Numbers 31:22

only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead--

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

21And Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to the battle, This is the statute of the law which LORD has commanded Moses:

23everything which may go into fire--ye shall make to go through the fire, and it shall be clean. Nevertheless it shall be purified with the water for impurity. And all that may not go into fire ye shall make to go through the water.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:22And Zillah, she also bore Tubal-cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of brass and iron. And the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

Joshua 6:19But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are holy to LORD. They shall come into the treasury of LORD.

Job 28:2Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is molten out of the stone.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 31:14-25

13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp. 14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle. 15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? 16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the… Read the whole commentary →

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