# exacted this money from Israel
"took this money from Israel"
# powerful men
These were important leaders, not strong soldiers.
# fifty shekels of silver
You may convert this to a modern measure. Alternate translation: "six hundred grams of silver" or "three-fifths of a kilogram of silver" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-bmoney]])
# did not stay there in the land
"did not stay there in Israel"