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13-15 (A) Each man over 19, whether rich or poor, must pay me the same amount of money, weighed according to the official standards.

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13 Each one who crosses over to those already counted is to give a half shekel,[a] according to the sanctuary shekel,(A) which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the Lord. 14 All who cross over, those twenty years old or more,(B) are to give an offering to the Lord. 15 The rich are not to give more than a half shekel and the poor are not to give less(C) when you make the offering to the Lord to atone for your lives.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 30:13 That is, about 1/5 ounce or about 5.8 grams; also in verse 15

26 (A) Everyone who was counted paid the required amount, and there was a total of 603,550 men who were 20 years old or older.

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26 one beka per person,(A) that is, half a shekel,[a] according to the sanctuary shekel,(B) from everyone who had crossed over to those counted, twenty years old or more,(C) a total of 603,550 men.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 38:26 That is, about 1/5 ounce or about 5.7 grams