Exodus 30:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 30:15 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 30:12“When you take a census of the Israelites to number them, each man must pay the LORD a ransom for his life when he is counted. Then no plague will come upon them when they are numbered.
- Leviticus 17:11For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for your souls upon the altar; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.
- Numbers 31:50So we have brought to the LORD an offering of the gold articles each man acquired—armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces—to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD.”
- 2 Samuel 21:3So David asked the Gibeonites, “What shall I do for you? How can I make amends so that you may bless the inheritance of the LORD?”
- Job 34:19who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.
- Proverbs 22:2The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.
- Ephesians 6:9And masters, do the same for your slaves. Give up your use of threats, because you know that He who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with Him.
- Colossians 3:25Whoever does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there is no favoritism.
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