Judges 8:26

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The weight of the gold ear-rings which he got from them was one thousand, seven hundred shekels of gold; in addition to the moon-ornaments and jewels and the purple robes which were on the kings of Midian, and the chains on their camels' necks.

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  • Esth 8:15 : 15 And Mordecai went out from before the king, dressed in king-like robes of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold and clothing of purple and the best linen: and all the town of Shushan gave loud cries of joy.
  • Jer 10:9 : 9 Silver hammered into plates is sent from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the expert workman and of the hands of the gold-worker; blue and purple is their clothing, all the work of expert men.
  • Ezek 27:7 : 7 The best linen with needlework from Egypt was your sail, stretched out to be a flag for you; blue and purple from the sea-lands of Elishah gave you shade.
  • Luke 16:19 : 19 Now there was a certain man of great wealth, who was dressed in fair clothing of purple and delicate linen, and was shining and glad every day.
  • John 19:2 : 2 And the men of the army made a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they put a purple robe on him.
  • John 19:5 : 5 Then Jesus came out with the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them, Here is the man!
  • Rev 17:4 : 4 And the woman was clothed in purple and bright red, with ornaments of gold and stones of great price and jewels; and in her hand was a gold cup full of evil things and her unclean desires;
  • Rev 18:12 : 12 Gold, and silver, and stones of great price, and jewels, and delicate linen, and robes of purple and silk and red; and perfumed wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel made of fair wood, and of brass, and iron, and stone;
  • Rev 18:16 : 16 Saying, Sorrow, sorrow for the great town, she who was clothed in delicate linen, and purple, and red; with ornaments of gold and stones of great price and jewels!

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  • Judg 8:24-25
    2 verses
    83%

    24 Then Gideon said to them, I have a request to make to you; let every man give me the ear-rings he has taken. (For they had gold ear-rings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

    25 And they gave answer, We will gladly give them. So they put down a robe, every man dropping into it the ear-rings he had taken.

  • 22 And when the camels had had enough, the man took a gold nose-ring, half a shekel in weight, and two ornaments for her arms of ten shekels weight of gold;

  • 21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Up! Put an end to us yourself: for you have a man's strength. Then Gideon got up and put Zebah and Zalmunna to death and took the ornaments which were on their camels' necks.

  • Num 31:50-52
    3 verses
    75%

    50 And we have here an offering for the Lord from what every man took in the war, ornaments of gold, leg-chains and arm-rings, finger-rings, ear-rings, and neck-ornaments, to make our souls free from sin before the Lord.

    51 So Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, even all the worked ornaments.

    52 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.

  • Ezra 8:25-27
    3 verses
    74%

    25 And gave to them by weight the silver and the gold and the vessels, all the offering for the house of our God which the king and his wise men and his captains and all Israel there present had given:

    26 Measuring into their hands six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels, a hundred talents' weight, and a hundred talents of gold,

    27 And twenty gold basins, of a thousand darics, and two vessels of the best bright brass, equal in value to gold.

  • 27 And Gideon made an ephod from them and put it up in his town Ophrah; and all Israel went after it there and were false to the Lord; and it became a cause of sin to Gideon and his house.

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    24 The gold used for all the different work done for the holy place, the gold which was given, was twenty-nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels in weight, by the scale of the holy place.

    25 And the silver given by those who were numbered of the people was a hundred talents, and a thousand, seven hundred and seventy-five shekels in weight, by the scale of the holy place.

  • Isa 3:19-21
    3 verses
    73%

    19 The ear-rings, and the chains, and the delicate clothing,

    20 The head-bands, and the arm-chains, and the worked bands, and the perfume-boxes, and the jewels with secret powers,

    21 The rings, and the nose-jewels,

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    13 And you are to make twisted frames of gold;

    14 And two chains of the best gold, twisted like cords; and have the chains fixed on to the frames.

  • 8 And the beautifully worked band, which goes on it, is to be of the same work and the same material, of gold and blue and purple and red and twisted linen-work.

  • Exod 32:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2 Then Aaron said to them, Take off the gold rings which are in the ears of your wives and your sons and your daughters, and give them to me.

    3 And all the people took the gold rings from their ears and gave them to Aaron.

  • 22 They came, men and women, all who were ready to give, and gave pins and nose-rings and finger-rings and neck-ornaments, all of gold; everyone gave an offering of gold to the Lord.

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    16 And they made two gold frames and two gold rings, the rings being fixed to the ends of the priest's bag;

    17 And they put the two twisted chains on the two rings at the ends of the priest's bag;

    18 And the other two ends of the chains were joined to the two frames and fixed to the front of the ephod over the arm-holes.

    19 And they made two rings of gold and put them on the two lower ends of the bag, on the inner side nearest to the ephod.

    20 And two other gold rings were put on the front of the ephod, over the arm-holes, at the join, and over the worked band.

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    28 And a thousand, seven hundred and seventy-five shekels of silver was used to make the hooks for the pillars, and for plating the tops of the pillars and for making their bands.

    29 The brass which was given was seventy talents, two thousand four hundred shekels;

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    26 Then make two gold rings and put them on the lower ends of the bag, at the edge of it on the inner side nearest to the ephod.

    27 And make two more gold rings and put them on the front of the ephod at the top of the arms, at the join, over the worked band:

  • Num 7:85-86
    2 verses
    71%

    85 The weight of every silver plate was a hundred and thirty shekels, and of every basin seventy; the weight of all the silver of the vessels was two thousand and four hundred shekels, by the scale of the holy place;

    86 The weight of the twelve gold spoons of spice for burning was ten shekels for every one, by the scale of the holy place; all the gold of the spoons was a hundred and twenty shekels;

  • 38 One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;

  • 5 And the beautifully worked band which went on it was of the same design and the same material, worked in gold and blue and purple and red and twisted linen-work, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.

  • 17 Clear gold for the meat-hooks and the basins and the cups; for the gold basins, gold enough by weight for every basin; and silver by weight for every silver basin;

  • 21 When I saw among their goods a fair robe of Babylon and two hundred shekels of silver, and a mass of gold, fifty shekels in weight, I was overcome by desire and took them; and they are put away in the earth in my tent, and the silver is under it.

  • Num 7:25-26
    2 verses
    70%

    25 His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;

    26 One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;

  • 35 And the children of Israel had done as Moses had said; and they got from the Egyptians ornaments of silver and of gold, and clothing:

  • 15 And gold by weight for the light-supports and the vessels for the lights, the weight of gold needed for every support and every vessel for lights; and for the silver light-supports, the weight of silver needed for every support and for the different vessels as every one was to be used;

  • 43 His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;

  • 5 And he had a head-dress of brass on his head, and he was dressed in a coat of metal, the weight of which was five thousand shekels of brass.

  • 80 One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;

  • 25 And between the fruits all round the skirt they put gold bells, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.

  • 14 One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice for burning;

  • 16 And Solomon made two hundred body-covers of hammered gold, every one having six hundred shekels of gold in it.

  • 31 His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;