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Numbers 31:50

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therefore brought: The officers of the army having mustered their men, found they had not lost a man in the contest with Midian! Penetrated with gratitude for this most remarkable interposition of Providence in their favour, they now offer to Jehovah the golden jewels which they had found among the spoil, to the amount of 16,750 shekels, equal to £37,869, 16s. 5d. of our money.

an oblation: Psalms 107:15, Psalms 107:21-22, Psalms 116:12, Psalms 116:17

gotten: Heb. found

an atonement: Exodus 30:12, Exodus 30:15-16; Leviticus 17:11

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