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Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, approached Moses,

and they said to Moses, "Your servants have taken a census of the men of war who are ^(F1)under our authority, and no man of us is missing.

"So we have brought as an offering to the LORD what each man found, articles of gold, armlets and bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and necklaces, ^(C1)to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD."

Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, all kinds of crafted articles.

All the gold of the offering which they offered up to the LORD, from the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, was 16,750 shekels.

^(C1)The men of war had taken plunder, every man for himself.

So Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it to the tent of meeting as ^(C1)a memorial for the sons of Israel before the LORD.