Exodus 30:12

New International Reader's Version

“Make a list of the Israelites and count them. When you do, each one must pay the Lord for his life at the time he is counted. Then a plague will not come on them when you count them.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 21:1

Satan rose up against Israel. He stirred up David to count the men of Israel.

1 Chronicles 21:12

You can have three years when there will not be enough food in the land. You can have three months when your enemies will sweep you away. They will catch up with you. They will destroy you with their swords. Or you can have three days when the sword of the Lord will punish you. That means there would be three days of plague in the land. My angel would strike down people in every part of Israel.’ So take your pick. Tell me how to answer the one who sent me.”

1 Chronicles 21:14

So the Lord sent a plague on Israel. And 70,000 Israelites died.

1 Chronicles 21:3

Joab replied, “May the Lord multiply his troops 100 times. King David, you are my master. Aren’t all the men under your control? Why would you want me to count them? Do you want to make Israel guilty?”

1 Chronicles 27:24

Joab, the son of Zeruiah, began to count the men. But he didn’t finish. The Lord was angry with Israel because David had begun to count the men. So the number wasn’t written down in the official records of King David.

2 Chronicles 24:6

So the king sent for Jehoiada the chief priest. He said to him, “Why haven’t you required the Levites to bring in the tax from Judah and Jerusalem? It was set up by the Lord’s servant Moses and the whole community of Israel. It was used for the tent where the tablets of the covenant law were kept.”

2 Chronicles 24:9

Then a message went out in Judah and Jerusalem. It said that the people should bring the tax to the Lord. God’s servant Moses had required Israel to pay that tax when they were in the desert.

Job 33:24

That angel will be gracious to them. He’ll say to God, ‘Spare them from going down into the grave. I know a way that can set them free.’

Job 36:18

Be careful that no one tempts you with riches. Don’t take money from people who want special favors, no matter how much it is.

Psalm 49:7

No one can pay for the life of anyone else. No one can give God what that would cost.

Exodus 30:11

Then the Lord spoke to Moses. He said,

Numbers 31:49

All of them said to Moses, “We have counted the soldiers under our command. Not a single one is missing.

Numbers 31:50

So we’ve brought an offering to the Lord. We’ve brought the gold each of us took in the battle. That includes armbands, bracelets, rings, earrings and necklaces. We’ve brought them in front of the Lord to pay for our sin.”

Matthew 20:28

Be like the Son of Man. He did not come to be served. Instead, he came to serve others. He came to give his life as the price for setting many people free.”

Mark 10:45

Even the Son of Man did not come to be served. Instead, he came to serve others. He came to give his life as the price for setting many people free.”

1 Timothy 2:6

He gave himself to pay for the sins of all people. We have been told this message at just the right time.