48 ¶ Then the captains which were over thousands of the host, the captains over the thousands, and the captains over the hundreds came unto Moses:

49 And said to Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under [a]our authority, and there lacketh not one man of us.

50 [b]We have therefore brought a present unto the Lord, what every man found of Jewels of gold, bracelets, and chains, rings, earrings, and ornaments of the legs, to make an atonement for our souls before the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 31:49 Hebrew, under our hands.
  2. Numbers 31:50 The captains by the free offering acknowledge the great benefit of God in preserving his people.

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