Exodus 30:12 - Forerunner Commentary

Exodus 30:12

10 And ^aAaron shall make atonement upon its horns once a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonement; once a year he shall make atonement upon it throughout your generations. It is most holy to the Lord.”

The Ransom Money

11 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

12 ^a“When you take the census of the children of Israel for their number, then every man shall give ^ba ransom for himself to the Lord, when you number them, that there may be no ^cplague among them when you number them.

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,

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Definitions of words in Exodus 30:12:

A {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Census {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Census {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

For {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Give {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Israel {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Israel {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Israel {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Man {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Man {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

No {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
No {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
No {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Number {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Ransom {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Ransom {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Take {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Lord {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Other definition entries containing Exodus 30:12:

Taxes {Easton's}
Atonement {I.S.B.E.}
Exodus, The Book Of, 2 {I.S.B.E.}
Jehoash; Joash {I.S.B.E.}
Jesus Christ, 4c2 {I.S.B.E.}
Tax; Taxing {I.S.B.E.}

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