Êxodo 30:13

13 Cada recenseado contribuirá com seis gramas,^[a] com base no peso padrão.^[b] do santuário, que tem doze gramas^[c] Os seis gramas são uma oferta ao SENHOR.

Êxodo 30:13 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 30:13

This they shall give, everyone that passeth among them
that are numbered
And their number, according to Jarchi, was known by what was paid; for he says the sum was taken not by heads, but everyone gave the half shekel, and by counting them the number was known, as follows:

half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary;
that is, after the standard of a shekel kept in the sanctuary as a rule for all; and so Jarchi paraphrases it,

``according to the weight of a shekel, which I have fixed for thee to weigh, the shekel of the sanctuary.''

It was about fourteen pence: a shekel is twenty gerahs; a gerah being the twentieth part of a shekel, it was not quite three halfpence of our money:

an half shekel [shall be] the offering of the Lord;
which was to be offered to him for the ransom of souls, whose lives were forfeited by sin; and of the redemption of which this was an acknowledgment; and was typical of the ransom price of souls by Christ, which is not silver or gold, but his precious blood, his life, himself, which is given as an offering and sacrifice to God, in the room and stead of his people; and which is given to God, against whom sin is committed, the lawgiver, whose law is broken, the Judge, whose justice must be satisfied, and the creditor, to whom the price must be paid.

Êxodo 30:13 In-Context

11 Disse então o SENHOR a Moisés:

12 “Quando você fizer o recenseamento dos israelitas, cada um deles terá que pagar ao SENHOR um preço pelo resgate por sua vida ao ser for contado. Dessa forma nenhuma praga virá sobre eles quando você os contar.

13 Cada recenseado contribuirá com seis gramas, com base no peso padrão. do santuário, que tem doze gramas Os seis gramas são uma oferta ao SENHOR.

14 Todos os alistados, da idade de vinte anos para cima, darão ao SENHOR essa oferta.

15 Os ricos não contribuirão com mais, nem os pobres darão menos que seis gramas, quando apresentarem a oferta ao SENHOR como propiciação por sua vida.

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebraico: "1/2 siclo. " Um siclo equivalia a 12 gramas.
• [b]. Hebraico: "no siclo; " também no versículo 24 e em 38.24 e 25.
• [c]. Hebraico: "20 geras. " Uma gera equivalia a 0,6 gramas.