Exodus 30:12

If thou take account of the children of Israel in the surveying of them, and they shall give every one a ransom for his soul to the Lord, then there shall not be among them a destruction in the visiting of them.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

11And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

13And this is what they shall give, as many as pass the survey, half a didrachma which is according to the didrachma of the sanctuary: twenty oboli go to the didrachma, but the half of the didrachma is the offering to the Lord.

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Cross References

Exodus 38:25He made the holy anointing oil and the composition of the incense, the pure work of the perfumer.

Numbers 26:2Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, according to the houses of their lineage, everyone that goes forth to battle in Israel.

Numbers 31:50And we have brought our gift to the Lord, every man who has found an article of gold, whether an armlet, or a chain, or a ring, or a bracelet, or a clasp for hair, to make atonement for us before the Lord.

2 Samuel 24:4Nevertheless the word of the king prevailed against Joab and the captains of the host: And Joab and the captains of the host went out before the king to number the people of Israel.

1 Chronicles 21:3And Joab said, May the Lord add to his people, a hundredfold as many as they are, and let the eyes of my lord the king see it: all are the servants of my lord. Why does my lord seek this thing? do it not, lest it become a sin to Israel.

1 Chronicles 21:14So the Lord brought pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.

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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