This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel [is] twenty gerahs:) an half shekel [shall be] the offering of the LORD.
Ver. 13. Half a shekel.] Towards the making of the tabernacle; and as an amercing himself for his sin, that subjected him to utter destruction. Exo 30:15
Verse Exodus 30:13. _HALF A SHEKEL_] Each of the Israelites was ordered to give as a ransom for his soul (i.e., for his life) half a shekel, according to the shekel of the sanctuary. From this we may...
THE RANSOM OF SOULS. - Exodus 38:25. On comparing these words with those of Numbers 1:1, we may perhaps infer that the first passage relates to a mere counting of the adult Israelites at the time when...
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...
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...
SHEKEL OF THE SANCTUARY. See App-51. Compare Matthew 17:24. GERAH,. measure of weight. See App-51. OFFERING. Hebrew. _terurnah._ See App-43....
_passeth over_, &c. viz. before the officer who took the census, _to those that are numbered_, and who stand on the other side. Cf. to -pass over" (of sheep being numbered) Leviticus 27:32; Jeremiah 3...
HALF A SHEKEL— i.e. according to some commentators, nearly _fourteen-pence._ This tax, every man was bound to pay, from twenty years and upwards, Exodus 30:14. And neither more nor less was to be paid...
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 30 And thou shalt make an altar to bum incense upon: of acacia wood shalt thou make it. (2) A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursqu...
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ When thou takest ... Moses did so twice, and doubtless observed the law here prescribed. The tax was not levied from women, minors, old men (Numbers 1:42; Num...
HALF A SHEKEL] A silver shekel was equal to fully half-a-crown. The SHEKEL OF THE SANCTUARY seems to have been a standard weight, and was probably preserved by the priests in the sanctuary....
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...
EXODUS: *ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSES EXODUS CHAPTER S 19 TO 40 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 30 THE *ALTAR WHERE THE PRIESTS BURNT POWDER THAT HAS A SWEET SMELL...
HALF A SHEKEL. — When shekels came to be coined, they were round pieces of silver, about the circumference of a shilling, but considerably thicker, and worth about 2s. 7 d. Of our money. Their average...
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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...
THE ATONEMENT MONEY AND THE LAVER Exodus 30:11 The atonement money was paid by all alike, to remind them that they were a redeemed race, and that so far as their value was concerned, neither rank, no...
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...
This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the (h) shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel [is] twenty gerahs:) an half shekel [shall be] the offering of...
Half a sicle. A sicle or shekel of silver, (which was also called a stater) according to the standard or weight of the sanctuary, which was the most just and exact, was half an ounce of silver; that i...
Half a shekel was in point of value about 14 pence of our money....
"In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai." Up to this point all the dealings of God have been the...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 30 AND 31. Having thus established the priesthood, and the relationship of the people with God who dwelt in the midst of them, the intercession of Christ in g...
THIS THEY SHALL GIVE, EVERYONE THAT PASSETH AMONG THEM THAT ARE NUMBERED,.... And their number, according to Jarchi, was known by what was paid; for he says the sum was taken not by heads, but everyon...
1 The Altar of incense. 11 The ransome of soules. 17 The brasen lauer. 22 The holy anoynting oyle. 34 The composition of the perfume. 1 AND thou shalt make an Altar to burne incense vpon: of Shit...
THE CHURCH TAX...
This they shall give, everyone that passeth among them that are numbered, everyone that is included in the census, HALF A SHEKEL AFTER THE SHEKEL OF THE SANCTUARY; (A SHEKEL IS TWENTY GERAHS;) AN HALF...
5. _The Altar of Incense_. Exodus 30:1-10 The reason why the directions concerning the altar of incense are given so late is seen in the design of it, which puts it among the things directly connected...
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...
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...
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...
THE SHEKEL OF THE SANCTUARY hath been commonly conceived to be double to the common shekel, yet divers late learned men seem more truly to judge that it was no more than the common shekel, consisting...
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...
Exodus 30:13 among H5674 (H8802) H5921 numbered H6485 (H8803) give H5414 (H8799) half H4276 shekel...
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...
THIS THEY SHALL GIVE Compare (Exodus 38:25). Silver thus becomes a type of redemption. (_ See Scofield) - (Exodus 26:19). _...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
EXPOSITION THE RANSOM OF SOULS. The various commands given with respect to the tabernacle and its furniture would necessarily involve a very considerable outlay; and it was important that Moses should...
And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of acacia wood shalt thou make it. It's to be eighteen by eighteen, and forty-five inches high (Exodus 30:1). This is a little altar that was set in...
a shekel is Leviticus 27:25 Numbers 3:47 Ezekiel 45:12 an half shekel Exodus 38:26...