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Positive Commandment #119 of 613

Each male Israelite must give a half shekel annually

Commandment #119a positive obligation from Exodus 30:13, classified under Appointed Times in the 613 commandments of the Torah.

Scripture

"This is what everyone who is numbered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as a contribution to the LORD.

Exodus 30:13

Hebrew

יג זֶה יִתְּנוּ, כָּל-הָעֹבֵר עַל-הַפְּקֻדִים--מַחֲצִית הַשֶּׁקֶל, בְּשֶׁקֶל הַקֹּדֶשׁ: עֶשְׂרִים גֵּרָה, הַשֶּׁקֶל--מַחֲצִית הַשֶּׁקֶל, תְּרוּמָה לַיהוָה.

Greek (Septuagint)

13 καὶ τοῦτό ἐστιν ὃ δώσουσιν ὅσοι ἂν παραπορεύωνται τὴν ἐπίσκεψιν· τὸ ἥμισυ τοῦ διδράχμου, ὅ ἐστιν κατὰ τὸ δίδραχμον τὸ ἅγιον· εἴκοσι ὀβολοὶ τὸ δίδραχμον, τὸ δὲ ἥμισυ τοῦ διδράχμου εἰσφορὰ κυρίῳ.

Classification

Type
Positive (Thou Shalt)
Book
exodus
Chapter
30

Scholarly References

Parashah
Ki Tisa
Sefer HaChinuch
#105
Mishneh Torah
TimesShekels

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