When thou takest the sum] A census of the people was probably in contemplation at this time, and was made twice during the forty years' sojourn in the wilderness: see Numbers 1:26. Whether it was done regularly does not appear. In time the half shekel became an annual tax devoted to the maintenance of the public sacrifices in the Temple: see e.g. Matthew 17:24. Plague] as the result of disobedience.
Verse Exodus 30:12. _THEN SHALL THEY GIVE EVERY MAN A RANSOM FOR HIS SOUL_] This was a very important ordinance, and should be seriously considered. See the following verse (Exodus 30:12)....
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...
CHILDREN. sons. MAN. Hebrew. _'ish._ See App-14. RANSOM. Hebrew. _kapher =_ covering, hence atonement. See note on Exodus 29:33. HIS SOUL. himself. Hebrew. _nephesh._ See App-13. The acknowledgemen...
_takest the sum_ so Numbers 1:2; Numbers 1:49. _numbered_… _numberest_ The verb means lit. to _visit_(viz. to see how many they are), i.e. to _review, muster, inspect_. So _vv._13, 14, Numbers 1:3;...
WHEN THOU TAKEST THE SUM OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, &C.—. This is, in the Hebrew, _when thou shalt lift up the head of the children of Israel, to review,_ (_muster_ or _number_) _them;_ and the phrase...
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...
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...
THE RANSOM OF SOULS. (12) WHEN THOU TAKEST THE SUM OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. — A formal enrolment and registration seems to be intended. Hitherto, nothing but a rough estimate of the number had been...
כִּ֣י תִשָּׂ֞א אֶת ־רֹ֥אשׁ בְּנֵֽי ־יִשְׂרָאֵל֮...
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...
When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man (g) a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among t...
Sum. David perhaps neglected this injunction. (2 Kings xxiv; Josephus, Antiquities vii. 10.) Yet we do not read that Moses took the half sicle when he numbered the people, Numbers i. Whence others gat...
How sweet that scripture! 1 Timothy 2:6....
"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...
12._When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel. _The tribute which God here demands at the taking of the census, is very fitly annexed to the First Commandment; for God, in making them tributa...
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...
WHEN THOU TAKEST THE SUM OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AFTER THEIR NUMBER,.... An account of them, how many they are; which was sometimes done, and was proper to be done, especially in time of war; thoug...
When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them,...
_Every man a ransom for his soul_ Some think this refers only to the first numbering of them, when the tabernacle was set up, and that this tax was to make up what was wanting in the voluntary contrib...
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...
When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, whenever a census of the people was taken, THEN SHALL THEY GIVE EVERY MAN A RANSOM FOR HIS SOUL UNTO THE LORD, WHEN THOU NUMBERES...
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...
THEIR NUMBER: _ Heb._ them that are to be numbered...
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...
A RANSOM FOR HIS SOUL; a certain price for the redemption of their lives; whereby they acknowledge the right and power which God had over their lives, and that they had forfeited them by their sins, a...
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 30:12 take H5375 (H8799) census H7218 children H1121 Israel H3478 number H6485 (H8803) man H376 give...
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...
Exodus 30:12 The word which is here rendered "ransom" is afterwards rendered "atonement." The atonement covered or removed what displeased God, and thus sanctified for His service. Our notion of aton...
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...
_A ransom for his soul._ THE RANSOM FOR THE LIFE The word which is here rendered “ransom” is afterwards rendered “atonement.” The atonement covered or removed what displeased God, and thus sanctified...
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...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 30:12 The RANSOM given with the census will prevent a PLAGUE. This warns Israel not to let pride in their great numbers replace their dependence on the Lord. Such pride in number...
_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...
takest Exodus 38:25 Exodus 38:26 Numbers 1:2 Numbers 26:2 2 Samuel 24:1
Some think this refers only to the first numbering of them, when the tabernacle was set up, and that this tax was to make up what was wanting in the voluntary contributions. Others think it was to be...