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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/exodus/30.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/exodus/30.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/exodus/30.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />When this offering is given to the LORD to purify your lives, making you right with him, the rich must not give more than the specified amount, and the poor must not give less.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/30.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />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 your lives.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/30.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />In making the offering to the LORD to atone for your lives, the rich shall not give more than a half shekel, nor shall the poor give less.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/30.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when <i>they</i> give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/30.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The rich shall not give more and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when <i>you</i> give an offering to the LORD, to make atonement for yourselves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/30.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/30.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220The 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/30.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/30.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />The rich shall not pay more and the poor shall not pay less than the half shekel when you give the contribution to Yahweh to make atonement for your souls.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/30.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The rich shall not give more and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when you give this contribution to the LORD to make atonement for yourselves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/30.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The wealthy may not give more and the poor may not give less than half a shekel when giving the contribution to the LORD to atone for your lives.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/30.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The wealthy may not give more and the poor may not give less than half a shekel when giving the contribution to the LORD to atone for your lives. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/30.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/30.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of the LORD, to make atonement for your souls.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/30.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The rich must not give more than one-fifth of an ounce of silver, and the poor must not give less. This contribution is given to make peace with the LORD and make your lives acceptable to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/30.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The rich man is not to pay more, nor the poor man less, when they pay this amount for their lives. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/30.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The rich person is not to give more, nor is the poor person to give less than the half shekel, when you give a contribution to the LORD to make atonement for yourselves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/30.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />In making the offering to the LORD to atone for your lives, the rich shall not give more than a half shekel, nor shall the poor give less.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/30.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The rich are not to increase it, and the poor are not to pay less than the half shekel when giving the offering of the LORD, to make atonement for your lives.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/30.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of the LORD, to make atonement for your souls.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/30.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering to the LORD to make an atonement for your souls.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/30.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of Yahweh, to make atonement for your souls. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/30.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />the rich do not multiply, and the poor do not diminish from the half-shekel, to give the raised-offering of YHWH, to make atonement for your souls.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/30.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/30.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />The rich one shall not multiply, and the poor one shall not diminish from half the shekel, to give an offering to Jehovah to expiate for your souls.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/30.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The rich man shall not add to half a sicle, and the poor man shall diminish nothing. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/30.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />The rich shall not add to the half shekel, and the poor shall diminish nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/30.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The rich need not give more, nor shall the poor give less, than a half-shekel in this contribution to the LORD to pay the ransom for their lives.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/30.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when you bring this offering to the LORD to make atonement for your lives.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/30.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering to the LORD to make an atonement for your souls.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/30.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />All who are present in the number from a son of twenty years and above will give an offering to LORD JEHOVAH.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/30.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of the LORD, to make atonement for your souls.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/30.