Numbers 31:21

And Elazar the priest said to the men of war who came from the battle, This is the decree of the law which the Lord hath commanded Mosheh:

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

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;

In Context

20And every garment, and whatever is made of skin, and every work of goat’s hair, and every vessel of wood you shall sprinkle.

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

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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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