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Exodus 30:10-20

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10 "Once a year Aaron is to perform the purification rite[a] on the horns of the altar. Throughout your generations he is to perform the purification rite[b] for[c] it once a year, with the blood of the sin offering for atonement.[d] The altar is especially holy to the Lord."

The Atonement Money

11 The Lord spoke to Moses:
12 "When you take a census of the Israelites to register them, each of the men must pay a ransom for himself to the Lord as they are registered. Then no plague will come on them as they are registered.
13 Everyone who is registered must pay half a shekel[e]/ 5 of an ounce of silver according to the sanctuary shekel (20 gerahs to the shekel). This half shekel is a contribution to the Lord.
14 Each man who is registered, 20 years old or more, must give this contribution to the Lord.
15 The wealthy may not give more, and the poor may not give less, than half a shekel when giving the contribution to the Lord to atone for[f] your lives.
16 Take the atonement money[g] from the Israelites and use it for the service of the tent of meeting. It will serve as a reminder for the Israelites before the Lord to atone for[h] your lives."

The Bronze Basin

17 The Lord spoke to Moses:
18 "Make a bronze basin for washing and a bronze stand for it. Set it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it.
19 Aaron and his sons must wash their hands and feet from the basin.
20 Whenever they enter the tent of meeting or approach the altar to minister by burning up an offering to the Lord, they must wash with water so that they will not die.
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Exodus 30:10-20 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 30

This chapter treats of the altar of incense, its form and use, Ex 30:1-10 of the ransom of the Israelites, with the half shekel when numbered, Ex 30:11-16 of the laver for the priests to wash their hands and feet at before service, Ex 30:17-21 of the anointing oil, the ingredients of it, and what was to be done with it, Ex 30:22-33, and of the perfume, the composition and use of it, Ex 30:34-38.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Footnotes 8

  • [a] Or to make atonement
  • [b] Or to make atonement
  • [c] Or on
  • [d] Lv 16:18
  • [e] About 2
  • [f] Or to ransom
  • [g] Lit the silver of the atonement
  • [h] Or to ransom
Holman Christian Standard Bible ® Copyright © 2003, 2002, 2000, 1999 by Holman Bible Publishers.  Used by permission.  All rights reserved.

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