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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Exodus 30:15

This was partly to teach them that all souls are of equal worth in themselves and price with God; that there is no respect of persons with God, and in God's worship and service, but gospel graces, ordinances, and privileges are common and equal to all, Exo 12 16:18 Galatians 3:28 Colossians 3:11; that all persons are alike obnoxious to Divine justice, and are redeemed by one and the same price: partly to check the arrogance and vanity of the rich, who are very apt to despise the poor; and partly that by this means the number of the people might be exactly known when occasion required it.

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 30 THE ALTAR OF INCENSE AND THE WORSHIPPERS _ 1. The altar (Exodus 30:1)_ 2. The atonement money (Exodus 30:11) 3. The brazen laver and the unction of the Spirit (Exodus 30:22) 4. The ince...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    EXODUS 30-31. P S. PRIESTLY SUPPLEMENTS. These two Chapter s form an appendix to Exodus 25-29. The golden incense altar finds no place in Exodus 25 or Exodus 26:33 or Leviticus 16 (where the annual ri...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE RICH. the rich one. "There is no difference "in the matter of atonement, Acts 10:34.Romans 3:22; Romans 3:23; Romans 10:12. Then, all Israel without...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Rich and poor are to contribute alike, for both stand in the same relation towards Jehovah....

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 102 THE ATONEMENT-MONEY Exodus 30:14. Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the Lord: the rich shall not give mor...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE ALTAR OF INCENSE. THE RANSOM MONEY. THE LAVER. THE ANOINTING OIL. THE INCENSE 1-10. The Altar of Incense. The use of incense in worship was probably due to the worshipper's desire to honour God by...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    All give alike, for it is a ransom for the soul or life, and all souls are equal in the sight of God....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE RICH SHALL NOT GIVE MORE, AND THE POOR SHALL NOT GIVE LESS. — See Note 2 on Exodus 30:12....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הֶֽ עָשִׁ֣יר לֹֽא ־יַרְבֶּ֗ה וְ הַ דַּל֙

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE CENSUS. Exodus 30:11. Moses by Divine command was soon to number Israel, and thus to lay the foundation for its organisation upon the march. A census was not, therefore, supposed to be presumptu...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    We may come to the description of the altar of incense. It is significant that in the earlier description of the Holy Place, with its furnishing, this altar was not named. It was specifically the alta...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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, (i) to make an atonement for your souls. (i) That God should be merciful...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Rich. The life of every man is equal in the sight of God, and He will not give the rich occasion to despise his poor neighbour. Thus also the number of people would be ascertained. (Menochius)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THE RICH SHALL NOT GIVE MORE, AND THE POOR SHALL NOT GIVE LESS THAN HALF A SHEKEL,.... Which shows that the Israelites were alike in the esteem of God, their worldly circumstances making no difference...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • KJV Original Language Details

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The rich shall not give more, as they might have felt tempted to do, in order to display their wealth, AND THE POOR SHALL NOT GIVE LESS THAN HALF A SHEKEL, for even the poorest could afford that much...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

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  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    H. THE VISION OR THE IDEAL OF THE TABERNACLE. THE ORDERING OF THE ARK AND OF THE HOUSE OF THE COVENANT; OF THE LIVING PRESENCE OF THE LAW AND OF THE DWELLING-PLACE OF THE LAW-GIVER Exodus 25-31 I. C...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE GOLDEN ALTAR OF INCENSE (vs.1-10) Before this chapter the Lord has given instructions concerning the tabernacle, its court and all the furniture both outside and inside, except the altar of incen...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    GIVE MORE: _ Heb._ multiply GIVE LESS: _ Heb._ diminish...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    11-16 The tribute was half a shekel, about fifteen pence of our money. The rich were not to give more, nor the poor less; the souls of the rich and poor are alike precious, and God is no respecter of...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    The priesthood being instituted, as in the two preceding Chapter s, we are here introduced to the position of true priestly worship and communion. The order is marked and instructive; and, moreover, p...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Exodus 30:15 rich H6223 more H7235 (H8686) poor H1800 less H4591 (H8686) half H4276 shekel H8255 give...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    REGULATION IN RESPECT OF THE NUMBERING OF THE SERVANTS OF YAHWEH (EXODUS 30:11). That this regulation was placed between the consecration of the altar of incense and the bronze laver brings out that t...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The altar of incense and the brazen laver. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron. CONCLUSION: (See Psalms 141:2). The prayer of a contrite believer ascends as a fragrant cloud to God. (Proverbs 15...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Exodus 30:6. _Before the veil._ This altar, formed like the ark, of the incorruptible wood covered over with pure gold, represented the Son of God in human nature; and the incense typified his interce...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 30:11 Every person counted in a census is to give HALF A SHEKEL for the service of the tabernacle. It is an OFFERING TO THE LORD, either as a...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 30:11_ EQUALITY BEFORE GOD We are reminded here— I. THAT ALL MEN ARE EQUALLY RECOGNISED BY THE EYE OF GOD. Moses was to take “the sum of the children of Is...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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