Exodus 30:12-22

12 "When you take ¹a census of the sons of Israel to number them, then each one of them shall give ²a ransom for himself to the LORD, when you number them, so that there will be no plague among them when you number them.

13 "This is what everyone who is numbered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (³the shekel is twenty gerahs ), half a shekel as a contribution to the LORD.

14 "Everyone who is numbered, from twenty years old and over, shall give the contribution to the LORD.

15 "The rich shall not pay more and the poor shall not pay less than the half shekel, when you give the contribution to the LORD to make atonement for yourselves.

16 "You shall take the atonement money 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 Israel before the LORD, to make atonement for yourselves."

17 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

18 "You shall also make ⁴a laver of bronze, with its base of bronze, for washing; and you shall ⁵put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it.

19 "Aaron and his sons shall ⁶wash their hands and their feet from it;

20 when they enter the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, so that they will not die; or when they approach the altar to minister, by offering up in smoke a fire sacrifice to the LORD.

21 "So they shall wash their hands and their feet, so that they will not die; and ⁷it shall be a perpetual statute for them, for Aaron and his descendants throughout their generations."

The Anointing Oil

22 Moreover, the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

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Exodus 30:12-22 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

Cross References 7

1. Exodus 38:25, 26; Numbers 1:2; Numbers 26:2
2. Numbers 31:50
3. Leviticus 27:25; Numbers 3:47; Ezekiel 45:12
4. Exodus 38:8
5. Exodus 40:30
6. Exodus 40:31; Isaiah 52:11
7. Exodus 28:43

Footnotes 15

[a]. Lit "sum"
[b]. Lit "for their being mustered"
[c]. Lit "his soul"
[d]. Lit "muster"
[e]. Lit "muster"
[f]. Lit "passes over to those who are mustered"
[g]. Lit "heave offering"
[h]. V 13, note 1
[i]. Lit "heave offering of the LORD
[j]. Lit "heave offering of the LORD
[k]. Lit "your souls"
[l]. Lit "your souls"
[m]. Or "copper"
[n]. Lit "him"
[o]. Lit "seed"