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This half shekel is an offering to the LORD. <a href="/nlt/exodus/30.htm">New Living Translation</a> Each person who is counted must give a small piece of silver as a sacred offering to the LORD. (This payment is half a shekel, based on the sanctuary shekel, which equals twenty gerahs.) <a href="/esv/exodus/30.htm">English Standard Version</a> Each one who is numbered in the census shall give this: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as an offering to the LORD. <a href="/bsb/exodus/30.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Everyone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD. <a href="/kjv/exodus/30.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/exodus/30.htm">New King James Version</a> This is what everyone among those who are numbered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (a shekel is twenty gerahs). The half-shekel shall be an offering to the LORD. <a href="/nasb_/exodus/30.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> This is what everyone who is counted shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as a contribution to the LORD. <a href="/nasb/exodus/30.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220This is what everyone who is numbered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as a contribution to the LORD. <a href="/nasb77/exodus/30.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “This is what everyone who is numbered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as a contribution to the LORD. <a href="/lsb/exodus/30.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> This is what everyone who is numbered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as a contribution to Yahweh. <a href="/amp/exodus/30.htm">Amplified Bible</a> This is what everyone who is counted shall give [as he joins those already counted]: a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel (the shekel is twenty gerahs); a half shekel as a contribution to the LORD. <a href="/csb/exodus/30.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Everyone who is registered must pay half a shekel according to the sanctuary shekel (twenty gerahs to the shekel). This half shekel is a contribution to the LORD. <a href="/hcsb/exodus/30.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Everyone who is registered must pay half a shekel according to the sanctuary shekel (20 gerahs to the shekel). This half shekel is a contribution to the LORD. <a href="/asv/exodus/30.htm">American Standard Version</a> This they shall give, every one that passeth over unto them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary; (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel for an offering to Jehovah. <a href="/erv/exodus/30.htm">English Revised Version</a> This they shall give, every one that passeth over unto them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:) half a shekel for an offering to the LORD. <a href="/gwt/exodus/30.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> As each person is counted, he must give one-fifth of an ounce of silver using the standard weight of the holy place. This one-fifth of an ounce of silver is a contribution to the LORD. <a href="/gnt/exodus/30.htm">Good News Translation</a> Everyone included in the census must pay the required amount of money, weighed according to the official standard. Everyone must pay this as an offering to me. <a href="/isv/exodus/30.htm">International Standard Version</a> This is what everyone who is registered is to give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel weighs 20 gerahs), half a shekel as a contribution to the LORD. <a href="/net/exodus/30.htm">NET Bible</a> Everyone who crosses over to those who are numbered is to pay this: a half shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (a shekel weighs twenty gerahs). The half shekel is to be an offering to the LORD. <a href="/nheb/exodus/30.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> They shall give this, everyone who passes over to those who are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary; (the shekel is twenty gerahs;) half a shekel for an offering to the LORD. <a href="/wbt/exodus/30.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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:) a half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD.<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/exodus/30.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Everyone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD. <a href="/web/exodus/30.htm">World English Bible</a> They shall give this, everyone who passes over to those who are counted, half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs); half a shekel for an offering to Yahweh. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/exodus/30.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> This they give, everyone passing over to those numbered, half a shekel, by the shekel of the holy place (the shekel [is] twenty gerahs); half a shekel [is] the raised-offering to YHWH; <a href="/ylt/exodus/30.