²⁶ one beka per person,^(A) that is, half a shekel,^[a] according to the sanctuary shekel,^(B) from everyone who had crossed over to those counted, twenty years old or more,^(C) a total of 603,550 men.^(D)

⁴⁶ The total number was 603,550.^(A)

¹³ Each one who crosses over to those already counted is to give a half shekel,^[a] according to the sanctuary shekel,^(A) which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the Lord.

³⁷ The Israelites journeyed from Rameses^(A) to Sukkoth.^(B) There were about six hundred thousand men^(C) on foot, besides women and children.

¹⁵ The rich are not to give more than a half shekel and the poor are not to give less^(A) when you make the offering to the Lord to atone for your lives. ¹⁶ Receive the atonement^(B) money from the Israelites and use it for the service of the tent of meeting.^(C) It will be a memorial^(D) for the Israelites before the Lord, making atonement for your lives.”