48 Then (A)the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, came near to Moses 49 and said to Moses, “Your servants have counted the men of war who are under our command, and there is not a man missing from us. 50 And we have brought the Lord's offering, what each man found, articles of gold, armlets and bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and beads, (B)to make atonement for ourselves before the Lord.” 51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest received from them the gold, all crafted articles. 52 And all the gold of the contribution that they presented to the Lord, from the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, was 16,750 shekels.[a] 53 (C)(The men in the army had each taken plunder for himself.) 54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tent of meeting, (D)as a memorial for the people of Israel before the Lord.

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  1. Numbers 31:52 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams

48 Then the leaders of the thousands of the army, the commanders of the thousands and the commanders of the hundreds, approached Moses, 49 and they said to Moses, “Your servants have taken count[a] of the men of war who were in our charge,[b] and no man is missing from us. 50 So we brought the offering of Yahweh, what each man found, objects of gold, bangles,[c] bracelets,[d] rings,[e] earrings,[f] and female ornaments,[g] to make atonement for ourselves before[h] Yahweh.” 51 Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, all objects of work. 52 All the gold of the contribution that they raised up to Yahweh, from the commanders of the thousands and the commanders of the hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels. 53 The men of battle plundered each for himself. 54 So Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from the commanders of the thousands and hundreds, and they brought it to the tent of the assembly as a memorial for the Israelites[i] before Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 31:49 Literally “lifted up the head”
  2. Numbers 31:49 Literally “in our hand”
  3. Numbers 31:50 Hebrew “bangle”
  4. Numbers 31:50 Hebrew “bracelet”
  5. Numbers 31:50 Hebrew “ring”
  6. Numbers 31:50 Hebrew “earring”
  7. Numbers 31:50 Hebrew “ornament”
  8. Numbers 31:50 Literally “in the presence of”
  9. Numbers 31:54 Literally “sons/children of Israel”