THEOSISEphraem the Syrian
These are the selected instruments that the apostles presented to Christ from the nations. Additionally, the apostles, prophets, and teachers are regarded as precious vessels.
Numbers 31:50Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Therefore we offer as gifts to the Lord what gold every one of us could find in the booty, in garters and tablets, rings and bracelets, and chains, that thou mayst pray to the Lord for us.
וַנַּקְרֵ֞ב אֶת־קָרְבַּ֣ן יְהוָ֗ה אִישׁ֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר מָצָ֤א כְלִֽי־זָהָב֙ אֶצְעָדָ֣ה וְצָמִ֔יד טַבַּ֖עַת עָגִ֣יל וְכוּמָ֑ז לְכַפֵּ֥ר עַל־נַפְשֹׁתֵ֖ינוּ לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃
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Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Ex 30:12When thou shalt take the sum of the children of Israel, according to their number, every one of them shall give a price for their souls to the Lord, and there shall be no scourge among them, when they shall be reckoned.
- Ex 30:15The rich man shall not add to half a sicle, and the poor man shall diminish nothing.
- Ex 30:16And the money received, which was contributed by the children of Israel, thou shalt deliver unto the uses of the tabernacle of the testimony, that it may be a memorial of them before the Lord, and he may be merciful to their souls.
- Ps 107 (106):21
- Ps 107 (106):22
- Ps 116 (114/115):17
- Lev 17:11Because the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you, that you may make atonement with it upon the altar for your souls, and the blood may be for an expiation of the soul.
- Ps 107 (106):15