47. From the Israelites’ half, Moses selected one out of every fifty people and animals, as the Lord commanded him, and gave them to the Levites, who were responsible for the care of the Lord’s tabernacle.
48. Then the officers who were over the units of the army—the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—went to Moses
49. and said to him, “Your servants have counted the soldiers under our command, and not one is missing.
50. So we have brought as an offering to the Lord the gold articles each of us acquired—armlets, bracelets, signet rings, earrings and necklaces—to make atonement for ourselves before the Lord.”
51. Moses and Eleazar the priest accepted from them the gold—all the crafted articles.
52. All the gold from the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds that Moses and Eleazar presented as a gift to the Lord weighed 16,750 shekels.
53. Each soldier had taken plunder for himself.
54. Moses and Eleazar the priest accepted the gold from the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds and brought it into the tent of meeting as a memorial for the Israelites before the Lord.