Exodus 30:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.

Takest

A ransom

No plague

2 Samuel 24:2

1 Chronicles 21:12

1 Chronicles 27:24

Bible References

Takest

The silver from those of the community who were registered was 7,544 pounds, according to the sanctuary shekel—

“Take a census of the entire Israelite community by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of every male one by one.

“Take a census of the entire Israelite community by their ancestral houses of those 20 years old or more who can serve in Israel’s army.”

The Lord’s anger burned against Israel again, and He stirred up David against them to say: “Go, count the people of Israel and Judah.”

A ransom

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.”

So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said, “Why haven’t you required the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by the Lord’s servant Moses and the assembly of Israel for the tent of the testimony?

and to be gracious to him and say,
“Spare him from going down to the Pit;
I have found a ransom,”

Be careful that no one lures you with riches;
do not let a large ransom lead you astray.

Yet these cannot redeem a person
or pay his ransom to God—

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life—a ransom for many.”

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life—a ransom for many.”

who gave Himself—a ransom for all,
a testimony at the proper time.

For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life inherited from the fathers, not with perishable things like silver or gold,

No plague

So the king said to Joab, the commander of his army, “Go through all the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba and register the troops so I can know their number.”

three years of famine, or three months of devastation by your foes with the sword of your enemy overtaking you, or three days of the sword of the Lord—a plague on the land, the angel of the Lord bringing destruction to the whole territory of Israel.’ Now decide what answer I should take back to the One who sent me.”

Joab son of Zeruiah began to count them, but he didn’t complete it. There was wrath against Israel because of this census, and the number was not entered in the Historical Record of King David.