Sabbath Reading 3/6/26

Ki Tisa (When You Take)

Exodus 30:11-34:35

1 Kings 18:1-39

Matthew 17:1-13

Luke 11:14-20

Acts 7:37-8:1

1 Corinthians 10:1-3

2 Corinthians 3:1-18

The Numbering of the Israelites and preparation for the building of the tabernacle

Exodus 30:11-13, "ADONAI said to Moshe, 'When you take a census of the people of Isra'el and register them, each, upon registration, is to pay a ransom for his life to ADONAI, to avoid any breakout of plague among them during the time of the census.' Everyone subject to the census is to pay as an offering to ADONAI half a shekel [one-fifth of an ounce of silver]—by the standard of the sanctuary shekel (a shekel equals twenty gerahs).

Everyone over twenty years of age was to give this offering to ADONAI to atone for his/her life, and that atonement money was to be used in the service in the tent of meeting so that it would serve as a reminder of the people of Isra'el before ADONAI to atone for their lives. The poor had to give the same amount as the rich; each life valued the same regardless of wealth.

Moreover, the Most High was giving detailed instructions regarding the Tabernacle and its furnishings and let Moshe know that He, the Most High, had chosen those to construct the Tabernacle.