Verse 50
50. An oblation for the Lord A practical expression of gratitude shown by every man for his miraculous preservation.
Jewels Modern scholarship thus revises this list: ankle chains, (R.V.,) or arm rings, (2 Samuel 1:10,) bands or bracelets, signet rings, hoops, (Ezekiel 16:12,) earrings, and gold buckles or balls, Or, R.V., armlets, (margin,) necklaces.
An atonement for our souls Knobel, in his attempt to find some sin to be expiated, fixes upon Israel’s failure to destroy all the Midianites, but Keil and Baumgarten think that the feeling of the soldiers that they were unworthy of any such grace as had been shown them in exemption from death in war justifies this strong expression, “for the expiation of their souls.” Hence the oblation constructively “covers” the guilt incurred by unacknowledged mercies by preventing its imputation. In the same manner the half shekel was an atonement. Exodus 30:15. Sin actually incurred was usually expiated by blood, (Leviticus iv and Numbers 17:11, notes,) but sometimes by intercession (Exodus 32:30) or its symbol, the burning of holy incense, (Numbers 16:46, note,) and once by extraordinary zeal in punishing crime. Numbers 25:8; Numbers 25:13.
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