Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Receive the atonement money from the Israelites and use it for the service of the tent of meeting. It will be a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD, making atonement for your lives.” New Living Translation Receive this ransom money from the Israelites, and use it for the care of the Tabernacle. It will bring the Israelites to the LORD’s attention, and it will purify your lives.” English Standard Version You shall take the atonement money from the people of Israel and shall give it for the service of the tent of meeting, that it may bring the people of Israel to remembrance before the LORD, so as to make atonement for your lives.” Berean Standard Bible Take the atonement money from the Israelites and use it for the service of the Tent of Meeting. It will serve as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD to make atonement for your lives.” Berean Literal Bible And you shall take the silver of the atonements from the sons of Israel, and you shall give it to the service of the Tent of Meeting, and it shall be for the sons of Israel, for a memorial before the face of YHWH, to make atonement upon your⁺ souls.” King James Bible And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls. New King James Version 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 for the children of Israel before the LORD, to make atonement for yourselves.” New American Standard Bible And you shall take the atonement money from the sons of Israel and give it for the service of the tent of meeting, so that it may be a memorial for the sons of Israel before the LORD, to make atonement for yourselves.” NASB 1995 “You shall take the atonement money from the sons of Israel and shall give it for the service of the tent of meeting, that it may be a memorial for the sons of Israel before the LORD, to make atonement for yourselves.” NASB 1977 “And you shall take the atonement money from the sons of Israel, and shall give it for the service of the tent of meeting, that it may be a memorial for the sons of Israel before the LORD, to make atonement for yourselves.” Legacy Standard Bible And you shall take the atonement money from the sons of Israel and shall give it for the service of the tent of meeting, that it may be a remembrance for the sons of Israel before Yahweh, to make atonement for your souls.” Amplified Bible You shall take the atonement money from the Israelites and use it [exclusively] for the service of the Tent of Meeting, so that it may be a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD, to make atonement for yourselves.” Berean Annotated Bible Take the atonement money from the Israelites (God prevails) and use it for the service of the Tent of Meeting. It will serve as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD {YHWH} to make atonement for your⁺ lives. Christian Standard Bible Take the atonement price from the Israelites and use it for the service of the tent of meeting. It will serve as a reminder for the Israelites before the LORD to atone for your lives.” Holman Christian Standard Bible Take the atonement money from the Israelites and use it for the service of the tent of meeting. It will serve as a reminder for the Israelites before the LORD to atone for your lives.” American Standard Version And thou shalt take the atonement money from the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tent of meeting; that it may be a memorial for the children of Israel before Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls. Contemporary English Version This money is to be used for the upkeep of the sacred tent, and because of it, I will never forget my people. English Revised Version And thou shalt take the atonement money from the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tent of meeting; that it may be a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD, to make atonement for your souls. GOD'S WORD® Translation Take the money the Israelites give to make peace with the LORD, and use it to pay the expenses of the tent of meeting. It will be a reminder for the Israelites in the LORD's presence that the sins in their lives are removed." Good News Translation Collect this money from the people of Israel and spend it for the upkeep of the Tent of my presence. This tax will be the payment for their lives, and I will remember to protect them." International Standard Version You are to take the atonement money from the Israelis and give it for the service of the Tent of Meeting, and it is to be a memorial for the Israelis in the LORD's presence to make atonement for yourselves." NET Bible You are to receive the atonement money from the Israelites and give it for the service of the tent of meeting. It will be a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD, to make atonement for your lives." New Heart English Bible You shall take the atonement money from the children of Israel, and shall appoint it for the service of the Tent of Meeting; that it may be a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD, to make atonement for your souls." Webster's Bible Translation And thou shalt take the atonement-money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial to the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleTake the atonement money from the Israelites and use it for the service of the Tent of Meeting. It will serve as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD to make atonement for your lives.” World English Bible You shall take the atonement money from the children of Israel, and shall appoint it for the service of the Tent of Meeting; that it may be a memorial for the children of Israel before Yahweh, to make atonement for your souls.” Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd you have taken the atonement-money from the sons of Israel, and have given it for the service of the Tent of Meeting; and it has been to the sons of Israel for a memorial before YHWH, to make atonement for your souls.” Berean Literal Bible And you shall take the silver of the atonements from the sons of Israel, and you shall give it to the service of the Tent of Meeting, and it shall be for the sons of Israel, for a memorial before the face of YHWH, to make atonement upon your⁺ souls.” Young's Literal Translation 'And thou hast taken the atonement-money from the sons of Israel, and hast given it for the service of the tent of meeting; and it hath been to the sons of Israel for a memorial before Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.' Smith's Literal Translation 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. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd the money received which was contributed by the children of Israel, thou shalt deliver unto the uses of the tabernacle of the testimony, that it may be a memorial of them before the Lord, and he may be merciful to their souls. Catholic Public Domain Version And the money received, which was collected from the sons of Israel, you shall deliver for the uses of the tabernacle of the testimony, so that it may be a memorial of them before the Lord, and he may act favorably toward their souls.” New American Bible When you receive this ransom money from the Israelites, you shall donate it to the service of the tent of meeting, that there it may be a reminder of the Israelites before the LORD of the ransom paid for their lives. New Revised Standard Version You shall take the atonement money from the Israelites and shall designate it for the service of the tent of meeting; before the LORD it will be a reminder to the Israelites of the ransom given for your lives. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd you shall take the atonement money from the children of Israel, and shall give it for the work of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial to the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated He who is rich will not increase and he who is poor will not diminish from a half a shekel, to give an offering to LORD JEHOVAH to atone for your souls. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And thou shalt take the atonement money from the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tent of meeting, that it may be a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD, to make atonement for your souls.' Brenton Septuagint Translation And thou shalt take the money of the offering from the children of Israel, and shalt give it for the service of the tabernacle of testimony; and it shall be to the children of Israel a memorial before the Lord, to make atonement for your souls. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Atonement Money…15In making the offering to the LORD to atone for your lives, the rich shall not give more than a half shekel, nor shall the poor give less. 16Take the atonement money from the Israelites and use it for the service of the Tent of Meeting. It will serve as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD to make atonement for your lives.” Cross References Take the atonement money from the Israelites Exodus 38:25-28 The silver from those numbered among the congregation totaled 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel— / a beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550 men. / The hundred talents of silver were used to cast the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil—100 bases from the 100 talents, one talent per base. … Numbers 3:46-48 To redeem the 273 firstborn Israelites who outnumber the Levites, / you are to collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs. / Give the money to Aaron and his sons as the redemption price for the excess among the Israelites.” Numbers 18:15-16 The firstborn of every womb, whether man or beast, that is offered to the LORD belongs to you. But you must surely redeem every firstborn son and every firstborn male of unclean animals. / You are to pay the redemption price for a month-old male according to your valuation: five shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel, which is twenty gerahs. and use it for the service of the Tent of Meeting. Exodus 38:29-31 The bronze from the wave offering totaled 70 talents and 2,400 shekels. / He used it to make the bases for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the bronze altar and its bronze grating, all the utensils for the altar, / the bases for the surrounding courtyard and its gate, and all the tent pegs for the tabernacle and its surrounding courtyard. Exodus 35:21-29 And everyone whose heart stirred him and whose spirit prompted him came and brought an offering to the LORD for the work on the Tent of Meeting, for all its services, and for the holy garments. / So all who had willing hearts, both men and women, came and brought brooches and earrings, rings and necklaces, and all kinds of gold jewelry. And they all presented their gold as a wave offering to the LORD. / Everyone who had blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen, goat hair, ram skins dyed red, or articles of fine leather, brought them. … Exodus 36:3-7 They received from Moses all the contributions