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Exodus 30:14
14All who cross over, those twenty years old or more, are to give an offering to the Lord.
Exodus 30:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Everyone who is numbered in the census, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the Lord's offering.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Everyone included among those who are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering to the Lord.
- New Living Translation (NLT)All who have reached their twentieth birthday must give this sacred offering to the Lord.
Context of Exodus 30:14
12“When you take a census of the Israelites to count them, each one must pay the Lord a ransom for his life at the time he is counted. Then no plague will come on them when you number them. 13Each 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. All who cross over, those twenty years old or more, are to give an offering to the Lord. 15The rich are not to give more than a half shekel and the poor are not to give less when you make the offering to the Lord to atone for your lives. 16Receive the atonement money from the Israelites and use it for the service of the tent of meeting. It will be a memorial for the Israelites before the Lord, making atonement for your lives.”
Read all of Exodus 30Exodus 30:14 word by word
כֹּ֗ל הָעֹבֵר֙ עַל־הַפְּקֻדִ֔ים מִבֶּ֛ן עֶשְׂרִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה וָמָ֑עְלָה יִתֵּ֖ן תְּרוּמַ֥ת יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Every one that passethעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
- among them that are numberedפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: listH6485
- from twentyעֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242
- yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
- oldבֵּןbên · son: agedH1121
- and aboveמַ֫עַלma‛al · aboveH4605
- shall giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- an offeringתְּרוּמָהterûmâh terûmâh · contributionH8641
- unto the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
Cross-references for Exodus 30:14
- Numbers 1:3You and Aaron are to count according to their divisions all the men in Israel who are twenty years old or more and able to serve in the army.
- Numbers 14:29In this wilderness your bodies will fall—every one of you twenty years old or more who was counted in the census and who has grumbled against me.
- Numbers 26:2“Take a census of the whole Israelite community by families—all those twenty years old or more who are able to serve in the army of Israel.”
- Numbers 32:11‘Because they have not followed me wholeheartedly, not one of those who were twenty years old or more when they came up out of Egypt will see the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob—
Commentaries on Exodus 30:14
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11-16Verses 11-16 The Ransom of Souls. - Exodus 38:25-28. On comparing these words with those of Numbers 1:1-3, we may perhaps infer that the first passage relates to a mere counting of the adult Israelites at the time when the money was taken from each, and that what the latter passage enjoins was a formal enrolment of them according to their genealogies and their order of military service. A ransom for his soul - What the sincere worshipper thus paid was at…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-16Verses 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, and all equally need a…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-1611-16. 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. This was not a voluntary contribution…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Exodus 30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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