Exodus 30:15
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.
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.
Note give more: Heb. multiply
Note give less: Heb. diminish
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.
Note A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- rich
- Job 34:19; Proverbs 22:2; Ephesians 6:9; Colossians 3:25
- give more
- Heb. multiply. give less than. Heb. diminish.an atonement.
- Exodus 30:12; Leviticus 17:11; Numbers 31:50; 2 Samuel 21:3