The value of the offering was about 20,000 British pounds.<\/P><\/p>\n
And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the Lord<\/strong>,…. The whole amount, weight, and value of it put together:<\/p>\n even of the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds<\/strong>, and perhaps of every common soldier, who might contribute his part, though it is not mentioned, but included in the oblation of the officers:<\/p>\n was 16,750 shekels<\/strong>; which, according to the calculation of a very learned man i, were 7,780 ounces, four drachms, two scruples, and thirty five grains.<\/p>\n i Scheuchzer. Physica Sacr. vol. 2. p. 399.<\/p>\n (52) Sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.<\/strong>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<\/span> of the weight of the golden earrings which were given to Gideon after his victory over that nation.<\/p>\n 52<\/strong>. <\/strong> All the gold <\/strong> 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<\/span>, 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.<\/p>\n Num 31:52<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>Sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> See Exo 25:39<\/span>. <\/p>\n offering = heave offering. See App-43, and note on Exo 29:27. <\/p>\n offered up = heaved. <\/p>\n shekels. See App-51. <\/p>\n offering: Heb. heave-offering, Num 31:52<\/p>\n 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. The value of the offering was about 20,000 British pounds. Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible And all the gold of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 31:52”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4725\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"