Numbers 31:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֶלְעָזָ֤ר הַכֹּהֵן֙ אֶל־אַנְשֵׁ֣י הַצָּבָ֔א הַבָּאִ֖ים לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה זֹ֚את חֻקַּ֣ת הַתּוֹרָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה׃

Transliteration

And-wayyōʾmer ʾElʿāzār the-kōhēn to-ʾanšê the-ṣābāʾ the-bāʾîm to-the-milḥāmāh: This ḥuqqat the-tôrāh which-ṣiwwāh YHWH ʾet-Mōšeh.

Grammar Details

• *wayyōʾmer*: Qal wayyiqtol (consecutive imperfect), 3rd person masculine singular - and he said
• *ʾElʿāzār*: proper noun - Eleazar
• *kōhēn*: masculine singular noun with definite article - priest
• *ʾanšê*: masculine plural construct noun - men of
• *ṣābāʾ*: masculine singular noun with definite article - army/host
• *bāʾîm*: Qal participle, masculine plural with definite article - coming/going
• *milḥāmāh*: feminine singular noun with definite article - battle/war
• *ḥuqqat*: feminine singular construct noun - statute of
• *tôrāh*: feminine singular noun with definite article - law/instruction
• *ṣiwwāh*: Piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - commanded
• *YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
• *Mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses

Word Meanings

• *ṣābāʾ*: army/host/warfare
• *milḥāmāh*: battle/war/fighting
• *ḥuqqat*: statute/ordinance/regulation
• *tôrāh*: law/instruction/teaching

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle, 'This is the regulation of the law that the LORD has commanded Moses.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war that went to the battle, This is the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded Moses:

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And Eleazer the preast sayed vnto all ye me of warre which went out to batayle: this is the ordinaunce of the lawe which the Lorde commaunded Moses:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And Eleasar the prest sayde vnto ye captaynes of the hoost, yt wente out to the battayll: This is the statute of the lawe, which the LORDE comaunded Moses:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And Eleazar ye Priest sayd vnto the men of warre, which went to the battel, This is the ordinance of the law which the Lorde commanded Moses,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Eleazar the priest sayde vnto the men of warre which went to the battayle: This is the ordinauce of the lawe which the Lorde comaunded Moyses:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This [is] the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to the battle, This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded Moses:

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Eleazar the priest saith unto the men of the host who go in to battle, `This `is' the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded Moses:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war that went to the battle, This is the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded Moses:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war that went to the battle, This is the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded Moses:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had been to the fight, This is the rule of the law which the Lord has given to Moses:

• World English Bible (2000)

  Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to the battle, "This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded Moses:

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had gone into the battle,“This is the ordinance of the law that the LORD commanded Moses:

Referenced Verses

• Num 30:16 : 16 These are the statutes which the LORD commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father's house.