Exodus 30:14

14 Everyone over twenty years of age who is subject to the census is to give this offering to ADONAI -

Exodus 30:14 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 30:14

Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from
twenty years old and above
Even Levites, Israelites, proselytes, and servants freed, but not women, bond servants, or children ^F24:

shall give an offering to the Lord;
the half shekel before mentioned.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 Misn. Shekalim, c. 1. sect. 1, 3.

Exodus 30:14 In-Context

12 "When you take a census of the people of Isra'el and register them, each, upon registration, is to pay a ransom for his life to ADONAI, to avoid any breakout of plague among them during the time of the census.

13 Everyone subject to the census is to pay as an offering to ADONAI half a shekel [one-fifth of an ounce of silver]- by the standard of the sanctuary shekel (a shekel equals twenty gerahs).

14 Everyone over twenty years of age who is subject to the census is to give this offering to ADONAI -

15 the rich is not to give more or the poor less than the half-shekel when giving ADONAI's offering to atone for your lives.

16 You are to take the atonement money from the people of Isra'el and use it for the service in the tent of meeting, so that it will be a reminder of the people of Isra'el before ADONAI to atone for your lives."