that the Israelites had brought to carry out the service of constructing the sanctuary. Meanwhile, the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning, / so that all the skilled craftsmen who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left their work / and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the LORD has commanded us to do.” … It will serve as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD Numbers 10:10 And on your joyous occasions, your appointed feasts, and the beginning of each month, you are to blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and peace offerings to serve as a reminder for you before your God. I am the LORD your God.” Leviticus 24:7 And you are to place pure frankincense near each row, so that it may serve as a memorial portion for the bread, a food offering to the LORD. Joshua 4:7 you are to tell them, ‘The waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters were cut off.’ Therefore these stones will be a memorial to the Israelites forever.” to make atonement for your lives.” Numbers 31:50 So we have brought to the LORD an offering of the gold articles each man acquired—armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces—to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD.” Leviticus 17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for your souls upon the altar; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul. Leviticus 16:30 because on this day atonement will be made for you to cleanse you, and you will be clean from all your sins before the LORD. Numbers 1:50-53 Instead, you are to appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its articles, care for it, and camp around it. / Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to be pitched, the Levites are to set it up. Any outsider who goes near it must be put to death. / The Israelites are to camp by their divisions, each man in his own camp and under his own standard. … Numbers 18:21-24 Behold, I have given to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the service of the Tent of Meeting. / No longer may the Israelites come near to the Tent of Meeting, or they will incur guilt and die. / The Levites are to perform the work of the Tent of Meeting, and they must bear their iniquity. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the Israelites. … 2 Chronicles 24:9-10 And a proclamation was issued in Judah and Jerusalem that they were to bring to the LORD the tax imposed by Moses the servant of God on Israel in the wilderness. / All the officers and all the people rejoiced and brought their contributions, and they dropped them in the chest until it was full. Nehemiah 10:32-33 We also place ourselves under the obligation to contribute a third of a shekel yearly for the service of the house of our God: / for the showbread, for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings, for the Sabbath offerings, for the New Moons and appointed feasts, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the duties of the house of our God. Treasury of Scripture And you shall take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shall appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial to the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls. appoint Exodus 38:25-31 And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: … Nehemiah 10:32,33 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; … a memorial Exodus 12:14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. Numbers 16:40 To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses. Luke 22:19 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. Jump to Previous Appoint Atonement Children Congregation Devote Israel Israelites Making Meeting Memorial Memory Money Receive Remembrance Service Souls Tabernacle Tent Used Work y YourselvesJump to Next Appoint Atonement Children Congregation Devote Israel Israelites Making Meeting Memorial Memory Money Receive Remembrance Service Souls Tabernacle Tent Used Work y YourselvesExodus 30 1. The altar of incense11. The ransom of souls 17. The bronze basin 22. The holy anointing oil 34. The composition of the incense Take the atonement money from the Israelites This phrase refers to a specific command given to Moses regarding the collection of a half-shekel from each Israelite as a ransom for their lives. The concept of atonement money is rooted in the idea of redemption and the acknowledgment of God's ownership over His people. The half-shekel was a small amount, ensuring that everyone, regardless of wealth, could participate equally. This practice highlights the communal responsibility and the need for each individual to contribute to the spiritual welfare of the nation. Theologically, it underscores the principle that atonement is necessary for maintaining a right relationship with God. and use it for the service of the Tent of Meeting. It will serve as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD to make atonement for your lives.” Persons / Places / Events 1. MosesThe leader of the Israelites, who received the law from God on Mount Sinai, including instructions for the atonement money. 2. Israelites The chosen people of God, who were required to give atonement money as a ransom for their lives. 3. Tent of Meeting Also known as the Tabernacle, it was the portable earthly dwelling place of God among the Israelites. 4. Atonement Money A half-shekel offering required from every Israelite male over twenty years old as a ransom for their lives. 