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than the half didrachm in giving the offering to the Lord, to make atonement for your souls.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/30-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=7865" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/30.htm">The Atonement Money</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">14</span>Everyone twenty years of age or older who crosses over must give this offering to the LORD. <span class="reftext">15</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: lā·ṯêṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">In making</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8641.htm" title="8641: tə·rū·maṯ (N-fsc) -- Contribution, offering (for sacred uses). Or trumah; from ruwm; a present, especially in sacrifice or as tribute.">the offering</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">to the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/3722.htm" title="3722: lə·ḵap·pêr (Prep-l:: V-Piel-Inf) -- A primitive root; to cover; figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel.">to atone</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·šō·ṯê·ḵem (N-fpc:: 2mp) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">your lives,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6223.htm" title="6223: he·‘ā·šîr (Art:: Adj-ms) -- Rich. From ashar; rich, whether literal or figurative.">the rich</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">shall not</a> <a href="/hebrew/7235.htm" title="7235: yar·beh (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms) -- To be or become much, many or great. A primitive root; to increase.">give more</a> <a href="/hebrew/4276.htm" title="4276: mim·ma·ḥă·ṣîṯ (Prep-m:: N-fsc) -- Half, middle. From chatsah; a halving or the middle.">than a half</a> <a href="/hebrew/8255.htm" title="8255: haš·šā·qel (Art:: N-ms) -- (a measure of weight) shekel. From shaqal; probably a weight; used as a commercial standard.">shekel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">nor shall</a> <a href="/hebrew/1800.htm" title="1800: wə·had·dal (Conj-w, Art:: Adj-ms) -- Dangling, weak, thin. From dalal; properly, dangling, i.e. weak or thin.">the poor</a> <a href="/hebrew/4591.htm" title="4591: yam·‘îṭ (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to pare off, i.e. Lessen; intransitively, to be small or few.">give less.</a> </span><span class="reftext">16</span>Take the atonement money from the Israelites and use it for the service of the Tent of Meeting. It will serve as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD to make atonement for your lives.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/27-8.htm">Leviticus 27:8</a></span><br />But if the one making the vow is too poor to pay the valuation, he is to present the person before the priest, who shall set the value according to what the one making the vow can afford.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/1-3.htm">Numbers 1:3</a></span><br />You and Aaron are to number those who are twenty years of age or older by their divisions—everyone who can serve in Israel’s army.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/26-2.htm">Numbers 26:2</a></span><br />“Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by the houses of their fathers—all those twenty years of age or older who can serve in the army of Israel.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/24-1.htm">2 Samuel 24:1-2</a></span><br />Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.” / So the king said to Joab the commander of his army, who was with him, “Go now throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and register the troops, so that I may know their number.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/24-15.htm">2 Samuel 24:15</a></span><br />So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel from that morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand of the people from Dan to Beersheba died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/21-1.htm">1 Chronicles 21:1-2</a></span><br />Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel. / So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan and bring me a report, so that I may know their number.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/21-14.htm">1 Chronicles 21:14</a></span><br />So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell dead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/24-6.htm">2 Chronicles 24:6</a></span><br />So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the LORD and by the assembly of Israel for the Tent of the Testimony?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/24-9.htm">2 Chronicles 24:9</a></span><br />And a proclamation was issued in Judah and Jerusalem that they were to bring to the LORD the tax imposed by Moses the servant of God on Israel in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/10-32.htm">Nehemiah 10:32-33</a></span><br />We also place ourselves under the obligation to contribute a third of a shekel yearly for the service of the house of our God: / for the showbread, for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings, for the Sabbath offerings, for the New Moons and appointed feasts, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the duties of the house of our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/17-24.htm">Matthew 17:24-27</a></span><br />After they had arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax came to Peter and asked, “Does your Teacher pay the two drachmas?” / “Yes,” he answered. When Peter entered the house, Jesus preempted him. “What do you think, Simon?” He asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect customs and taxes: from their own sons, or from others?” / “From others,” Peter answered. “Then the sons are exempt,” Jesus said to him. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/20-28.htm">Matthew 20:28</a></span><br />just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/10-45.htm">Mark 10:45</a></span><br />For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/20-22.htm">Luke 20:22-25</a></span><br />Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?” / But Jesus saw through their duplicity and said to them, / “Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” “Caesar’s,” they answered. