Exodus 30:15

New Century Version

A rich person must not give more than one-fifth of an ounce, and a poor person must not give less. You are paying this to the Lord to buy back your lives.

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:3

He asked, “What can I do for you? How can I make up for the harm done so you can bless the Lord’s people?”

Job 34:19

He is not nicer to princes than other people, nor kinder to rich people than poor people, because he made them all with his own hands.

Exodus 30:12

“When you count the people of Israel, every person must buy back his life from the Lord so that no terrible things will happen to the people when you number them.

Exodus 30:14

Every person who is counted and is twenty years old or older must give this amount to the Lord.

Exodus 30:16

Gather from the people of Israel this money paid to buy back their lives, and spend it on things for the service in the Meeting Tent. This payment will remind the Lord that the Israelites’ lives have been bought back.”

Exodus 38:26

All the men twenty years old or older were counted. There were 603,550 men, and each man had to pay one-fifth of an ounce of silver, as set by the Holy Place measure.

Proverbs 22:2

The rich and the poor are alike in that the Lord made them all.

Ezekiel 45:16

All people in the land will give this special offering to the ruler of Israel.

Leviticus 17:11

This is because the life of the body is in the blood, and I have given you rules for pouring that blood on the altar to remove your sins so you will belong to the Lord. It is the blood that removes the sins, because it is life.

Numbers 31:50

So we have brought the Lord a gift of the gold things that each of us found: arm bands, bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and necklaces. These are to remove our sins so we will belong to the Lord.”

Ephesians 6:9

Masters, in the same way, be good to your slaves. Do not threaten them. Remember that the One who is your Master and their Master is in heaven, and he treats everyone alike.

Colossians 3:25

But remember that anyone who does wrong will be punished for that wrong, and the Lord treats everyone the same.