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One who refined silver-bearing ore and then cast it or beat it into the desired shape. Silversmiths produced musical instruments like trumpets (Nm 10:2), bases on which the frame of the tabernacle rested (Ex 26:19-25), and objects for use in the tabernacle and temple (Nm 7:13-85), as well as ornaments for private use. Silversmiths also made religious statues for false worship (Ex 20:23; Jgs 17:4). The silversmith Demetrius (Acts 19:24) made silver shrines for Artemis at Ephesus. The profession was well known in NT times (2 Tm 2:20; Rv 9:20).

Show passage in OET: NUM 10:2

OET-RV NUM 10:2

2 “Make two hammered silver trumpets for yourself to use for assembling the community and for signalling when it’s time to leave the camp.

OET-LV NUM 10:2

2 Make to/for_yourself(m) two _of trumpets _of silver hammered _work you _will _make DOM_them and_they _will _be to/for_yourself(m) for_the _convocation _of the _congregation and_for_breaking DOM the_camps.

Show passage in OET: EXO 26:19–25

OET-RV EXO 26:19

19 along with forty silver bases to go underneath them—two bases supporting each frame, and each frame having two protrusions at the bottom to go into the bases.

OET-RV EXO 26:20

20 For the north side, assemble twenty frames

OET-RV EXO 26:21

21 along with forty silver bases—two under each frame.

OET-RV EXO 26:22

22 For the rear of the residence facing west, assemble six frames

OET-RV EXO 26:23

23 plus two extra frames for bracing the two back corners—

OET-RV EXO 26:24

24 they must be joined on at the bottom and then both of them have their tops attached to a ring.

OET-RV EXO 26:25

25 Then assemble eight frames with their sixteen silver bases—two bases supporting each frame.

OET-LV EXO 26:19

19 And_forty bases _of silver you _will _make under twenty the_frame[s] two _of bases will _be_under the_frame the_one for_the _two _of hands _of_its and_two _of bases will _be_under the_frame the_one for_the _two _of hands _of_its.

OET-LV EXO 26:20

20 And_for_the _side _of the _tabernacle the_second(fs) will_belong_to_the_side _of the_north twenty frame[s].

OET-LV EXO 26:21

21 And_forty bases _of_their will _be_silver two _of bases will _be_under the_frame the_one and_two _of bases will _be_under the_frame the_one.

OET-LV EXO 26:22

22 And_for_the _innermost _parts _of the _tabernacle westward you _will _make six frames.

OET-LV EXO 26:23

23 And_two _of frames you _will _make for_the _corners _of the _tabernacle in_parts.

OET-LV EXO 26:24

24 And_they _will _be twins from_to_downwards and_together they _will _be complete on his/its_head into the_ring (the)_one thus it _will _be for_both _of_of _them (into)_the_two _of the_corners they _will _become.

OET-LV EXO 26:25

25 And_ eight frames _they _will _be and_bases _of_their silver will _be_six- teen bases two _of bases will _be_under the_frame the_one and_two _of bases will _be_under the_frame the_one.

Show passage in OET: EXO 20:23

OET-RV EXO 20:23

23 You all mustn’t make gods out of silver or gold for yourselves to have alongside me.

OET-LV EXO 20:23

23 Not you(pl)_must _make with_me gods _of silver and_gods _of gold not you(pl)_must _make for_yourselves.

Show passage in OET: JDG 17:4

OET-RV JDG 17:4

4 So after the money had been returned, his mother gave two hundred silver coins to a silversmith. He made a carved figure and one cast from a mould, and they were placed in Mikah’s house.

OET-LV JDG 17:4

4 And_he _brought _back DOM the_silver to_mother _of_his and_ his/its_mother _she/it _took two _hundred silver and_she_gave _it to_silversmith and_he_made _it a _carved _image and_a _molten _image and_he/it _was in_house _of Mīkāhū.

Show passage in OET: ACT 19:24

OET-RV ACT 19:24

24 A silversmith named Demetrios made little silver shrines of Artemis and this business brought a tidy profit to the local craftsmen.

OET-LV ACT 19:24

24 For/Because a_certain silversmith by_the_name Daʸmaʸtrios, making temples silver of _Artemis, was _bringing _about no little business to _the craftsmen,

Show passage in OET: TI2 2:20

OET-RV TI2 2:20

20 An expensive home doesn’t just have gold and silver bowls, but there are wooden and pottery bowls as well. Some will contain valuable things, but others contain dishonourable things that we prefer not to display.

OET-LV TI2 2:20

20 And in a_great house, there _is not only golden and silver vessels, but also wooden and earthen, and some on _one _hand for honour, on _the _other _hand some to dishonour.

Show passage in OET: REV 9:20

OET-RV REV 9:20

20 However, the rest of humankind that hadn’t been killed by those disasters, didn’t repent of their actions and didn’t stop worshipping demons and idols made of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood—idols that can’t see, can’t hear, and can’t walk.

OET-LV REV 9:20

20 And the rest of _the people, who not were _killed _off by the plagues these, not _even they _repented of the works of _the hands of _them, in _order _that not they _will _be _prostrating before _the demons, and the idols the golden, and the silver, and the bronze, and the stone, and the wooden, which neither to _be _seeing are _being _able, nor to _be _hearing, nor to _be _walking.

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