Study it in the app“This they shall give, everyone who passes over to those numbered: half a shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as a contribution to YHWH.”
Thisזֶהthey shall give,יִתְּנוּeveryoneכָּל הָwho passes overעֹבֵרtoעַלthose numbered:הַפְּקֻדִיםhalfמַחֲצִיתa shekel,הַשֶּׁקֶלby the shekelבְּשֶׁקֶלof the sanctuaryהַקֹּדֶשׁ(the shekelהַשֶּׁקֶלis twentyעֶשְׂרִיםgerahs),גֵּרָהhalfמַחֲצִיתa shekelהַשֶּׁקֶלas a contributionתְּרוּמָהto YHWH.לַיהוָה
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yitnu” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “over” appearscount
To list a people, how many there are.
Where else “pekudim” appearshalf
One of the two equal parts of something, like «half a shekel» or half of a tribe.
Where else “machatsit” appearsshekel
Shekel: a weight of about 11 grams. Since there were no coins, silver was weighed, so a shekel is also an amount of money.
Where else “shekel” appearssanctuary
The sacred enclosure where God was served: the sanctuary and its innermost room.
Where else “kodesh” appearstwenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appearsgerah
Gerah: the smallest weight, a twentieth of a shekel (a little over half a gram).
Where else “gera” appearscontribution
Contribution: what is set apart from one's goods to give to God; also a portion set aside or a gift.
Where else “teruma” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yhva” appearsHalf a shekel was about 6 grams of silver. Compare Matthew 17:24.
12“When you take the census of the sons of Israel by their numbering, each shall give a compensation for his life to YHWH when they are numbered, so that there will be no plague among them when they are numbered.
13 · This verse (above)
14Everyone who passes over to those numbered, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the contribution of YHWH.
