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.