Exodus 30:15
New International Version
The 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.

New Living Translation
When this offering is given to the LORD to purify your lives, making you right with him, the rich must not give more than the specified amount, and the poor must not give less.

English Standard Version
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when you give the LORD’s offering to make atonement for your lives.

Berean Standard Bible
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.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
The rich shall not give more and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when you give an offering to the LORD, to make atonement for yourselves.

New American Standard Bible
The rich shall not pay more, and the poor shall not pay less, than the half shekel, when you give the contribution to the LORD to make atonement for yourselves.

NASB 1995
“The rich shall not pay more and the poor shall not pay less than the half shekel, when you give the contribution to the LORD to make atonement for yourselves.

NASB 1977
“The rich shall not pay more, and the poor shall not pay less than the half shekel, when you give the contribution to the LORD to make atonement for yourselves.

Legacy Standard Bible
The rich shall not pay more and the poor shall not pay less than the half shekel when you give the contribution to Yahweh to make atonement for your souls.

Amplified Bible
The rich shall not give more and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when you give this contribution to the LORD to make atonement for yourselves.

Christian Standard Bible
The wealthy may not give more and the poor may not give less than half a shekel when giving the contribution to the LORD to atone for your lives.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The wealthy may not give more and the poor may not give less than half a shekel when giving the contribution to the LORD to atone for your lives.

American Standard Version
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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
All who are present in the number from a son of twenty years and above will give an offering to LORD JEHOVAH.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than the half didrachm in giving the offering to the Lord, to make atonement for your souls.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The rich man shall not add to half a sicle, and the poor man shall diminish nothing.

English Revised Version
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The rich must not give more than one-fifth of an ounce of silver, and the poor must not give less. This contribution is given to make peace with the LORD and make your lives acceptable to the LORD.

Good News Translation
The rich man is not to pay more, nor the poor man less, when they pay this amount for their lives.

International Standard Version
The rich person is not to give more, nor is the poor person to give less than the half shekel, when you give a contribution to the LORD to make atonement for yourselves.

JPS Tanakh 1917
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.

Literal Standard Version
the rich do not multiply, and the poor do not diminish from the half-shekel, to give the raised-offering of YHWH, to make atonement for your souls.

Majority Standard Bible
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.

New American Bible
The rich need not give more, nor shall the poor give less, than a half-shekel in this contribution to the LORD to pay the ransom for their lives.

NET Bible
The rich are not to increase it, and the poor are not to pay less than the half shekel when giving the offering of the LORD, to make atonement for your lives.

New Revised Standard Version
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when you bring this offering to the LORD to make atonement for your lives.

New Heart English Bible
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

World English Bible
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of Yahweh, to make atonement for your souls.

Young's Literal Translation
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.

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Context
The Atonement Money
14Everyone twenty years of age or older who crosses over must give this offering to the LORD. 15In 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. 16Take the atonement money from the Israelites and use it for the service of the Tent of Meeting. It will serve as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD to make atonement for your lives.”…

Cross References
Exodus 30:14
Everyone twenty years of age or older who crosses over must give this offering to the LORD.

Exodus 30:16
Take the atonement money from the Israelites and use it for the service of the Tent of Meeting. It will serve as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD to make atonement for your lives."

Exodus 38:26
a beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550 men.

Ezekiel 45:16
All the people of the land must participate in this contribution for the prince in Israel.


Treasury of Scripture

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.

rich

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.

Proverbs 22:2
The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.

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.

give more.

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.

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.

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.

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11. The ransom of souls
17. The bronze basin
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(15) The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less.--See Note 2 on Exodus 30:12.

Verse 15. - The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less. This is very emphatic testimony to the equal value of souls in God's sight. The payment was "the ransom of a soul" (ver. 12) - an acknowledgment of God's mercy in sparing those whose life was justly forfeit. As each soul that he has created is equally precious in his sight, and as he designs equally the salvation of all - it was fitting that the same exact sum should be paid in every case.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
In making
לָתֵת֙ (lā·ṯêṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

the offering
תְּרוּמַ֣ת (tə·rū·maṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 8641: Contribution, offering (for sacred uses)

to the LORD
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

to atone
לְכַפֵּ֖ר (lə·ḵap·pêr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3722: To cover, to expiate, condone, to placate, cancel

for
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

your lives,
נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶֽם׃ (nap̄·šō·ṯê·ḵem)
Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

the rich
הֶֽעָשִׁ֣יר (he·‘ā·šîr)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 6223: Rich

shall not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

give more
יַרְבֶּ֗ה (yar·beh)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great

than a half
מִֽמַּחֲצִ֖ית (mim·ma·ḥă·ṣîṯ)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 4276: A halving, the middle

shekel,
הַשָּׁ֑קֶל (haš·šā·qel)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8255: A weight, a commercial standard

nor shall
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

the poor
וְהַדַּל֙ (wə·had·dal)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 1800: Dangling, weak, thin

give less.
יַמְעִ֔יט (yam·‘îṭ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4591: To pare off, lessen, in, to be, small, few


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