So we have presented to the Lord an offering of the gold articles each man found #– #armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces #– #to make atonement for ourselves before the Lord.’
And masters, treat your slaves the same way, without threatening them, because you know that both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favouritism with him.
For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have appointed it to you to make atonement on the altar for your lives, since it is the lifeblood that makes atonement.
‘When you take a census of the Israelites to register them, each of the men must pay a ransom for his life to the Lord as they are registered. Then no plague will come on them as they are registered.
Take the atonement price from the Israelites and use it for the service of the tent of meeting. It will serve as a reminder for the Israelites before the Lord to atone for your lives.’
5.7 grams per man, that is, half a shekel according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years old or more who had crossed over to the registered group, 603,550 men.