Mitzvah #119 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„Each male Israelite must give a half shekel annually“
Scripture Reference: EXO 30:13 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Ki Tisa)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
"This is what everyone who is numbered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as a contribution to the LORD.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
יג זֶה יִתְּנוּ, כָּל-הָעֹבֵר עַל-הַפְּקֻדִים--מַחֲצִית הַשֶּׁקֶל, בְּשֶׁקֶל הַקֹּדֶשׁ: עֶשְׂרִים גֵּרָה, הַשֶּׁקֶל--מַחֲצִית הַשֶּׁקֶל, תְּרוּמָה לַיהוָה.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
13 καὶ τοῦτό ἐστιν ὃ δώσουσιν ὅσοι ἂν παραπορεύωνται τὴν ἐπίσκεψιν· τὸ ἥμισυ τοῦ διδράχμου, ὅ ἐστιν κατὰ τὸ δίδραχμον τὸ ἅγιον· εἴκοσι ὀβολοὶ τὸ δίδραχμον, τὸ δὲ ἥμισυ τοῦ διδράχμου εἰσφορὰ κυρίῳ.
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Ki Tisa
Sefer HaChinuch Number #105
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Times (Buch 3)
Section: Shekels
Systematic Category (P119f) Appointed Times