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11 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 12 “When you take a census of the children of Israel, according to those who are counted among them, then each man shall give a ransom for his soul to Yahweh when you count them, that there be no plague among them when you count them. 13 They shall give this, everyone who passes over to those who are counted, half a shekel according to the shekel[a] of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs[b]); half a shekel for an offering to Yahweh. 14 Everyone who passes over to those who are counted, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the offering to Yahweh. 15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel,[c] when they give the offering of Yahweh, to make atonement for your souls. 16 You shall take the atonement money from the children of Israel, and shall appoint it for the service of the Tent of Meeting; that it may be a memorial for the children of Israel before Yahweh, to make atonement for your souls.”

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Footnotes

  1. 30:13 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
  2. 30:13 a gerah is about 0.5 grams or about 7.7 grains
  3. 30:15 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.

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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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 30:12 Literally “when you lift up the heads of”
  2. Exodus 30:12 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  3. Exodus 30:13 Literally “all of the going over to the being counted”
  4. Exodus 30:14 Literally “all of the going over to the being counted”
  5. Exodus 30:14 Literally “a son of twenty years”
  6. Exodus 30:16 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  7. Exodus 30:16 Literally “sons/children of Israel”