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Numbers 31:50

Context
31:50 So we have brought as an offering for the Lord what each man found: gold ornaments, armlets, bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make atonement for ourselves¹ before the Lord.”²

Numbers 31:52

Context
31:52 All the gold of the offering they offered up to the Lord from the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds weighed 16,750 shekels.³

Numbers 31:54

Context
31:54 So Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the commanders of thousands and commanders⁴ of hundreds and brought it into the tent of meeting as a memorial⁵ for the Israelites before the Lord.

¹tn Heb “our souls.”

²sn The expression here may include the idea of finding protection from divine wrath, which is so common to Leviticus, but it may also be a thank offering for the fact that their lives had been spared.

³sn Or about 420 imperial pounds.

⁴tn The Hebrew text does not repeat the word “commanders” here, but it is implied.

⁵tn The purpose of the offering was to remind the Lord to remember Israel. But it would also be an encouragement for Israel as they remembered the great victory.

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