(SEE 30:13)
He said, "What can I do to make up for what Saul did, so that you'll ask the LORD to be kind to his people again?"
And God created us all; he has no favorites, whether rich or poor.
Find out how many grown men there are in Israel and require each of them to pay me to keep him safe from danger while you are counting them.
This money is to be used for the upkeep of the sacred tent, and because of it, I will never forget my people.
Everyone who was counted paid the required amount, and there was a total of 603,550 men who were twenty years old or older.
The rich and the poor are all created by the LORD.
The people of Israel will bring you these offerings.
Life is in the blood, and I have given you the blood of animals to sacrifice in place of your own.
So we want to give the LORD all the gold jewelry we took from the Midianites. It's our gift to him for watching over us and our troops."
Slave owners, you must treat your slaves with this same respect. Don't threaten them. They have the same Master in heaven that you do, and he doesn't have any favorites.
But Christ has no favorites! He will punish evil people, just as they deserve.
