Numbers 31:52

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Numbers 31:52 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
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All the gold of the heave-offering that they offered up to Yahweh, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred fifty shekels.
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    All the gold of the heave-offering that they offered up to Yahweh, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred fifty shekels.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    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.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And all the gold of the contribution which they raised to Yahweh from with the leaders of the thousands and from with the leaders of the hundreds was 16, 750 shekels.

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    All the gold of the heave-offering that they offered up to Yahweh, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred fifty shekels.
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    All the gold that the commanders of thousands and of hundreds presented as an offering to the LORD weighed 16,750 shekels.
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    All the gold that the commanders of thousands and of hundreds presented as an offering to the LORD weighed 16,750 shekels.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    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.
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    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.
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    And all the gold of the heave 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.
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    And all the golde of the offring that they offered vp to the Lord (of the captaines ouer thousands and hundreds) was sixteene thousande seuen hundreth and fiftie shekels,
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    In weight sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty sicles, from the tribunes and from the centurions.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    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;
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    and all the gold of the raised-offering which they have lifted up to YHWH is sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels, from heads of the thousands and from heads of the hundreds;
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    All the gold of the offering that they gave to Yahweh—the offerings from the commanders of thousands and from the captains of hundreds—weighed 16,750 shekels.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And all the gold of the contribution which they raised to Yahweh from with the leaders of the thousands and from with the leaders of the hundreds was 16, 750 shekels.
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    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.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    All the gold of the wave offering that they offered up to the LORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred fifty shekels.
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    And all the gold of the offering that they offered to the LORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    The gold that the commanders of thousands and of hundreds gave as an offering to the Lord weighed in total 16,750 shekels.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    And the gold which the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds gave, as an offering to be lifted up before the Lord, came to sixteen thousand, seven hundred and fifty shekels.
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    And all the gold of the gift that they set apart for the LORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels. —

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הַתְּרוּמָ֗ה
tᵉrûwmâh
H8641
“the · offering”
Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
Part of Speech
Particle + Noun
Type
Common
Gender
Feminine
Number
Singular
State
Absolute
Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H7311

TWOT: 2133i

contribution, offering - a heave offering - any offering - an offering to God - an offering (of grain, money, etc) - contribution
  1. וַיְהִ֣י hâyâh H1961 “and · to be” Conjunction + Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  2. כָּל kôl H3605 “all of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  3. זְהַ֣ב zâhâb H2091 “gold of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  4. אֲשֶׁ֤ר ʼăsher H834 “which” Particle, Relative
  5. הֵרִ֨ימוּ֙ rûwm H7311 “to rise” Verb, Hiphil, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural
  6. לַֽיהוָ֔ה Yᵉhôvâh H3068 “to/for · LORD” Preposition + Noun, Proper
  7. שִׁשָּׁ֨ה shêsh H8337 “six” Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  8. עָשָׂ֥ר ʻâsâr H6240 “teen” Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  9. אֶ֛לֶף ʼeleph H505 “thousand” Adjective, Cardinal number, Both, Singular, Absolute
  10. שְׁבַע shebaʻ H7651 “seven” Adjective, Cardinal number, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
  11. מֵא֥וֹת mêʼâh H3967 “hundred” Adjective, Cardinal number, Both, Plural, Absolute
  12. וַחֲמִשִּׁ֖ים chămishshîym H2572 “and · fifty” Conjunction + Adjective, Cardinal number, Both, Plural, Absolute
  13. שָׁ֑קֶל sheqel H8255 “shekel” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  14. מֵאֵת֙ ʼêth H854 “from · with” Preposition + Preposition
  15. שָׂרֵ֣י sar H8269 “princes of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct
  16. הָֽאֲלָפִ֔ים ʼeleph H505 “the · thousand” Particle, Definite Article + Adjective, Cardinal number, Both, Plural, Absolute
  17. וּמֵאֵ֖ת ʼêth H853 “and · from · -” Conjunction + Preposition + Particle, Direct Object
  18. שָׂרֵ֥י sar H8269 “princes of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct
  19. הַמֵּאֽוֹת mêʼâh H3967 “the · hundred” Particle, Definite Article + Adjective, Cardinal number, Both, Plural, Absolute

About this verse

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20
words
17
distinct lemmas
Pentateuch
section

Grammatical profile

  • 2 verbs
  • 7 nouns
  • 8 adjectives
  • 1 preposition
  • 2 particles

Verb forms

  • וַיְהִ֣י Qal · Sequential Imperfect
  • הֵרִ֨ימוּ֙ Hiphil · Perfect

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • אֶ֛לֶף thousand H505 ×2
  • מֵא֥וֹת hundred H3967 ×2
  • שָׂרֵ֣י prince H8269 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 30 words from the Hebrew and 33 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 20 Hebrew tokens and 26 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.

These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.

