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12 When you take a census of[a] the Israelites[b] to count them, they will each give the ransom of his life for Yahweh when counting them, and a plague will not be among them when counting them. 13 This they will give, everyone who is counted,[c] the half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which is twenty gerahs per shekel. The half shekel is a contribution for Yahweh. 14 Everyone who is counted[d] from twenty years old[e] and above will give the contribution of Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 30:12 Literally “when you lift up the heads of”
  2. Exodus 30:12 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  3. Exodus 30:13 Literally “all of the going over to the being counted”
  4. Exodus 30:14 Literally “all of the going over to the being counted”
  5. Exodus 30:14 Literally “a son of twenty years”

12 “When you take a census(A) of the Israelites to count them, each one must pay the Lord a ransom(B) for his life at the time he is counted. Then no plague(C) will come on them when you number them. 13 Each one who crosses over to those already counted is to give a half shekel,[a] according to the sanctuary shekel,(D) which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the Lord. 14 All who cross over, those twenty years old or more,(E) are to give 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