And all the gold of the offering that they offered to the LORD …: The Hebrew words for offering (terumah) and offered (rum) come from the same root. See the comments on 15.19, where they are rendered “present an offering.” Good News Translation omits the ideas of gold and to the LORD, which should be kept. The pronoun they refers to Moses and Eleazar, which New International Readers Version specifies.

From the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds: See verses 14 and 48.

Was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels: As noted in the comments on 3.47, the standard shekel may have weighed about 11.4 grams (0.4 ounce), so sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels is about 190 kilograms (420 pounds).

A possible model for this verse is:

• All the gold from the generals and captains that Moses and Eleazar presented as a gift to the LORD weighed about 190 kilograms.

Quoted with permission from de Regt, Lénart J. and Wendland, Ernst R. A Handbook on Numbers. (UBS Helps for Translators). Miami: UBS, 2016. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .