Exodus 30:15

30:15 The rich are not to increase it, ¹  and the poor are not to pay less than the half shekel when giving ²  the offering of the Lord, to make atonement ³  for your lives.

Exodus 38:26

38:26 one beka per person, that is, a half shekel, ⁴  according to the sanctuary shekel, for everyone who crossed over to those numbered, from twenty years old or older, ⁵  603,550 in all. ⁶ 

¹ tn Or “pay more.”

² tn The form is לָתֵת (latet), the Qal infinitive construct with the lamed preposition. The infinitive here is explaining the preceding verbs. They are not to increase or diminish the amount “in paying the offering.” The construction approximates a temporal clause.

³ tn This infinitive construct (לְכַפֵּר, lÿkhapper) provides the purpose of the giving the offering – to atone.

⁴ sn The weight would be about half an ounce.

⁵ tn Heb “upward.”

⁶ tn The phrase “in all” has been supplied.