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The Sanctuary's Foundation
Commentators explain that the atonement money was used for a specific, visible purpose: to create the silver sockets that formed the foundation for the tabernacle's walls and pillars. This meant the ransom payment was a constant, physical "memorial" integrated into the very structure of their place of worship, reminding them of their redemption.
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Exodus
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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 30:11–16
18th Century
Theologian
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Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 30:16
19th Century
Bishop
Thou shalt ... appoint it for the service of the tabernacle. —It appears, by Exodus 38:27-28, that the silver collected b…
John Gill
On Exodus 30:16
17th Century
Pastor
And you shall take the atonement money of the children of
Israel
The half shekel, the…
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Matthew Henry
On Exodus 30:11–16
17th Century
Minister
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…