Scripture · Old Testament
Numbers 31:52
Numbers 31:52 is verse 52 of Numbers chapter 31, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
All the gold that the commanders of thousands and of hundreds presented as an offering to the LORD weighed 16,750 shekels.
16,750 shekels is approximately 420.8 pounds or 190.9 kilograms.
King James Version
And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the LORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.
World English Bible
All the gold of the wave offering that they offered up to Yahweh, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred fifty shekels.
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 16,750 shekels is about 167.5 kilograms or about 368.5 pounds.
Read in context
Numbers 31:50–54 · Berean Standard Bible
50 So we have brought to the LORD an offering of the gold articles each man acquired—armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces—to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD.”
51 So Moses and Eleazar the priest received from them all the articles made out of gold.
52 All the gold that the commanders of thousands and of hundreds presented as an offering to the LORD weighed 16,750 shekels.
53 Each of the soldiers had taken plunder for himself.
54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds and brought it into the Tent of Meeting as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD.
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