And Moses gave the tribute, which was the offering for the LORD, to Eleazar the priest: The Hebrew waw conjunction rendered And is better translated “So” (Good News Translation) or “In this way” (Chewa) to introduce the conclusion here For tribute see verse 28; for the offering for the LORD, see verse 29; and for Eleazar the priest, see verse 6.

As the LORD commanded Moses: See verse 31.

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 .