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Exodus 30:16 KJV
Exodus · chapter 30 · verse 16
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.Exodus 30:16 · King James Version
Exodus 30:16 in context
14Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD.
15The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.
16And 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.
17And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
18Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- congregationmôwʻêdproperly, an appointmentH4150 →
- tabernacleʼôhela tentH168 →
- atonementkippurexpiationH3725 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- memorialzikrôwna mementoH2146 →
- appointnâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
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Some observe that the repetition of those words, The Lord spoke unto Moses, here and afterwards (Exo 30:17, Exo 30:22, Exo 30:34), intimates that God did not deliver these precepts to Moses in the mount, in a continued discourse, but with many intermissions, giving him time either to write what was said to him or at…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-16