Numbers 31:49-52

The Voice

Officers (to Moses): ⁴⁹Each of us, who loyally answer your call to serve, has counted up the people in our battalions. We are happy to report that not a single person is missing. ⁵⁰Yet to cover any sins we may have committed before the Eternal, we wish to present to you all the articles of value we found in Midian—objects of gold, jewelry of all kinds (armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, and pendants).

^51-52Moses and Eleazar the priest received from the commanders and officers these pieces of gold fashioned into all shapes and sizes. Collectively, the officers’ offering to the Eternal equaled 420 pounds.

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