Exodus 30:13

Easy To Read Version

Every person who is counted must pay 1Ú2 shekel. (That is 1Ú2 shekel by the official measure. [299] This shekel weighs 20 gerahs. [300])This half shekel is an offering to the Lord.

Cross References

Genesis 23:15

“Sir, listen to me. 10 pounds [129] of silver means nothing to you and me! Take the land, and bury your dead wife.”

Exodus 30:14

Every person who is at least 20 years old will be counted. And every person counted must give the Lord this offering.

Exodus 38:24

More than 2 tons [441] of gold was given as an offering to the Lord for his holy place. (This was weighed using the official measure. [442])

Exodus 38:26

All the men 20 years old or older were counted. There were 603,550 men, and each man had to pay a tax of 1 beqa [445] of silver. (Using the official measure, a beqa is 1Ú2 shekel. [446])

Ezekiel 45:12

A shekel {\cf2\super [435]} must equal 20 gerahs. A mina must equal 60 shekels. It must be equal to 20 shekels plus 25 shekels plus 15 shekels.

Leviticus 27:25

“You must use the official measure [465] in paying those prices. The shekel by that measure weighs 20 gerahs. [466]

Leviticus 27:3

The price for a man from 20 to 60 years old is 50 shekels [456] of silver. (You must use the official measure [457] for the silver.)

Leviticus 5:15

“A person might accidentally do something wrong with the holy things of the Lord. [51] Then that person must bring a ram that has nothing wrong with it. This will be his guilt offering to the Lord. You must use the official measure [52] and set the price of the ram.

Numbers 18:16

They must make the payment when the baby is one month old. The cost will be 2 ounces [240] of silver. You must use the official measure [241] to weigh this silver. A shekel by the official measure is 20 gerahs. [242]

Numbers 3:47

Using the official measure, [46] collect five shekels [47] of silver for each of the 273 people. (The shekel by the official measure weighs 20 gerahs. [48])Collect that silver from the people of Israel.

Numbers 7:86

The 12 gold spoons filled with incense [118] weighed 4 ounces [119] each, using the official measure. The 12 gold spoons all together weighed about 3 pounds. [120]

Matthew 17:24

Jesus and his followers went to Capernaum. {\cf2\super [249]} In Capernaum some men came to Peter. They were the men that collected the two-drachma tax. {\cf2\super [250]} They asked, “Does your teacher pay the two-drachma tax?”

Matthew 21:12

Jesus went into the temple {\cf2\super [285]} area. He threw out all the people that were selling and buying things there. Jesus turned over the tables that belonged to the men that were exchanging different kinds of money. And Jesus turned over the benches of those men that were selling doves.

Matthew 27:24

Pilate saw that he could do nothing to make the people change. And he saw that the people were becoming upset. So Pilate took some water and washed his hands {\cf2\super [429]} so that all the people could see. Then Pilate said, “I am not guilty of this man’s death. You are the ones that are doing it!”