12. 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.
13. This shall they give--every one that passeth among them that are numbered--half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary, --twenty gerahs the shekel; a half shekel shall be the heave-offering for Jehovah.
14. Every one that passeth among those that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give the heave-offering of Jehovah.
15. The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when ye give the heave-offering of Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.
16. And thou shalt take the atonement-money of the children of Israel, and devote it to the service of the tent of meeting; and it shall be a memorial to the children of Israel before Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.
17. And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
18. Thou shalt also make a laver of copper, and its stand of copper, for washing; and thou shalt put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and shalt put water in it.