Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Each one who crosses over to those already counted is to give a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD. New Living Translation 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.) English Standard Version 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. Berean Standard Bible 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. King James Bible 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. New King James Version 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. New American Standard Bible 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. NASB 1995 “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. NASB 1977 “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. Legacy Standard Bible 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. Amplified Bible 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. Christian Standard Bible 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible 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. American Standard Version 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. English Revised Version 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation 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. Good News Translation 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. International Standard Version 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. Majority Standard Bible 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. NET Bible 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. New Heart English Bible 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. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThis 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; Young's Literal Translation 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; Smith's Literal Translation 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. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd 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. Catholic Public Domain Version 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. New American Bible 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. New Revised Standard Version 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. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThis 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. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated In this way all who are present in the number shall give a half shekel in a holy shekel, twenty OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917This 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. Brenton Septuagint Translation 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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Atonement Money…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 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. 14Everyone twenty years of age or older who crosses over must give this offering to the LORD.… Cross References Leviticus 27:25 Every valuation will be according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel. Numbers 3:47 you are to collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs. Numbers 18:16 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. Matthew 17:24-27 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. ... 2 Kings 12:4 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. 2 Chronicles 24:6 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?” Nehemiah 10:32-33 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. Ezekiel 45:12 The shekel will consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels will equal one mina. 1 Samuel 9:8 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.” 2 Samuel 24:24 “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. 1 Chronicles 21:25 So David paid Ornan six hundred shekels of gold for the site. Mark 12:41-44 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. ... Luke 21:1-4 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. ... Genesis 23:16 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. 1 Kings 10:14 The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents, Treasury of Scripture 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 Leviticus 27:25 And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel. Numbers 3:47 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:) Ezekiel 45:12 And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh. an half shekel Exodus 38:26 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. Matthew 27:24 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. Jump to Previous Already Census Contribution Counted Crosses Gerahs Half Holy Money Numbered Offering Passes Passeth Sanctuary Scale Shekel Twenty Valued WeighsJump to Next Already Census Contribution Counted Crosses Gerahs Half Holy Money Numbered Offering Passes Passeth Sanctuary Scale Shekel Twenty Valued WeighsExodus 30 1. The altar of incense11. The ransom of souls 17. The bronze basin 22. The holy anointing oil 34. The composition of the incense This is what everyone who is numbered must pay This phrase introduces the concept of a census tax, a practice rooted in ancient Israelite tradition. The Hebrew word for "numbered" is "paqad," which implies a careful accounting or taking stock. In the context of the Israelites, being "numbered" signified inclusion in the community of God's people. The payment was a tangible acknowledgment of God's sovereignty and provision, reminding the Israelites of their collective identity and responsibility before God. A half shekel according to the sanctuary shekel Which weighs twenty gerahs This half shekel is an offering to the LORD 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 (Leviticus 27:25). 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. 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 (Ezekiel 45:12).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Everyoneכָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every who crosses הָעֹבֵר֙ (hā·‘ō·ḇêr) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on over עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against to those counted הַפְּקֻדִ֔ים (hap·pə·qu·ḏîm) Article | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural Strong's 6485: To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit must pay יִתְּנ֗וּ (yit·tə·nū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5414: To give, put, set a half מַחֲצִ֥ית (ma·ḥă·ṣîṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 4276: A halving, the middle shekel, הַשֶּׁ֖קֶל (haš·še·qel) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8255: A weight, a commercial standard according to the sanctuary הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ (haq·qō·ḏeš) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6944: A sacred place, thing, sanctity shekel, בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל (bə·še·qel) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 8255: A weight, a commercial standard [which weighs] הַשֶּׁ֔קֶל (haš·še·qel) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8255: A weight, a commercial standard twenty עֶשְׂרִ֤ים (‘eś·rîm) Number - common plural Strong's 6242: Twenty, twentieth gerahs. גֵּרָה֙ (gê·rāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 1626: A gerah (one-twentieth of a shekel) This half מַחֲצִ֣ית (ma·ḥă·ṣîṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 4276: A halving, the middle shekel הַשֶּׁ֔קֶל (haš·še·qel) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8255: A weight, a commercial standard is an offering תְּרוּמָ֖ה (tə·rū·māh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8641: Contribution, offering (for sacred uses) to the LORD. לַֽיהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel Links Exodus 30:13 NIVExodus 30:13 NLT Exodus 30:13 ESV Exodus 30:13 NASB Exodus 30:13 KJV Exodus 30:13 BibleApps.com Exodus 30:13 Biblia Paralela Exodus 30:13 Chinese Bible Exodus 30:13 French Bible Exodus 30:13 Catholic Bible OT Law: Exodus 30:13 They shall give this everyone who passes (Exo. 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