⁴⁸ Then the officers in charge of thousands of soldiers, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds approached Moses ⁴⁹ and told him,^[a] “Your servants took a count of the soldiers who were under our authority. We didn’t miss a single man. ⁵⁰ We’ve brought offerings to the Lord from whatever each man found—jewel-encrusted gold, anklets, bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and necklaces—to make atonement for ourselves^[b] in the Lord’s presence.”

⁵¹ Then Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them and everything that was fashioned into jewels. ⁵² The gold for the raised offering that they brought to the Lord totaled 16,750 shekels, ⁵³ because every soldier had confiscated war booty for his own use. ⁵⁴ Moses and Eleazar took the gold from the captains of thousands and hundreds and brought it to the Tent of Meeting, to serve as a memorial to the Israelis in the Lord’s presence.