Numbers 31:54

54 and they bare the gold taken into the tabernacle of witnessing, into mind of the sons of Israel, before the Lord. (and they took the gold, and brought it into the Tabernacle of the Witnessing, so that the Lord would remember the Israelites, and would protect them.)

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 by the weight of the saintuary, sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels, of the tribunes, and the centurions [of the leaders of thousands, and rulers of hundreds]. (by the measure of the sanctuary, sixteen thousand and seven hundred and fifty shekels, from the tribunes, and the centurions.)

53 For that that each man ravished in the prey, was his own; (For the spoils that each man had taken from the battle, was his own;)

54 and they bare the gold taken into the tabernacle of witnessing, into mind of the sons of Israel, before the Lord. (and they took the gold, and brought it into the Tabernacle of the Witnessing, so that the Lord would remember the Israelites, and would protect them.)