Exodus 30:15
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.
Exodus 30:15 in other translations
| BSB | 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. |
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| WEB | 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. |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | 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. |
| DARBY | The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when ye give the heave-offering of Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls. |
| BBE | The man of wealth is to give no more and the poor man no less than the half-shekel of silver, when the offering is made to the Lord as the price for your lives. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Exodus 30:15 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 30:11-16
11-16. When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel, &c.--Moses did so twice, and doubtless observed the law here prescribed. The tax was not levied from women, minors, old men (Nu 1:42, 45), and the Levites (Nu 1:47), they being not numbered. Assuming the shekel of the sanctuary to be about half an ounce troy, though nothing certain is known about it, the sum payable by each individual was two and four pence…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 30:11-16
The tribute was half a shekel, about fifteen pence of our money. The rich were not to give more, nor the poor less; the souls of the rich and poor are alike precious, and God is no respecter of persons, Ac 10:34; Job 34:19. In other offerings men were to give according to their wordly ability; but this, which was the ransom of the soul, must be alike for all. The souls of all are of equal value, equally in danger…
Exodus 30:15 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 30:15
- Numbers 31:50
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.
- Exodus 30:12
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 thou numberest them.
- Job 34:19
How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
- Ephesians 6:9
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.
- Leviticus 17:11
For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
- Proverbs 22:2
The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all.
- Colossians 3:25
But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
- 2 Samuel 21:3
Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the Lord?
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Context
- Exodus 30:14
Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the Lord.
- Exodus 30:15
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.
- Exodus 30:16
And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.
Exodus 30:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Ni el rico aumentará, ni el pobre disminuirá de medio siclo, cuando dieren la ofrenda á Jehová para hacer expiación por vuestras personas. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Le riche n’augmentera pas, et le pauvre ne diminuera pas le demi-sicle, lorsque vous donnerez l’offrande de l’ Éternel pour faire propitiation pour vos âmes. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Der Reiche soll nicht mehr geben, und der Arme nicht weniger als die Hälfte eines Sekels, wenn ihr das Hebopfer Jehovas gebet, um Sühnung zu tun für eure Seelen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Dives non addet ad medium sicli, et pauper nihil minuet. |