Exodus 30:10–16

¹⁰And ^hAaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood ⁱof the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the Lord.

¹¹And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, ^12kWhen thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after ^†their number, then shall they give every man ^la ransom for his soul unto the Lord, when thou numberest them; that there be no ^mplague among them, when thou numberest them. ¹³This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: ⁿ(a shekel is twenty gerahs:) ^oan half shekel shall be the offering of the Lord. 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 ^patonement for your souls. ¹⁶And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and ^qshalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be ^ra memorial unto the children of Israel before the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.