Exodus 30:14

“Everyone who passes over to those numbered, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the contribution of YHWH.”

Exodus 30:14 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 30:14, word by word

who passes overעֹבֵרover

pass

To get over a river, or go through a land.

Where else “over” appears
those numberedפְּקֻדִיםpekudim

count

To list a people, how many there are.

Where else “pekudim” appears
twentyעֶשְׂרִיםesrim

twenty

Twenty; also "twentieth".

Where else “esrim” appears
years oldבֶּןben

years old

To give someone's age, how long they have lived.

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years oldשָׁנָהshana

year

Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.

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and upwardמָעְלָmala

above

Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".

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shall giveיִתֵּןyiten

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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the contributionתְּרוּמַתterumat

contribution

Contribution: what is set apart from one's goods to give to God; also a portion set aside or a gift.

Where else “terumat” appears
of YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

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.

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The context

13This 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.

14 · This verse (above)

15The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when giving the contribution of YHWH to make expiation for your lives.

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