Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 31:22
Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
Brass – Render copper. See Gen 4:22 note. The verse is curious as illustrating the variety of metals in use at this early date for domestic purposes. All these metals were common in Egypt centuries before the date of the Exodus.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead. These are excepted, and, though unclean, are not to be purified by washing, but in another way, by fire, as follows; all these metals were well known in those early times, and were made use of for instruments and vessels of various sorts.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
the. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read “and the” in each of these three instances, making the Figure of speech Polysyndeton.
iron. Found in Egypt as early as 2800 B.C.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Reciprocal: Gen 4:22 – brass Num 31:13 – without the camp Jos 8:27 – the cattle Job 28:2 – Iron