13. Everyone included in the census must pay the required amount of money, weighed according to the official standard. Everyone must pay this as an offering to me.
14. Everyone being counted in the census, that is, every man twenty years old or older, is to pay me this amount.
15. The rich man is not to pay more, nor the poor man less, when they pay this amount for their lives.
16. Collect this money from the people of Israel and spend it for the upkeep of the Tent of my presence. This tax will be the payment for their lives, and I will remember to protect them.”
17. The Lord said to Moses,
18. “Make a bronze basin with a bronze base. Place it between the Tent and the altar, and put water in it.