Éxodo 30:13

13 Cada persona contada tendrá que dar una pequeña pieza de plata como ofrenda sagrada al Señor
. (Este pago es de medio siclo,
según el siclo del santuario, que equivale a veinte geras).

Éxodo 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.

Éxodo 30:13 In-Context

11 Dinero para el tabernáculo
Entonces el Señor
le dijo a Moisés:

12 «Cada vez que hagas un censo del pueblo de Israel, cada hombre contado tendrá que pagar al Señor
un rescate por sí mismo. Así ninguna plaga herirá a los israelitas cuando los cuentes.

13 Cada persona contada tendrá que dar una pequeña pieza de plata como ofrenda sagrada al Señor
. (Este pago es de medio siclo,
según el siclo del santuario, que equivale a veinte geras).

14 Todos los que hayan cumplido veinte años deben dar esa ofrenda sagrada al Señor
.

15 Cuando presenten esta ofrenda al Señor
para purificar sus vidas y hacerse justos ante él,
el rico no dará más del monto establecido y el pobre no dará menos.