Exodus 30:11-16
New King James Version
The Ransom Money
11 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 12 (A)“When you take the census of the children of Israel for their number, then every man shall give (B)a[a] ransom for himself to the Lord, when you number them, that there may be no (C)plague among them when you number them. 13 (D)This is what everyone among those who are numbered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (E)(a shekel is twenty gerahs). (F)The half-shekel shall be an offering to the Lord. 14 Everyone included among those who are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an [b]offering to the Lord. 15 The (G)rich shall not give more and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when you give an offering to the Lord, to make atonement for yourselves. 16 And you shall take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and (H)shall [c]appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of meeting, that it may be (I)a memorial for the children of Israel before the Lord, to make atonement for yourselves.”
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- Exodus 30:12 the price of a life
- Exodus 30:14 contribution
- Exodus 30:16 give
Exodus 30:11-16
Lexham English Bible
Instructions for Numbering the People
11 And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 12 “When you take a census of[a] the Israelites[b] to count them, they will each give the ransom of his life for Yahweh when counting them, and a plague will not be among them when counting them. 13 This they will give, everyone who is counted,[c] the half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which is twenty gerahs per shekel. The half shekel is a contribution for Yahweh. 14 Everyone who is counted[d] from twenty years old[e] and above will give the contribution of Yahweh. 15 The rich will not give more, and the poor will not give less than the half shekel to give the contribution of Yahweh to make atonement for their lives. 16 And you will take the atonement money from the Israelites[f] and give it to the service of the tent of assembly, and it will be as a memorial for the Israelites[g] before Yahweh to make atonement for your lives.”
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- Exodus 30:12 Literally “when you lift up the heads of”
- Exodus 30:12 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Exodus 30:13 Literally “all of the going over to the being counted”
- Exodus 30:14 Literally “all of the going over to the being counted”
- Exodus 30:14 Literally “a son of twenty years”
- Exodus 30:16 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Exodus 30:16 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
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