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Exd 38:26 — A bekah for every man, [that is], half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty [men].

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

bekah		Exd 30:13,15,16
every man		Heb. a poll. Num 1:46
six hundred		Exd 12:37; Num 1:46

Correlating Passages

bekah

	Exd 30:13	This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel [is] twenty gerahs:) an half shekel [shall be] the offering of the LORD.
	Exd 30:15	The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when [they] give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.
	Exd 30:16	And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.

every man

Num 1:46

Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

six hundred

	Exd 12:37	And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot [that were] men, beside children.
	Num 1:46	Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

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Scott, Thomas. "Exodus 38:26," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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