Hebrew Numbers 31:52 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

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

All the gold of the heave-offering that they offered up to Yahweh, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred fifty shekels.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Numbers 31:52 Septuagint · lemma form

καί γίγνομαι πᾶς ὁ χρυσίον ὁ ἀφαίρεμα ὅς ἀποαἱρέω κύριος ἕξ καί δέκα χιλιάς καί ἑπτακόσιοι καί πεντήκοντα σίκλος παρά ὁ χιλίαρχος καί παρά ὁ ἑκατόνταρχος

And all the wrought gold, even the offering that they offered to the Lord, was sixteen thousand and seven hundred and fifty shekels from the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

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The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.

  1. Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
    וַהֲוָה כָּל דְהַב אַפְרָשׁוּתָא דְאַפְרָשׁוּ קֳדָם יְיָ שִׁתָּא עַשֲׂר אַלְפִין שְׁבַע מְאָה וְחַמְשִׁין סִלְעִין מִן רַבָּנֵי אַלְפִין וּמִן רַבָּנֵי מַאֲוָתָא

    (no public-domain English translation for this verse)

    Targum Onkelos — Aramaic: “Onkelos Genesis” (public domain); “Onkelos Exodus” (public domain); “Onkelos Leviticus” (public domain); “Onkelos Numbers” (public domain); “Onkelos Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “J.W. Etheridge. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch. London: Longmans, Green, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

  2. Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
    וַהֲוָה סְכוּם כָּל דְהַב אַפְרָשׁוּתָא דְאַפְרָשׁוּ לִשְׁמָא דַיְיָ שִׁיתְּסַר אַלְפִין וּשְׁבַע מְאָה וְחַמְשִׁין סַלְעִין מִן רַבָּנֵי אַלְפִין וּמִן רַבָּנֵי מַאֲוָותָא

    and the sum of all the gold of the separation which they had separated unto the Name of the Lord was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels, from the captains of thousands and of hundreds.

    Targum Pseudo-Jonathan — Aramaic: “Targum Jonathan on Genesis” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Exodus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Leviticus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Numbers” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on Numbers 31:52 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(52) Sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.—This quantity of golden ornaments is quite in harmony with the well-known habits of nomad and even barbarous tribes. The peculiar affection of the Midianites for such ornaments is shown further in the account which is contained in Jdg_8:26 of the weight of the golden earrings which were given to Gideon after his victory over that nation.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The value of the offering was about 20,000 British pounds.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel D. Whedon

52. All the gold — 16,750 shekels of gold are equal to nearly $123,000. Considering the greater purchasing power of gold in ancient times, this amount would be probably equal to nearly a million of dollars. This shows the greatness of the conquered foe. Estimating the 32,000 maidens to be one fifth of the population ruled by the five kings, the sum total would be 160,000. The military strength would be about 40,000 men. “The quantity of jewelry seized as booty is quite in harmony with the well known love of nomads, and even of barbarous tribes, for ornaments of this kind; and the peculiar liking of the Midianites for such things is confirmed by the account in Jdg_8:26, according to which Gideon took as much as 1,700 shekels in weight of golden rings from the Midianites alone, besides ornaments of other kinds.” — Keil and Delitzsch.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

Sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels. If the shekel of weight be taken as 66 of an ounce, the offering will have amounted to more than 11, 000 ounces of gold, worth now about If, according to other estimates, the golden shekel was worth 30s., the value of the offering will have been some

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

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Door43 World Missions Community

All the gold of the offering that they gave to Yahweh—the offerings from the commanders of thousands and from the captains of hundreds—weighed

"All the gold of the offering that the commanders of thousands and the captains of hundreds gave to Yahweh weighed"

from the commanders of thousands and from the captains of hundreds

Possible meanings are 1) these numbers represent the exact amount of soldiers that these commanders and captains led. AT: "from the commanders of 1,000 soldiers and from the captains of 100 soldiers" or 2) the words translated as "thousands" and "hundreds" do not represent exact numbers, but are the names of larger and smaller military divisions. AT: "from the commanders of large military divisions and from the captains of smaller military divisions" See how you translated a similar phrase in Numbers 31:14. (See: Numbers)

16,750

"sixteen thousand, seven hundred and fifty" (See: Numbers)

shekels

A shekel is 11 grams. (See: Biblical Money)

as a reminder of the people of Israel for Yahweh

The gold will remind the people that Yahweh gave them victory. It will also remind Yahweh that the people fulfilled his revenge on the Midianites.

translationWords

priest

tent of meeting

Israel

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Numbers, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 20 words (17 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is tᵉrûwmâh (“offering”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. How does “offering” (tᵉrûwmâh) shape what this verse is saying?
  2. What does the repetition of “thousand” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
  3. The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
  4. «וַיְהִ֣י» is a Qal Sequential Imperfect verb. How does that grammatical form shape the action described?
  5. Compare how Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers and Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

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