~ After the War With Midian ~

The Lord said to Moses,
"Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites.
After that, you will be gathered to your people."

They fought against Midian,
as the Lord commanded Moses,
and killed every man.

Then the officers who were over the units of the army --
the commanders of thousands
and commanders of hundreds --
went to Moses and said to him,
"Your servants have counted
the soldiers under our command,
and no one is missing.
So we have brought as an offering to the Lord
the gold articles each of us acquired --
armlets, bracelets, signet rings,
earrings and necklaces --
to make atonement for ourselves before the Lord."

Moses and Eleazar the priest
accepted from them the gold --
all the crafted articles.
All the gold from the commanders of thousands
and commanders of hundreds
that Moses and Eleazar presented as a gift to the Lord
weighed 16,750 shekels.
Each soldier had take plunder for himself.
Moses and Eleazar the priest accepted the gold
from the commanders of thousands
and commanders of hundreds
and brought it into the Tent of Meeting
as a memorial for the Israelites before the Lord.

(Numbers31:1, 7,48-54)