The Ransom of Souls. - [Exodus 38:25–28]. On comparing these words with those of [Numbers 1:1–3]…

Half a shekel. —When shekels came to be coined, they were round pieces of silver, about the circumference of a shilling, but consi…

This they shall give, everyone that passes among them
that are numbered
And their num…

The tribute was half a shekel, equivalent to about fifteen pence. The rich were not to give more, nor the poor less; the souls of the rich and poor…