Numbers 31:54

54 Yet Moses and Eleazar the priest also received the gold from the officers of thousands and of hundreds, and they brought it to the meeting tent as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD.

Numbers 31:54 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 31:54

And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains
of thousands and of hundreds
Which they so freely and generously offered:

and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation;
and laid it up in some chamber there:

for a memorial for the children of Israel before the Lord:
in remembrance of the signal victory these men obtained, and of the singular care of divine Providence in protecting them, that not one was lost in the expedition; and of their sense of gratitude and thankfulness for the favours granted them, and to put the children of Israel in mind for their imitation, when favoured with mercies from the Lord.

Numbers 31:54 In-Context

52 All the gold for the gift offering that was presented to the LORD from the officers of thousands and the officers of hundreds was sixteen thousand seven hundred fifty shekels.

53 Each of the men of battle took spoils of war for himself.

54 Yet Moses and Eleazar the priest also received the gold from the officers of thousands and of hundreds, and they brought it to the meeting tent as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD.