Exodus 30:12-16

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."

Exodus 30:12-16 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.

Cross References 3

  • 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

Footnotes 12

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