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13 Everyone who is registered must pay half a shekel[a] according to the sanctuary shekel (twenty gerahs to the shekel). This half shekel is a contribution to the Lord.(A) 14 Each man who is registered, twenty years old or more, must give this contribution to the Lord. 15 The wealthy may not give more and the poor may not give less(B) than half a shekel when giving the contribution to the Lord to atone for[b] your lives.

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  1. 30:13 A shekel is about two-fifths of an ounce of silver
  2. 30:15 Or to ransom, also in v. 16

13 (A)This is what everyone among those who are numbered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (B)(a shekel is twenty gerahs). (C)The half-shekel shall be an offering to the Lord. 14 Everyone included among those who are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an [a]offering to the Lord. 15 The (D)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.

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  1. Exodus 30:14 contribution