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> This they do give, every one passing over unto those numbered, half a shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs); half a shekel is the heave-offering to Jehovah; <a href="/slt/exodus/30.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> This they shall give, all passing by upon their reviewing, from half the shekel by the holy shekel; (twenty gerahs the shekel:) from half a shekel an offering to Jehovah.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/exodus/30.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And this shall every one give that passeth at the naming, half a sicle according to the standard of the temple. A sicle hath twenty obols. Half a sicle shall be offered to the Lord. <a href="/cpdv/exodus/30.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Then all those who pass shall give by name: one half shekel, according to the measure at the temple. A shekel has twenty obols. The half part of a shekel shall be offered to the Lord. <a href="/nabre/exodus/30.htm">New American Bible</a> This is what everyone who is enrolled must pay: a half-shekel, according to the standard of the sanctuary shekel—twenty gerahs to the shekel—a half-shekel contribution to the LORD. <a href="/nrsvce/exodus/30.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> This is what each one who is registered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as an offering to the LORD.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/exodus/30.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> This is what everyone who is included in the number shall give, half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (a shekel is twenty gerahs); half a shekel shall be the offering to the LORD. <a href="/hpbt/exodus/30.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> In this way all who are present in the number shall give a half shekel in a holy shekel, twenty<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/exodus/30.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary--the shekel is twenty gerahs--half a shekel for an offering to the LORD. <a href="/sep/exodus/30.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And this is what they shall give, as many as pass the survey, half a didrachm which is according to the didrachm of the sanctuary: twenty oboli go to the didrachm, but the half of the didrachm is the offering to the Lord. <a href="/parallel/exodus/30-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=7846" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/exodus/30.htm">The Atonement Money</a> …12“When you take a census of the Israelites to number them, each man must pay the LORD a ransom for his life when he is counted. Then no plague will come upon them when they are numbered. 13<a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: zeh (Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">Everyone</a> <a href="/hebrew/5674.htm" title="5674: hā·‘ō·ḇêr (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To pass over, through, or by, pass on. A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition; specifically, to cover.">who crosses</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.">over</a> <a href="/hebrew/6485.htm" title="6485: hap·pə·qu·ḏîm (Art:: V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-mp) -- To attend to, visit, muster, appoint. A primitive root; to visit; by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.">to those counted</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: yit·tə·nū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">must pay</a> <a href="/hebrew/4276.htm" title="4276: ma·ḥă·ṣîṯ (N-fsc) -- Half, middle. From chatsah; a halving or the middle.">a half</a> <a href="/hebrew/8255.htm" title="8255: haš·še·qel (Art:: N-ms) -- (a measure of weight) shekel. From shaqal; probably a weight; used as a commercial standard.">shekel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6944.htm" title="6944: haq·qō·ḏeš (Art:: N-ms) -- Apartness, sacredness. From qadash; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity.">according to the sanctuary</a> <a href="/hebrew/8255.htm" title="8255: bə·še·qel (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- (a measure of weight) shekel. From shaqal; probably a weight; used as a commercial standard.">shekel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8255.htm" title="8255: haš·še·qel (Art:: N-ms) -- (a measure of weight) shekel. From shaqal; probably a weight; used as a commercial standard.">which weighs</a> <a href="/hebrew/6242.htm" title="6242: ‘eś·rîm (Number-cp) -- Twenty. From eser; twenty; also twentieth.">twenty</a> <a href="/hebrew/1626.htm" title="1626: gê·rāh (N-fs) -- A gerah (one-twentieth of a shekel). From garar; properly, a kernel, i.e. A gerah or small weight.">gerahs.</a> <a href="/hebrew/4276.htm" title="4276: ma·ḥă·ṣîṯ (N-fsc) -- Half, middle. From chatsah; a halving or the middle.">This half</a> <a href="/hebrew/8255.htm" title="8255: haš·še·qel (Art:: N-ms) -- (a measure of weight) shekel. From shaqal; probably a weight; used as a commercial standard.">shekel</a> <a href="/hebrew/8641.htm" title="8641: tə·rū·māh (N-fs) -- Contribution, offering (for sacred uses). Or trumah; from ruwm; a present, especially in sacrifice or as tribute.">is an offering</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Prep-l:: 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> 14Everyone twenty years of age or older who crosses over must give this offering to the LORD.