Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
The rich one shall not multiply, and the poor one shall not diminish from half the shekel, to give an offering to Jehovah to expiate for your souls.
New American Standard Bible
The rich shall not pay more and the poor shall not pay less than the half shekel, when you give the
King James Version
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.
Holman Bible
The wealthy may not give more and the poor may not give less
International Standard Version
The rich person is not to give more, nor is the poor person to give less than the half shekel, when you give a contribution to the LORD to make atonement for yourselves.
A Conservative Version
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of LORD, to make atonement for your souls.
American Standard Version
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.
Amplified
The rich shall not give more and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when you give this contribution to the Lord to make atonement for yourselves.
Bible in Basic English
The man of wealth is to give no more and the poor man no less than the half-shekel of silver, when the offering is made to the Lord as the price for your lives.
Darby Translation
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when ye give the heave-offering of Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.
King James 2000
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The rich will not give more, and the poor will not give less than the half shekel to give the contribution of Yahweh to make atonement for their lives.
Modern King James verseion
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than half a shekel, when they give an offering to Jehovah to make an atonement for your souls.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The rich shall not pass, and the poor shall not go under, half a sicle; when they give a heave offering unto the LORD for the atonement of their souls.
NET Bible
The rich are not to increase it, and the poor are not to pay less than the half shekel when giving the offering of the Lord, to make atonement for your lives.
New Heart English Bible
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of the LORD, to make atonement for your souls.
The Emphasized Bible
The rich, shall not give more, and the poor, shall not give less, than the half-shekel, - when they give the heave-offering of Yahweh, to put a propitiatory-covering over your souls.
Webster
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering to the LORD to make an atonement for your souls.
World English Bible
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of Yahweh, to make atonement for your souls.
Youngs Literal Translation
the rich doth not multiply, and the poor doth not diminish from the half-shekel, to give the heave-offering of Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.
Themes
under the law Atonement » Necessary for » Ransoming
Census » A poll tax to be levied at each
Money » Pieces of mentioned » Half shekel or bekah
Offerings » Different kinds of » Personal, for redemption
Poor » Atonement money of, uniform with that of the rich people
Redemption » Typified » Atonement-money
Interlinear
Rabah
Ma`at
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 30:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Atonement Money
14 All passing by upon their reviewing, from the son of twenty years and above, shall give an offering to Jehovah. 15 The rich one shall not multiply, and the poor one shall not diminish from half the shekel, to give an offering to Jehovah to expiate for your souls. 16 And take the silver of the expiations from the sons of Israel and give it for the work of the tent of appointment; and it was for the sons of Israel a remembrance before Jehovah to expiate for your souls.
Cross References
Proverbs 22:2
The rich and poor one met together: Jehovah made them all.
Ephesians 6:9
And, lords, do ye the same things to them, letting go threatening: knowing that also your own Lord is in the heavens; and distinction of persons is not with him.
Exodus 30:12
When thou shalt take up the head of the sons of Israel for their reviewing, and they gave each a ransom of his soul to Jehovah, and in reviewing them; and a stumble shall not be in them in reviewing them.
Leviticus 17:11
For the soul of the flesh it is in the blood; and I gave it to you upon the altar to expiate for your souls: for the blood shall expiate for the soul.
Numbers 31:50
And we will bring an offering to Jehovah, what each found, vessels of gold, armbands, and bracelets, rings, ear-rings, and globules of gold, to expiate for our souls before Jehovah.
2 Samuel 21:3
And David will say to the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and with what shall I expiate and bless ye the inheritance of Jehovah?
Job 34:19
Who accepted not the face of chiefs, and looked not upon the rich one before the poor: for his hand made all of them.
Colossians 3:25
And he acting with injustice shall be taken care of for what he did unjustly: and there is no distinction of persons.