Exodus 30:10–16

¹⁰“Once a year Aaron is to perform the atonement ceremony for the altar. Throughout your generations he is to perform the atonement ceremony for^G it once a year, with the blood of the sin offering for atonement on the horns.^g The altar is especially holy to the Lord.”

THE ATONEMENT MONEY

¹¹The Lord spoke to Moses: ¹²“When you take a census^h of the Israelites to register them, each of the men must pay a ransomⁱ for his life to the Lord as they are registered. Then no plague^j will come on them as they are registered. ¹³Everyone who is registered must pay half a shekel^A according to the sanctuary shekel (twenty gerahs to the shekel). This half shekel is a contribution to the Lord.^{k 14}Each man who is registered, twenty years old or more, must give this contribution to the Lord. ¹⁵The wealthy may not give more and the poor may not give less^l than half a shekel when giving the contribution to the Lord to atone for your lives. ¹⁶Take the atonement price^C from the Israelites and use it for the service of the tent of meeting. It will serve as a reminder for the Israelites before the Lord to atone for your lives.”^m