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/leviticus/27-25.htm">Leviticus 27:25</a> Every valuation will be according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel. <a href="/numbers/3-47.htm">Numbers 3:47</a> you are to collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs. <a href="/numbers/18-16.htm">Numbers 18:16</a> You are to pay the redemption price for a month-old male according to your valuation: five shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel, which is twenty gerahs. <a href="/matthew/17-24.htm">Matthew 17:24-27</a> 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. ... <a href="/2_kings/12-4.htm">2 Kings 12:4</a> Then Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money brought as sacred gifts into the house of the LORD—the census money, the money from vows, and the money brought voluntarily into the house of the LORD. <a href="/2_chronicles/24-6.htm">2 Chronicles 24:6</a> 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?” <a href="/nehemiah/10-32.htm">Nehemiah 10:32-33</a> 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. <a href="/ezekiel/45-12.htm">Ezekiel 45:12</a> The shekel will consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels will equal one mina. <a href="/1_samuel/9-8.htm">1 Samuel 9:8</a> The servant answered him again. “Look,” he said, “I have here in my hand a quarter shekel of silver. I will give it to the man of God, and he will tell us our way.” <a href="/2_samuel/24-24.htm">2 Samuel 24:24</a> “No,” replied the king, “I insist on paying a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. <a href="/1_chronicles/21-25.htm">1 Chronicles 21:25</a> So David paid Ornan six hundred shekels of gold for the site. <a href="/mark/12-41.htm">Mark 12:41-44</a> As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts. / Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius. / Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more than all the others into the treasury. ... <a href="/luke/21-1.htm">Luke 21:1-4</a> Then Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury, / and He saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. / “Truly I tell you,” He said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others. ... <a href="/genesis/23-16.htm">Genesis 23:16</a> Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants. <a href="/1_kings/10-14.htm">1 Kings 10:14</a> The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents,</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>This they shall give, every one that passes 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.a shekel is<a href="/leviticus/27-25.htm">Leviticus 27:25</a> And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.<a href="/numbers/3-47.htm">Numbers 3:47</a> Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:)<a href="/ezekiel/45-12.htm">Ezekiel 45:12</a> And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.an half shekel<a href="/exodus/38-26.htm">Exodus 38:26</a> A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.<a href="/matthew/27-24.htm">Matthew 27:24</a> When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/1-5.htm">Already</a> <a href="/exodus/30-12.htm">Census</a> <a href="/exodus/29-28.htm">Contribution</a> <a href="/exodus/30-12.htm">Counted</a> <a href="/john/19-31.htm">Crosses</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-12.htm">Gerahs</a> <a href="/exodus/26-16.htm">Half</a> <a href="/exodus/30-10.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/exodus/22-26.htm">Money</a> <a href="/exodus/30-12.htm">Numbered</a> <a href="/exodus/30-10.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/1_john/2-17.htm">Passes</a> <a href="/genesis/41-46.htm">Passeth</a> <a href="/exodus/29-30.htm">Sanctuary</a> <a href="/joel/2-7.htm">Scale</a> <a href="/genesis/24-22.htm">Shekel</a> <a href="/exodus/27-16.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/acts/19-19.htm">Valued</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-15.htm">Weighs</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/36-7.htm">Already</a> <a href="/exodus/30-14.htm">Census</a> <a href="/exodus/30-14.htm">Contribution</a> <a href="/exodus/38-21.htm">Counted</a> <a href="/matthew/27-38.htm">Crosses</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-25.htm">Gerahs</a> <a href="/exodus/30-15.htm">Half</a> <a href="/exodus/30-24.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/exodus/30-16.htm">Money</a> <a href="/exodus/30-14.htm">Numbered</a> <a href="/exodus/30-14.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/exodus/30-14.htm">Passes</a> <a href="/exodus/30-14.htm">Passeth</a> <a href="/exodus/30-24.htm">Sanctuary</a> <a href="/exodus/30-24.htm">Scale</a> <a href="/exodus/30-15.htm">Shekel</a> <a href="/exodus/30-14.