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-22.htm">Romans 3:22-24</a></span><br />And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction, / for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, / and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering to the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.</p><p class="hdg">rich</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/34-19.htm">Job 34:19</a></b></br> <i>How much less to him</i> that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all <i>are</i> the work of his hands.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/22-2.htm">Proverbs 22:2</a></b></br> The rich and poor meet together: the LORD <i>is</i> the maker of them all.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ephesians/6-9.htm">Ephesians 6:9</a></b></br> And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.</p><p class="hdg">give more.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/30-12.htm">Exodus 30:12</a></b></br> 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 <i>thou</i> numberest them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/17-11.htm">Leviticus 17:11</a></b></br> For the life of the flesh <i>is</i> in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it <i>is</i> the blood <i>that</i> maketh an atonement for the soul.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/31-50.htm">Numbers 31:50</a></b></br> We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hebrews/2-17.htm">Atone</a> <a href="/exodus/30-12.htm">Atonement</a> <a href="/exodus/30-14.htm">Contribution</a> <a href="/exodus/21-10.htm">Diminish</a> <a href="/exodus/30-13.htm">Half</a> <a href="/genesis/24-22.htm">Half-Shekel</a> <a href="/exodus/30-14.htm">Heave-Offering</a> <a href="/exodus/21-10.htm">Less</a> <a href="/exodus/23-29.htm">Multiply</a> <a href="/exodus/30-14.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/exodus/30-12.htm">Pay</a> <a href="/exodus/23-11.htm">Poor</a> <a href="/exodus/30-12.htm">Price</a> <a href="/genesis/49-20.htm">Rich</a> <a href="/exodus/30-13.htm">Shekel</a> <a href="/exodus/27-17.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/exodus/12-4.htm">Souls</a> <a href="/exodus/22-29.htm">Wealth</a> <a href="/exodus/24-1.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/32-30.htm">Atone</a> <a href="/exodus/30-16.htm">Atonement</a> <a href="/exodus/35-5.htm">Contribution</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-16.htm">Diminish</a> <a href="/exodus/30-23.htm">Half</a> <a href="/matthew/17-24.htm">Half-Shekel</a> <a href="/exodus/35-5.htm">Heave-Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-6.htm">Less</a> <a href="/exodus/32-13.htm">Multiply</a> <a href="/exodus/30-20.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-27.htm">Pay</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-21.htm">Poor</a> <a href="/exodus/38-21.htm">Price</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-26.htm">Rich</a> <a href="/exodus/30-24.htm">Shekel</a> <a href="/exodus/31-4.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/exodus/30-16.htm">Souls</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-26.htm">Wealth</a> <a href="/exodus/30-16.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 30</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/30-1.htm">The altar of incense</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/30-11.htm">The ransom of souls</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/30-17.htm">The bronze basin</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/30-22.htm">The holy anointing oil</a></span><br><span class="reftext">34. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/30-34.htm">The composition of the incense</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The concept of atonement in the Old Testament often involves a substitutionary sacrifice or payment to reconcile with God. This offering was a reminder of God's ownership over Israel and their dependence on Him for life and redemption. Theologically, it prefigures the ultimate atonement made by Jesus Christ, who paid the ransom for humanity's sins (<a href="/mark/10-45.htm">Mark 10:45</a>).<p><b>the rich shall not give more than a half shekel</b><br>The half shekel was a standard unit of currency in ancient Israel, approximately equivalent to a day's wage. This stipulation ensured equality before God, emphasizing that wealth does not influence one's standing with Him. It reflects the biblical principle that all are equal in the eyes of God, as seen in passages like <a href="/james/2.htm">James 2:1-9</a>, which warns against favoritism based on wealth.<p><b>nor shall the poor give less</b><br>This requirement underscores the idea that every individual, regardless of economic status, is equally responsible for their spiritual obligations. It highlights the communal aspect of worship and atonement, where each person contributes to the collective well-being of the nation. This principle is echoed in the New Testament, where believers are encouraged to give according to their means (<a href="/2_corinthians/8-12.htm">2 Corinthians 8:12-15</a>), reinforcing the idea of equality and shared responsibility within the body of Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites who received the laws and instructions from God, including the commandment regarding the atonement money.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God who were commanded to give the atonement money as a part of their covenant relationship with God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_tabernacle.htm">The Tabernacle</a></b><br>The place where the Israelites worshiped God and where the atonement money was used for its maintenance and service.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/a/atonement_money.htm">Atonement Money</a></b><br>A specific offering required from every Israelite, symbolizing the ransom for their lives and their equality before God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/h/half_a_shekel.htm">Half a Shekel</a></b><br>The specific amount required from each person, regardless of their economic status, emphasizing equality and unity in the community.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/e/equality_before_god.htm">Equality Before God</a></b><br>The requirement for both rich and poor to give the same amount underscores the equality of all people before God. In God's eyes, every soul is of equal value, and this principle should guide our interactions and relationships within the church and community.