Exodus 30:12

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 21:1

Satan decided to cause trouble for Israel by making David think it was a good idea to find out how many people there were in Israel and Judah.

1 Chronicles 21:12

Will there be three years when the land won't grow enough food for its people? Or will your enemies constantly defeat you for three months? Or will the LORD send a horrible disease to strike your land for three days? Think about it and decide, because I have to give your answer to God who sent me.

1 Chronicles 21:14

So the LORD sent a horrible disease on Israel, and seventy thousand Israelites died.

1 Chronicles 21:3

Joab answered, “Your Majesty, even if the LORD made your kingdom a hundred times larger, you would still rule everyone in it. Why do you need to know how many soldiers there are? Don't you think that would make the whole nation angry?”

1 Chronicles 27:24

Joab the son of Zeruiah had begun to count the people, but he stopped when the LORD began punishing Israel. So the total number was never included in David's official records.

2 Chronicles 24:6

So he sent for Jehoiada the high priest and asked, “Why didn't you send the Levites to collect the taxes? The LORD's servant Moses and the people agreed long ago that this tax would be collected and used to pay for the upkeep of the sacred tent.

2 Chronicles 24:9

He then sent letters everywhere in Judah and Jerusalem, asking everyone to bring their taxes to the temple, just as Moses had required their ancestors to do.

Job 33:24

The angel shows kindness, commanding death to release us, because the price was paid.

Job 36:18

don't let your anger and the pain you endured make you sneer at God.

Psalm 49:7

You cannot buy back your life or pay off God!

Exodus 30:11

The LORD said to Moses:

Numbers 31:49

and said, “Sir, we have counted our troops, and not one soldier is missing.

Numbers 31:50

So we want to give the LORD all the gold jewellery we took from the Midianites. It's our gift to him for watching over us and our troops.”

Matthew 20:28

The Son of Man did not come to be a slave master, but a slave who will give his life to rescue many people.

Mark 10:45

The Son of Man did not come to be a slave master, but a slave who will give his life to rescue many people.

1 Timothy 2:6

God showed us this at the right time.