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/exodus/38-21.htm">Valued</a> <a href="/numbers/3-47.htm">Weighs</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 30</div>1. <a href="/exodus/30-1.htm">The altar of incense</a> 11. <a href="/exodus/30-11.htm">The ransom of souls</a> 17. <a href="/exodus/30-17.htm">The bronze basin</a> 22. <a href="/exodus/30-22.htm">The holy anointing oil</a> 34. <a href="/exodus/30-34.htm">The composition of the incense</a> </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 act of "crossing over" signifies moving from one state to another, in this case, from being uncounted to being part of the community. This concept of a census is seen in other parts of the Bible, such as <a href="/numbers/1-2.htm">Numbers 1:2-3</a>, where God commands Moses to take a census of the entire Israelite community. The census was not merely for counting but had spiritual significance, emphasizing the value of each life before God.must pay a half shekel The half shekel was a specific amount of money required from each person. This payment was a form of atonement, symbolizing the redemption of the individual. The half shekel was a small amount, ensuring that it was affordable for everyone, reflecting the principle that all are equal before God. This concept of redemption through payment is echoed in the New Testament, where Jesus Christ is seen as the ultimate ransom for humanity (<a href="/mark/10-45.htm">Mark 10:45</a>).according to the sanctuary shekel The sanctuary shekel was a standard weight used in the tabernacle, ensuring uniformity and fairness in the offering. This standardization reflects God's order and justice, as seen in <a href="/leviticus/19-35.htm">Leviticus 19:35-36</a>, where God commands honest scales and measures. The sanctuary shekel's use underscores the sacredness of the transaction, as it was directly related to the worship and service of God.which weighs twenty gerahs A gerah was a small unit of weight, and twenty gerahs made up a shekel. This precise measurement highlights the importance of accuracy and integrity in offerings to God. The detailed description of weights and measures in the Bible, such as in <a href="/ezekiel/45-12.htm">Ezekiel 45:12</a>, emphasizes the need for honesty and precision in dealings with God and others.This half shekel is an offering to the LORD The half shekel was not just a tax or fee but an offering to God, signifying devotion and obedience. Offerings in the Bible are acts of worship and acknowledgment of God's sovereignty. This particular offering was used for the maintenance of the tabernacle, the place where God's presence dwelled among His people. The concept of offerings is central to biblical worship, as seen in <a href="/romans/12.htm">Romans 12:1</a>, where believers are urged to offer themselves as living sacrifices to God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The leader of the Israelites, who received the law from God on Mount Sinai, including the instructions for the census tax. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a> The people of God who were delivered from Egypt and were journeying to the Promised Land. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_tabernacle.htm">The Tabernacle</a> The portable dwelling place for the divine presence, where offerings and sacrifices were made. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_sanctuary_shekel.htm">The Sanctuary Shekel</a> A unit of currency used in the tabernacle, specifically for offerings and temple service. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The God of Israel, who commanded the census and the offering as a means of atonement and service.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_principle_of_atonement.htm">The Principle of Atonement</a> The half shekel offering was a means of atonement, reminding us of our need for reconciliation with God. Today, we recognize that Jesus is our ultimate atonement. <a href="/topical/e/equality_before_god.htm">Equality Before God</a> The requirement for each person to give the same amount signifies equality before God. In Christ, there is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, but all are one. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a> The Israelites were called to obey God's command regarding the census tax. Similarly, we are called to obey God's Word in our lives. <a href="/topical/g/generosity_and_stewardship.htm">Generosity and Stewardship</a> The half shekel was a small amount, yet it was significant in its purpose. We are encouraged to be faithful stewards of what God has given us, no matter how small. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_community.htm">The Role of Community</a> The collective offering was used for the tabernacle, highlighting the importance of community in worship and service to God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_30.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 30</a> <a href="/q/why_did_jesus_overturn_tables.htm">Why did Jesus disrupt the money changers' tables?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_sanctuary_shekel.htm">What is the sanctuary shekel?</a> <a href="/q/biblical_weights_and_measures.htm">What are the Biblical weights and measures?</a> <a href="/q/did_ransom_offerings_prevent_plagues_evidence.htm">In Exodus 30:12–16, how plausible is it that collecting a ransom offering prevented plagues, and is there any historical or archaeological evidence for such a practice? </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>(13) Half a shekel.