Exodus 30:13, Exodus 30:15 ESV

Geneva Study Bible - Exodus 30:13

30:13 This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the {h} shekel of the sanctuary:(a shekel [is] twenty gerahs:) an half shekel [shall be] the offering of the LORD.(h) This shekel was worth two common shekels: and the gerah about 12 pence at a rate of five shillings sterling to an ounce of silver. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 30:1-38

THE GOLDEN ALTAR OF INCENSE (vs.1-10) Before this chapter the Lord has given instructions concerning the tabernacle, its court and all the furniture both outside and inside, except the altar of incense and the laver. Two full chapters intervene before these are considered. The reason for this may be that, as regards the altar of incense, true worship (of which it speaks) comes after the sacrifices being made and the priests consecrated (that is, believers put in their place as priests). As... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Exodus 30:1-38

OF BLUEPRINTS AND BEZALEL THE ALTAR OF INCENSE (Exodus 30:1-10 ) Of what material and for what purpose was it made (Exodus 30:1 )? Its size and shape (Exodus 30:2 )? Its furnishings (Exodus 30:3 )? The means for its removal (Exodus 30:4-5 )? Its location (Exodus 30:6 )? How often and at what time was the incense to be offered (Exodus 30:7-8 )? What prohibition was placed on its use (Exodus 30:9 )? How does Exodus 30:10 bear on “the iniquity of the holy things”? Although no sacrifice was... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Exodus 30:1-38

The Priest and His Consecration Exodus 29-30 We now study the consecration of the priest himself. Strange if God has constructed a tabernacle, given a specification for an ark, detailed the shape and colour of the priestly robes, and omitted to say anything about the priest himself. Let us see how the case stands both historically and spiritually. We have already seen that the priest did not officially appoint himself; in no sense did he rush into the priest's office; nay, more, at the very... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Exodus 30:13

Half a shekel was in point of value about 14 pence of our money. read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Exodus 30:13

Half a sicle. A sicle or shekel of silver, (which was also called a stater ) according to the standard or weight of the sanctuary, which was the most just and exact, was half an ounce of silver; that is, about half a crown of English money. The obol, or gerah, was about three halfpence. (Challoner) --- A priest kept the weights and measures, 1 Paralipomenon xxiii. 29. The Egyptians and Romans took the like precaution to prevent any fraud; and Justinian required that such things should be... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 30:11-16

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, Acts 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 ransom. The money raised was to be used in the... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Exodus 30:11-16

The Church Tax v. 11. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, v. 12. When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, whenever a census of the people was taken, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the Lord, when thou numberest them, a sum of money by which they were to redeem themselves from the personal service which they really owed to the Lord in the house of worship; that there be no plague among them when thou numberest them. The refusal or... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Exodus 30:1-38

H.—The vision or the ideal of the tabernacle. The ordering of the ark and of the house of the covenant; of the living presence of the law and of the dwelling-place of the law-giverExodus 25-31I. Contributions for the Building. Preliminary Condition1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 2Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart 3[whose heart maketh him willing] ye shall take my offering. And this is the offering which... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Exodus 30:11-21

the Atonement Money and the Laver Exodus 30:11-21 The atonement money was paid by all alike, to remind them that they were a redeemed race, and that so far as their value was concerned, neither rank, nor age, nor money made any difference. See Romans 3:22-24 ; Romans 10:12-13 . The rich might not give more, lest he be made proud; the poor must not give less, so that he might be leveled up by the common mercy of God. The laver reminds us of our need of daily washing. See John 13:1-38 . It is... read more