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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 30:12

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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30:12 no plague: Cp. 2 Sam 24, when a plague followed upon David’s unauthorized census. Perhaps a census was often taken for reasons of pride and domination. Here the people are giving God a ransom for themselves. This standard payment would go into the Tabernacle treasury and initially be used in the construction of the Tabernacle (see Exod 38:25-26).
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