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"When you take a census of the sons of Israel to number them, then eachone of them shall give a ransom for himself to the LORD, when you number them, so that there will be noplague among them when you number them.
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"This is what everyone who is numbered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twentygerahs ), half a shekel as a contribution to the LORD.
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"The rich shall not paymore and the poor shall not paylessthan the halfshekel, when you give the contribution to the LORD to makeatonement for yourselves.
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"You shall take the atonementmoney from the sons of Israel and shall give it for the service of the tent of meeting, that it may be a memorial for the sons of Israelbefore the LORD, to makeatonement for yourselves."