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

THE RANSOM OF SOULS.
When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel. —A formal enrollment and …

When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel. The tribute which God here demands at the taking of the census is very fittingly conne…

When you take the sum of the children of Israel, after
their number An account of them, how many they are; whi…

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…
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