49. and said, “Sir, we have counted our troops, and not one soldier is missing.
50. So we want to give the Lord all the gold jewellery we took from the Midianites. It's our gift to him for watching over us and our troops.”
51. Moses and Eleazar accepted the jewellery from the commanders,
52. and its total weight was nearly two hundred kilogrammes.
53. This did not include the things that the soldiers had kept for themselves.
54. So Moses and Eleazar placed the gold in the Lord's sacred tent to remind Israel of what had happened.