11 The Lord also spoke to Moses, saying, 12 “When you take (A)a [a]census of the sons of Israel [b]to count them, then each one of them shall give (B)a ransom for [c]himself to the Lord, when you [d]count them, so that there will be no plague among them when you [e]count them. 13 This is what everyone who [f]is counted shall give: half a [g]shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary ((C)the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as a [h]contribution to the Lord. 14 Everyone who [i]is counted, from twenty years old and over, shall give the [j]contribution to the Lord. 15 The rich shall not pay more, and the poor shall not pay less, than the half shekel, when you give the [k]contribution to the Lord to make atonement for [l]yourselves. 16 And you shall take the atonement money from the sons of Israel and give it for the service of the tent of meeting, so that it may be a memorial for the sons of Israel before the Lord, to make atonement for [m]yourselves.”

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  1. Exodus 30:12 Lit sum
  2. Exodus 30:12 Lit for their being mustered
  3. Exodus 30:12 Lit his soul
  4. Exodus 30:12 Lit muster
  5. Exodus 30:12 Lit muster
  6. Exodus 30:13 Lit passes over to those who are mustered
  7. Exodus 30:13 A shekel was about 0.5 oz. or 14 gm
  8. Exodus 30:13 Or uplifted offering
  9. Exodus 30:14 See note 1 v 13
  10. Exodus 30:14 Or uplifted offering of the Lord
  11. Exodus 30:15 Or uplifted offering of the Lord
  12. Exodus 30:15 Lit your souls
  13. Exodus 30:16 Lit your souls

25 And (A)the silver of those of the congregation who were [a]counted was a hundred talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; 26 (B)a beka a head (that is, half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary), assessed to each one who passed over to those who were [b]counted, from twenty years old and upward, for (C)603,550 men.

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  1. Exodus 38:25 Lit mustered
  2. Exodus 38:26 Lit mustered

(A)Take a [a]census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, every male, head by head

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  1. Numbers 1:2 Lit sum

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