45. 30,500 donkeys
46. and 16,000 people.
47. From the people’s half Moses took 1 thing out of every 50 for the Lord. This included the animals and the people. Then he gave them to the Levites. They took care of the Lord’s Holy Tent. This was what the Lord had commanded Moses.
48. Then the officers of the army came to Moses. They were the commanders of 1,000 men and commanders of 100 men.
49. They told Moses, “We, your servants, have counted our soldiers under our command. Not one of them is missing.
50. So we have brought the Lord a gift. We have brought the gold things that each of us found: arm bands, bracelets, signet rings, earrings and necklaces. These are to remove our sins so we will belong to the Lord.”
51. So Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold things from them.
52. The commanders of 1,000 men and the commanders of 100 men gave the Lord the gold. All of it together weighed about 420 pounds.
53. Each soldier had taken something for himself.
54. Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from the commanders of 1,000 men and the commanders of 100 men. Then they put it in the Meeting Tent. It was a memorial before the Lord for the people of Israel.