5. The LORD The covenant name of God, who established the laws and rituals for His people. Teaching Points The Principle of AtonementThe atonement money symbolizes the need for redemption and reconciliation with God. It serves as a reminder that atonement is necessary for a relationship with the Holy God. The Value of Obedience The Israelites' obedience in giving the atonement money reflects their acknowledgment of God's sovereignty and their dependence on His provision and protection. The Role of Community in Worship The collective contribution for the Tent of Meeting underscores the importance of community in worship and the shared responsibility in maintaining the place of God's presence. Memorials as Spiritual Reminders The atonement money served as a memorial before the LORD, teaching us the importance of having tangible reminders of God's work and our commitments to Him. Foreshadowing of Christ's Sacrifice The concept of atonement through a ransom points forward to the ultimate atonement made by Jesus Christ, emphasizing the continuity of God's redemptive plan. Bible Study Questions and Answers 1. What is the meaning of Exodus 30:16?2. How does Exodus 30:16 emphasize the importance of atonement in our lives? 3. What role does the "atonement money" play in Israel's relationship with God? 4. How can we apply the principle of atonement to our daily actions? 5. How does Exodus 30:16 connect to Christ's atoning sacrifice in the New Testament? 6. In what ways can we contribute to God's work, as seen in Exodus 30:16? 7. What is the significance of the atonement money in Exodus 30:16 for the Israelites? 8. How does Exodus 30:16 relate to the concept of redemption in Christianity? 9. Why was the atonement money used for the Tent of Meeting in Exodus 30:16? 10. What are the top 10 Lessons from Exodus 30? 11. What was Moses' Tabernacle? 12. What is the purpose of the Tent of Meeting? 13. What did the Ark of the Covenant contain? 14. Why does Luke 23:45 record the temple curtain tearing from top to bottom if no Jewish historian mentions such a monumental event? What Does Exodus 30:16 Mean Take the atonement money from the Israelites• In Exodus 30:11-15, God commands a half-shekel payment from every male twenty years and older when a census is taken; this “atonement money” prevents plague—demonstrating that every life belongs to the LORD (Psalm 24:1). • The fixed amount—rich and poor alike (v. 15)—teaches that sin levels us all and that atonement is not earned by greater giving (Romans 3:23-24). • This payment foreshadows the once-for-all ransom Christ paid (1 Peter 1:18-19). and use it for the service of the Tent of Meeting • The silver collected funded daily ministry expenses—lamps, incense, showbread, sacrifices—keeping worship vibrant and continuous (Exodus 27:20-21; Leviticus 24:1-9). • Numbers 1:50 shows the Levites maintaining the tabernacle; this money supported that priestly work, tying personal redemption to corporate worship (Hebrews 10:24-25). • The people’s contribution reminds believers today that redeemed lives gladly support God’s house and mission (2 Corinthians 9:7-8). It will serve as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD • “Memorial” means a perpetual reminder before God of His covenant mercy (Joshua 4:7). Each coin echoed, “We remember You rescued us” (Deuteronomy 6:12). • The silver bases of the tabernacle pillars were made from this very money (Exodus 38:25-27), literally grounding God’s dwelling on a foundation of redemption. • Communion similarly calls the church to “do this in remembrance of Me” (Luke 22:19), anchoring worship in the memory of deliverance. to make atonement for your lives • Atonement (covering) bridges the holy God and sinful people (Leviticus 17:11). The half-shekel symbolized a life-for-life substitute, pointing to the ultimate substitute, Jesus (Mark 10:45). • Hebrews 9:22 affirms, “without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness,” yet even bloodless silver pointed ahead to that truth, underscoring that every breath is owed to God’s grace (Acts 17:25). • The annual temple tax in Matthew 17:24-27 traces its roots to this command; Jesus pays it, then fulfills it, becoming the true ransom. summary Exodus 30:16 links personal atonement, communal worship, and enduring remembrance. Each Israelite’s identical coin confessed sin, funded ministry, and kept holy redemption central. The practice anticipated Christ, whose singular payment funds our eternal worship and stands forever as the memorial of God’s saving love. (16) Thou shalt . . . appoint it for the service of the tabernacle.--It appears, by Exodus 38:27-28, that the silver collected by this tax, which amounted to above a hundred talents, was employed for making the sockets which supported the boards of the tabernacle (Exodus 26:19-25), and those of the pillars of the vail (Exodus 26:32), together with the hooks for the pillars of the court, their capitals, and connecting rods. Thus, so long as the tabernacle stood, the precious metal paid as ransom remained in the sight of the people, and was a continual "memorial," or reminder, to them of the position into which they were brought by covenant with God.Verse 16. - The application of the "atonement money" is stated more distinctly in Exodus 38:27, 28. It was employed for the silver sockets that supported the boards of the tabernacle, and for the hooks, capitals, and connecting rods of the pillars which surrounded the court. Thus employed, it was a continual "memorial" in the eyes of the people, reminding each man of his privileges and duties |
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