Exodus 30:15 meaning and explanation

In 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.

Exodus 30:15, Berean Standard Bible

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God is speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai about the census offering. Every Israelite man twenty or older who is counted pays the same half shekel, and this verse forbids any variation: the rich may not give more, the poor may not give less.

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