Thematic Bible: Poll

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.

Verse Concepts

Commands, in NTCaesarProclamationsRankTaxation

Prophecies Concerning ChristArmies, RomanRoman EmperorsThe King's Orderstaxes

A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.

Verse Concepts

Middle AgeCoinsTwentyThree To Nine Hundred Thousand

Half Of ThingsComparative MeasuresRight MeasuresTax To Be Paid

Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;

Verse Concepts

Consecrated Breadethics, socialCoinageTax

One ThirdEvery YearTax To Be Paid

And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, When you take the census of the children of Israel for their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when you number them; that there be no plague among them, when you number them. This they shall give, every one that passes among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) a half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD. read more.
Every one included among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD. 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. And you shall take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shall appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of meeting; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.