Numbers 31:51 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels. ”

Numbers 31:51 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Division of the Booty. The principle of equal division between those who went forth to fight, and those who remained in the camp was observed by David ( 1 Samuel 30:22-25 ), who seems to have b...
Numbers 31:51 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

51. And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold. It was fitting that this should be added, lest any should suppose that Eleazar made a profit by the liberality of others. Moses, therefore...
Numbers 31:51 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.
Numbers 31:51 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses: Officers ... said ... there lacketh not one man of us. A vic...
Numbers 31:51 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

War against Midian This chapter contains an account of the fulfilment of the decree of extermination passed upon the Midianites as being the occasion of Israel's apostasy in the plains of Moab: se...
Numbers 31:51 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

WAR AND SETTLEMENT 1. THE WAR WITH MIDIAN Numbers 31:1-54 THE command to vex and smite the Midianites Numbers 25:16-17 has already been considered. Israel had not the spiritual power which w...
Numbers 31:51 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Disposition of the Spoils of War Numbers 31:21-54 This law, which subjected the victors to a whole week of separation and to special purification, instead of an immediate welcome into the c...
Numbers 31:51 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have the story of the end of Balaam. It took place in connection with a war directly resulting from the sin of the people committed through the influence of Balaam. They had corrupted the nat...
Numbers 31:51 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I class all these verses together, because they are connected in the history, and because the improvements they suggest are all united. We have in them the pious reflections of the officers in Israel...
Numbers 31:51 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them ,.... For it seems the several things before mentioned were all of gold: even all wrought jewels ; or "vessels of work" h or wrought vessels,...
Numbers 31:51 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

VENGEANCE ON MIDIAN (vs.1-11) The Midianites had been guilty of seducing Israel, and God required that account to be settled. This was the last charge laid upon Moses before his death (v.2). His...
Numbers 31:51 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

48 And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses: 49 And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken...
Numbers 31:51 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Numbers 31:51 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Sum of The Surviving Men of War and Their Freewill Gift to The Sanctuary Of Their Personal Spoil ( Numbers 31:48-54 ). a The assessing of the men of war, not one is missing (num 8-49). b Th...
Numbers 31:51 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Moses had already received command to smite the Midianites ( Numbers 25:16-18 ); and in this chapter we have the order given to him to execute that command, and the na...
Numbers 31:51 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 31:2 . Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites. If it were just to cut off twenty four thousand of the Israelites for the awful feast, apostasy, and fornication at Baal-peor, it wa...
Numbers 31:51 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Gifts Consecrated to the Lord
Numbers 31:51 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Numbers 31:51 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 31:51 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 31:51 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 31:51 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 31:51 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 31:51 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 31:51 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Numbers 31:51 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 31:51 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 31:51 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 31:51 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 31:51 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 31:51 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 31:51 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 31:51 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 31:51 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 31:51 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 31:51 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge