Exodus 30:13

And this is what they are to give; let every man who is numbered give half a shekel, by the scale of the holy place: (the shekel being valued at twenty gerahs:) this money is an offering to the Lord.

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In The King James Version

This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD.

In Context

12When you are taking the number of the children of Israel, let every man who is numbered give to the Lord a price for his life, so that no disease may come on them when they are numbered.

14Everyone who is numbered, from twenty years old and over, is to give an offering to the Lord.

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Cross References

Leviticus 27:3And you will put the value of a male from twenty years to sixty years old at fifty shekels of silver, by the scale of the holy place.

Numbers 3:47Will be five shekels for every one, by the scale of the holy place (the shekel is twenty gerahs);

2 Kings 12:5Let the priests take, every man from his friends and neighbours, to make good what is damaged in the house, wherever it is to be seen.

Matthew 17:24And when they had come to Capernaum, those who took the Temple tax came to Peter and said, Does not your master make payment of the Temple tax?

Matthew Henry on Exodus 30:12-17

11 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 12 When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the Lord , when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them. 13 This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the Lord . 14 Every one that passeth among them… Read the whole commentary →

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