42. Moses took the Israelites’ half of the loot from the soldiers.
43. The community received 337,500 sheep and goats,
44. 36,000 cattle,
45. 30,500 donkeys,
46. and 16,000 people.
47. From the Israelites’ half Moses collected one out of every 50 things, including people and animals, as the Lord commanded him. Then he gave all this to the Levites who were in charge of the work done at the Lord’s tent.
48. Then the officers from the military divisions, the commanders of the companies and battalions of men, came to Moses.
49. They said to him, “Sir, we have counted all the soldiers under our command, and not one of them is missing.
50. So we have brought as gifts to the Lord the gold jewelry that each of us found—arm bands, bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and pendants. We offer them to make peace with the Lord.”
51. Moses and the priest Eleazar took all the hand-crafted gold articles from them.
52. All the gold contributed to the Lord by the commanders weighed about 420 pounds.
53. Each soldier kept his own loot.
54. Moses and the priest Eleazar took the gold from the commanders and brought it into the Lord’s presence at the tent of meeting as a reminder to the Israelites.