Exodus 30:15 - Forerunner Commentary

Exodus 30:15

13 ^aThis is what everyone among those who are numbered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary ^b(a shekel is twenty gerahs). ^cThe half-shekel shall be an offering to the Lord.

14 Everyone included among those who are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an¹ offering to the Lord.

15 The ^arich shall not give more and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when you give an offering to the Lord, to make atonement for yourselves.

16 And you shall take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and ^ashall appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of meeting, that it may be ^ba memorial for the children of Israel before the Lord, to make atonement for yourselves.”

The Bronze Laver

17 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

18 ^a“You shall also make a¹ laver of bronze, with its base also of bronze, for washing. You shall ^bput it between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar. And you shall put water in it,

Verse Comparison: Exodus 30:15

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American Standard Version
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.

Amplified® Bible
The rich shall not give more and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel when [you] give this offering to the Lord to make atonement for yourselves.

Contemporary English Version
(SEE 30:13)

Darby English Version
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when ye give the heave-offering of Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.

Good News Bible
The rich man is not to pay more, nor the poor man less, when they pay this amount for their lives.

King James Version
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.

New American Standard Bible
"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.

New International Version
The rich are not to give more than a half shekel and the poor are not to give less when you make the offering to the LORD to atone for your lives.

New King James Version
The rich shall not give more and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when you give an offering to the LORD, to make atonement for yourselves.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"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.

Revised Standard Version
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when you give the LORD's offering to make atonement for yourselves.

Young's Literal Translation
the rich doth not multiply, and the poor doth not diminish from the half-shekel, to give the heave-offering of Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.

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