43. now the congregation's half was 337,500 sheep,
44. and 36,000 cattle,
45. and 30,500 donkeys,
46. and the human beings were 16,000-
47. and from the sons of Israel's half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of animals, and gave them to the Levites, who kept charge of the tabernacle of the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
48. Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, approached Moses,
49. and they said to Moses, "Your servants have taken a census of men of war who are in our charge, and no man of us is missing.
50. So we have brought as an offering to the Lord what each man found, articles of gold, armlets and bracelets, signet rings, earrings and necklaces, to make atonement for ourselves before the Lord."
51. Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, all kinds of wrought articles.
52. All the gold of the offering which they offered up to the Lord, from the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, was 16,750 shekels.
53. The men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.
54. So Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it to the tent of meeting as a memorial for the sons of Israel before the Lord.