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.”

^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.

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. ¹⁶ You shall take the atonement money from the people of Israel and shall ^(B)give it for the service of the tent of meeting, that it may bring the people of Israel to ^(C)remembrance before the Lord, so as to make atonement for your lives.”

^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.