13 This is what everyone who [a]is counted shall give: half a [b]shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary ((A)the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as a [c]contribution to the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 30:13 Lit passes over to those who are mustered
  2. Exodus 30:13 A shekel was about 0.5 oz. or 14 gm
  3. Exodus 30:13 Or uplifted offering

13 Each one who crosses over to those already counted is to give a half shekel,[a] according to the sanctuary shekel,(A) which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the Lord.

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  1. Exodus 30:13 That is, about 1/5 ounce or about 5.8 grams; also in verse 15

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.

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15 The rich shall not pay more, and the poor shall not pay less, than the half shekel, when you give the [a]contribution to the Lord to make atonement for [b]yourselves.

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  1. Exodus 30:15 Or uplifted offering of the Lord
  2. Exodus 30:15 Lit your souls

15 The rich are not to give more than a half shekel and the poor are not to give less(A) when you make the offering to the Lord to atone for your lives.

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15 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.

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