"You shall takethe atonementmoneyfrom the sonsof Israeland shall giveit for the serviceof the tentof meeting,that it may be a memorialfor the sonsof Israelbeforethe LORD,to makeatonementfor yourselves."
So the kingsummonedJehoiadathe chief[priest] and saidto him, "Whyhave you not requiredthe Levitesto bringin from Judahand from Jerusalemthe levy[fixed by] Mosesthe servantof the LORDon the congregationof Israelfor the tentof the testimony?"
Now thisdaywill be a memorialto you, and you shall celebrateit [as] a feastto the LORD;throughout your generationsyou are to celebrateit [as] a permanentordinance.
"The richshall not paymoreand the poorshall not paylessthanthe halfshekel,when you givethe contributionto the LORDto makeatonementfor yourselves.
The LORDspoketo Moses,saying,
as a reminderto the sonsof Israelthat nolaymanwhois not of the descendantsof Aaronshould comenearto burnincensebeforethe LORD;so that he will not becomelike Korahand his company--justas the LORDhad spokento him throughMoses.
So Mosesand Eleazarthe priesttookthe goldfrom the captainsof thousandsand of hundreds,and broughtit to the tentof meetingas a memorialfor the sonsof Israelbeforethe LORD.
And when He had taken[some] bread[and] given thanks,He brokeit and gaveit to them, saying,"Thisis My bodywhich is givenfor you; dothisin remembranceof Me."