--When shekels came to be coined, they were round pieces of silver, about the circumference of a shilling, but considerably thicker, and worth about 2s. 7 d. Of our money. Their average weight was about 220 grains troy. In Moses's time coins were unknown, and a half-shekel was a small lump of silver, unstamped, weighing probably about 110 grains. The ransom of a soul was doubtless made thus light in order that the payment might not be felt practically as a burthen by any.After the shekel of the sanctuary.--Without a standard laid up somewhere, weights and measures will always fluctuate largely. Even with a standard, they will practically vary considerably. The "shekel of the sanctuary" probably designates a standard weight kept carefully by the priests with the vessels of the sanctuary. All offerings were to be estimated by this shekel (<a href="/leviticus/27-25.htm" title="And all your estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.">Leviticus 27:25</a>).A shekel is twenty gerahs.--Rather, the shekel, i.e.; the shekel of the sanctuary is of this weight. A "gerah" was, literally, a bean, probably the bean of the carob or locust tree (Ceratonia siliqua), but became the name of a weight, just as our own "grain" did. It must have equalled about eleven grains troy.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/30.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 13. - Half a shekel. The shekel of later times was a silver coin, about the size round of our shilling, but considerably thicker, and worth about one shilling and eightpence. But at the date of the exodus coins were unknown, and the "shekel" meant a certain weight. The burthen imposed by the tax was evidently a light one. The shekel of the sanctuary. A standard weight in the possession of the priests, equal probably to about 220 grains troy. Twenty gerahs. The word "gerah" means "a bean;" and the gerah must bare been a weight equal to about eleven grains troy, It remained in use to the time of the captivity (<a href="/ezekiel/45-12.htm">Ezekiel 45:12</a>). <a href="/commentaries/exodus/30-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Everyone כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every who crosses הָעֹבֵר֙ (hā·‘ō·ḇêr) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5674.htm">Strong's 5674: </a> To pass over, through, or by, pass on over עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against to those counted הַפְּקֻדִ֔ים (hap·pə·qu·ḏîm) Article | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6485.htm">Strong's 6485: </a> To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit must pay יִתְּנ֗וּ (yit·tə·nū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set a half מַחֲצִ֥ית (ma·ḥă·ṣîṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4276.htm">Strong's 4276: </a> A halving, the middle shekel, הַשֶּׁ֖קֶל (haš·še·qel) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8255.htm">Strong's 8255: </a> A weight, a commercial standard according to the sanctuary הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ (haq·qō·ḏeš) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6944.htm">Strong's 6944: </a> A sacred place, thing, sanctity shekel, בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל (bə·še·qel) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8255.htm">Strong's 8255: </a> A weight, a commercial standard [which weighs] הַשֶּׁ֔קֶל (haš·še·qel) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8255.htm">Strong's 8255: </a> A weight, a commercial standard twenty עֶשְׂרִ֤ים (‘eś·rîm) Number - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6242.htm">Strong's 6242: </a> Twenty, twentieth gerahs. גֵּרָה֙ (gê·rāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1626.htm">Strong's 1626: </a> A gerah (one-twentieth of a shekel) This half מַחֲצִ֣ית (ma·ḥă·ṣîṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4276.htm">Strong's 4276: </a> A halving, the middle shekel הַשֶּׁ֔קֶל (haš·še·qel) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8255.htm">Strong's 8255: </a> A weight, a commercial standard is an offering תְּרוּמָ֖ה (tə·rū·māh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8641.htm">Strong's 8641: </a> Contribution, offering (for sacred uses) to the LORD. לַֽיהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/30-13.htm">Exodus 30:13 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/exodus/30-13.htm">Exodus 30:13 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/exodus/30-13.htm">Exodus 30:13 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/exodus/30-13.htm">Exodus 30:13 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/exodus/30-13.htm">Exodus 30:13 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/30-13.htm">Exodus 30:13 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/30-13.htm">Exodus 30:13 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/30-13.htm">Exodus 30:13 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/30-13.htm">Exodus 30:13 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/exodus/30-13.htm">Exodus 30:13 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/exodus/30-13.htm">OT Law: Exodus 30:13 They shall give this everyone who passes (Exo. 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