Exodus 30:12

What does Exodus 30:12 mean?

A plain-English look at Exodus 30:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel, according to those that are numbered of them, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto Jehovah, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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, when thou numberest them.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel, according to those that are numbered of them, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto Jehovah, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

When you are taking the number of the children of Israel, let every man who is numbered give to the Lord a price for his life, so that no disease may come on them when they are numbered.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`When thou takest up the sum of the sons of Israel for their numbers, then they have given each an atonement <FI>for<Fi> his soul to Jehovah in their being numbered, and there is no plague among them in their being numbered.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

When thou shalt take the sum of the children of Israel, according to their number, every one of them shall give a price for their souls to the Lord, and there shall be no scourge among them, when they shall be reckoned.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

When thou shalt take the sum of the children of Israel according to those of them that are numbered, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul to Jehovah on their being numbered, that there be no plague among them on their being numbered.

Context

v.11And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

v.12This passage

v.13This they shall give, every one that passeth over unto them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary; (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel for an offering to Jehovah.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 33:24

    ThenGodis gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.

  • Numbers 31:50

    And we have brought Jehovah’s oblation, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, ankle-chains, and bracelets, signet-rings, ear-rings, and armlets, to make atonement for our souls before Jehovah.

  • 1 Chronicles 21:14

    So Jehovah sent a pestilence upon Israel; and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.

  • Matthew 20:28

    even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

  • Numbers 26:2

    Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers’ houses, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel.

  • 1 Chronicles 27:24

    Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but finished not; and there came wrath for this upon Israel; neither was the number put into the account in the chronicles of king David.

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