Exodus 30:10–16

¹⁰“Aaron shall ^amake atonement on its horns once a year; he shall make atonement on it with the blood of the sin offering of atonement once a year throughout your generations. It is most holy to the Lord.”

¹¹The Lord also spoke to Moses, saying,

¹²“When you take ^aa ¹census of the sons of Israel ²to number them, then each one of them shall give ^ba ransom for ³himself to the Lord, when you ⁴number them, so that there will be no plague among them when you number them.

¹³“This is what everyone who ¹is numbered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (^athe shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as a ²contribution to the Lord.

¹⁴“Everyone who ¹is numbered, from twenty years old and over, shall give the ²contribution to the Lord.

¹⁵“The rich shall not pay more and the poor shall not pay less than the half shekel, when you give the ¹contribution to the Lord to make atonement for ²yourselves.

¹⁶“You shall take the atonement money from the sons of Israel and shall give it for the service of the tent of meeting, that it may be a memorial for the sons of Israel before the Lord, to make atonement for ¹yourselves.”