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolic_atonement.htm">Symbolic Atonement</a></b><br>The atonement money serves as a reminder of the need for redemption and the cost of sin. It points forward to the ultimate atonement made by Christ, encouraging believers to live in gratitude for His sacrifice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_responsibility.htm">Community Responsibility</a></b><br>The collective giving for the maintenance of the Tabernacle highlights the responsibility of each member of the community to contribute to the work of God. This principle applies today in supporting the church and its mission.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/generosity_and_sacrifice.htm">Generosity and Sacrifice</a></b><br>While the amount was fixed, the act of giving was a form of worship and sacrifice. Believers are called to give generously and sacrificially, reflecting their trust in God's provision.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_30.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 30</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_sanctuary_shekel.htm">What is the sanctuary shekel?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_purpose_of_the_temple_tax.htm">What is the purpose of the Temple Tax?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_leviticus_27_7-8_promote_inequality.htm">Leviticus 27:7–8: How can the poor be expected to fulfill vow payments that might exceed their means, and does this system promote inequality? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/purpose_of_the_bronze_laver.htm">What was the purpose of the bronze laver?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/30.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(15) <span class= "bld">The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less.</span>--See Note 2 on <a href="/exodus/30-12.htm" title="When you take the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul to the LORD, when you number them; that there be no plague among them, when you number them.">Exodus 30:12</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/30.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 15.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The rich shall not give more,</span> <span class="cmt_word">and the poor shall not give less.</span> This is very emphatic testimony to the equal value of souls in God's sight. The payment was "the ransom of a soul" (ver. 12) - an acknowledgment of God's mercy in sparing those whose life was justly forfeit. As each soul that he has created is equally precious in his sight, and as he designs equally the salvation of all - it was fitting that the same exact sum should be paid in every case. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/30-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">In making</span><br /><span class="heb">לָתֵת֙</span> <span class="translit">(lā·ṯêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the offering</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּרוּמַ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(tə·rū·maṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8641.htm">Strong's 8641: </a> </span><span class="str2">Contribution, offering (for sacred uses)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to atone</span><br /><span class="heb">לְכַפֵּ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḵap·pêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3722.htm">Strong's 3722: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cover, to expiate, condone, to placate, cancel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your lives,</span><br /><span class="heb">נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(nap̄·šō·ṯê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><br /><span class="word">the rich</span><br /><span class="heb">הֶֽעָשִׁ֣יר</span> <span class="translit">(he·‘ā·šîr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6223.htm">Strong's 6223: </a> </span><span class="str2">Rich</span><br /><br /><span class="word">shall not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹֽא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">give more</span><br /><span class="heb">יַרְבֶּ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(yar·beh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7235.htm">Strong's 7235: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be or become much, many or great</span><br /><br /><span class="word">than a half</span><br /><span class="heb">מִֽמַּחֲצִ֖ית</span> <span class="translit">(mim·ma·ḥă·ṣîṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4276.htm">Strong's 4276: </a> </span><span class="str2">A halving, the middle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">shekel,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשָּׁ֑קֶל</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šā·qel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8255.htm">Strong's 8255: </a> </span><span class="str2">A weight, a commercial standard</span><br /><br /><span class="word">nor shall</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the poor</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַדַּל֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·had·dal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1800.htm">Strong's 1800: </a> </span><span class="str2">Dangling, weak, thin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">give less.</span><br /><span class="heb">יַמְעִ֔יט</span> <span class="translit">(yam·‘îṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4591.htm">Strong's 4591: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pare off, lessen, in, to be, small, few</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/30-15.htm">Exodus 30:15 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/30-15.htm">Exodus 30:15 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/30-15.htm">Exodus 30:15 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/30-15.htm">Exodus 30:15 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/30-15.htm">Exodus 30:15 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/30-15.htm">Exodus 30:15 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/30-15.htm">Exodus 30:15 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/30-15.htm">Exodus 30:15 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/30-15.htm">Exodus 30:15 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/30-15.htm">Exodus 30:15 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/30-15.htm">OT Law: Exodus 30:15 The rich shall not give more (Exo. 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