¹⁵ The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than ^(A)the half shekel, when you give the Lord's offering to make atonement for your lives.

⁵⁰ And we have brought the Lord's offering, what each man found, articles of gold, armlets and bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and beads, ^(A)to make atonement for ourselves before the Lord.”

⁹ Masters, do the same to them, ^(A)and stop your threatening, knowing that ^(B)he who is both their Master^[a] and yours is in heaven, and that ^(C)there is no partiality with him.

^11 (A)For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar ^(B)to make atonement for your souls, ^(C)for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life.

^12 (A)“When you take the census of the people of Israel, then each shall give ^(B)a ransom for his life to the Lord when you number them, that there be no plague among them when you number them.

²⁵ For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality.

³ And David said to the Gibeonites, “What shall I do for you? And how shall I make atonement, that you may bless ^(A)the heritage of the Lord?”