45. 30,500 donkeys,
46. and 16,000 women.
47. Moses took one out of every 50 women and animals. He gave them to the Levites because they took care of the Lord’S Holy Tent. Moses did this as the Lord had commanded.
48. Then the leaders of the army (the leaders over 1000 men and the leaders over 100 men) came to Moses.
49. They told Moses, “We, your servants, have counted our soldiers. We have not missed any of them.
50. So we are bringing the Lord’S gift from every soldier. We are bringing things that are made of gold—armbands, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces. This gift to the Lord is to make us pure.”
51. So Moses and Eleazar the priest accepted all these gold items from them.
52. The gold that the commanders and captains gave to the Lord weighed about 424 pounds.
53. The soldiers kept the rest of their share of the things they took in war.