to Yahweh
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יהוה Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
שִׁשָּׁ֨ה	six
Parse: Number, masculine singular Root: שֵׁשׁ Sense: six.
עָשָׂ֥ר	[and] ten
Parse: Number, masculine singular Root: עָשָׂר Sense: ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers).
אֶ֛לֶף	thousand
Parse: Number, masculine singular Root: אֶלֶף Sense: a thousand.
שְׁבַע־	seven
Parse: Number, feminine singular construct Root: שֶׁבַע Sense: seven (cardinal number).
מֵא֥וֹת	hundred
Parse: Number, feminine plural Root: מֵאָה Sense: hundred.
וַחֲמִשִּׁ֖ים	and fifty
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, common plural Root: חֲמִשִּׁים Sense: fifty.
שָׁ֑קֶל	shekels
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: שֶׁקֶל Sense: shekel.
שָׂרֵ֣י	the captains
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: סָרַר Sense: prince, ruler, leader, chief, chieftain, official, captain.
הָֽאֲלָפִ֔ים	of thousands
Parse: Article, Number, masculine plural Root: אֶלֶף Sense: a thousand.
שָׂרֵ֥י	captains
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: סָרַר Sense: prince, ruler, leader, chief, chieftain, official, captain.
הַמֵּאֽוֹת	of hundreds
Parse: Article, Number, feminine plural Root: מֵאָה Sense: hundred.

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