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"We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets ... ‘And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the LORD ... was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels. LORD.’ But the god of Israel would scarcely have demanded hard cash for the good he was doing his earthly children. It also appears from the text that the gifts were not intended for the priesthood, for the priests themselves had to collect and deliver the offering. In addition the proceeds of the collection for the gods was so accurately enumerated that such a niggling reckoning would be unworthy of the real god. transmitted? The old sources give the impression that the 'gods' would not stay on our planet for ever. They carried out their plans and then disappeared for a long time. But they thought out ways of protecting the beings they had created during their absence. As they possessed extraordinary abilities, they probably made use of technology to keep a watch over them. During the times the 'gods' were away, it was a frequent occurrence for a prophet seeking help and advice to call to his lord—as Samuel describes in Book I, 3:1: The new men were not left without protection. Texts speak of 'servants of the gods' who served on earth on higher orders, who protected the chosen ones and guarded the dwellings of the 'gods'. Were these 'servants of the gods' robots? The Epic of Gilgamesh describes the dramatic battle between Enkidu and Gilgamesh, and the monster Chuwawa, who guarded the dwelling places of the 'gods' successfully and single-handed. The spears and clubs that Enkidu and Gilgamesh rained on him rebounded harmlessly from the 'shining monster’, and behind him a 'door' spoke in the 'thunderous voice' of a human being. Clever Enkidu discovered the Achilles heel of Chuwawa, the servant of the gods, and managed to disable him. ‘Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.’ So that no mistake occurred when the offering was brought, the list was specified in detail. We find it in Numbers 31:50-54: ‘And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold ... and brought it ... for a memorial of Israel before the Was the offering the price demanded by the 'gods' for the great amount of intelligent knowledge ‘And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision' (i.e. god did not answer very often).