42. As for the Israelites’ half, which Moses had taken from the men who had fought—
43. the community’s half was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,
44. thirty-six thousand oxen,
45. thirty thousand five hundred donkeys,
46. and sixteen thousand persons.
47. From the Israelites’ half, Moses took one captive from every fifty, from human being and beast alike, and gave them to the Levites, who performed the duties of the Lord’s tabernacle, exactly as the Lord had commanded Moses.
48. Then those who were officers over the contingents of the army, commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, came up to Moses
49. and said to him, “Your servants have counted the soldiers under our command, and not one of us is missing.
50. So, we have brought as an offering to the Lord articles of gold that each of us has picked up—anklets, bracelets, rings, earrings, or pendants—to make atonement for ourselves before the Lord.”
51. Moses and Eleazar the priest accepted the gold from them, all fashioned pieces.
52. The gold that was given as a contribution to the Lord—from the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds—amounted in all to sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.
53. What the common soldiers had looted each one kept for himself.
54. So Moses and Eleazar the priest accepted the gold from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and put it in the tent of meeting as a reminder on behalf of the Israelites before the Lord.