Numbers 31:49-51
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
49 and said to him, “Your servants have counted the soldiers under our command, and not one of us is missing. 50 [a]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.
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- 31:50 The precise nature and use of some of these articles of gold is not certain.
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