Exodus 30:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

And you shall take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shall appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of meeting; that it may be a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD, to make atonement for your souls.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלָקַחְתָּ֞ אֶת־כֶּ֣סֶף הַכִּפֻּרִ֗ים מֵאֵת֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְנָתַתָּ֣ אֹת֔וֹ עַל־עֲבֹדַ֖ת אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד וְהָיָה֩ לִבְנֵ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל לְזִכָּרוֹן֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה לְכַפֵּ֖ר עַל־נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

wə-lāqaḥtā ʾet-kesep hakkippurîm mēʾēt bənê yiśrāʾēl wə-nātattā ʾōtô ʿal-ʿăbōdat ʾōhel môʿēd wə-hāyāh libnê yiśrāʾēl ləzikkārôn lipnê YHWH ləkappēr ʿal-napšōtêkem

Grammar Details

• *wə-lāqaḥtā*: conjunction + perfect verb, 2nd person masculine singular qal - and you shall take
• *ʾet-kesep*: direct object marker + noun, masculine singular construct - the silver/money of
• *hakkippurîm*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the atonements
• *mēʾēt*: preposition + direct object marker - from
• *bənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *wə-nātattā*: conjunction + perfect verb, 2nd person masculine singular qal - and you shall give
• *ʾōtô*: direct object marker + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - it
• *ʿal-ʿăbōdat*: preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - for service of
• *ʾōhel*: noun, masculine singular construct - tent of
• *môʿēd*: noun, masculine singular - meeting
• *wə-hāyāh*: conjunction + perfect verb, 3rd person masculine singular qal - and it shall be
• *libnê*: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - for sons of
• *ləzikkārôn*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - for memorial
• *lipnê*: preposition + noun, plural construct - before
• *YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD
• *ləkappēr*: preposition + infinitive construct piel - to atone
• *ʿal-napšōtêkem*: preposition + noun, feminine plural construct + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - for your souls

Word Meanings

• *kesep hakkippurîm*: atonement money, redemption silver
• *ʿăbōdat ʾōhel môʿēd*: service of the tent of meeting, work of the tabernacle
• *zikkārôn*: memorial, reminder, remembrance

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  You shall take the atonement money from the Israelites and use it for the service of the tent of meeting. It will be a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD, to make atonement for your lives.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And thou shalt take{H3947} the atonement{H3725} money{H3701} from the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} and shalt appoint{H5414} it for the service{H5656} of the tent{H168} of meeting;{H4150} that it may be a memorial{H2146} for the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} before{H6440} Jehovah,{H3068} to make atonement{H3722} for your souls.{H5315}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And thou shalt take{H3947}{(H8804)} the atonement{H3725} money{H3701} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, and shalt appoint{H5414}{(H8804)} it for the service{H5656} of the tabernacle{H168} of the congregation{H4150}; that it may be a memorial{H2146} unto the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068}, to make an atonement{H3722}{(H8763)} for your souls{H5315}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And thou shalt take the reconcylinge money of the children of Israel and shalt put it vnto the vse of the tabernacle of witnesse, and it shall be a memoriall of the childern of Israel before the Lorde, to make attonement for their foules.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And this money of recocilinge shalt thou take of the children of Israel, & put it to the Gods seruyce of the Tabernacle of wytnes, that it maye be a remembraunce vnto the children of Israel before the LORDE, that he maye let himself be reconcyled ouer their soules.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  So thou shalt take the money of the redemption of the children of Israel, and shalt put it vnto the vse of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, that it may be a memoriall vnto the children of Israel before the Lorde for the redemption of your liues.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And thou shalt take the reconsilyng monye of the children of Israel, and shalt put it vnto the vse of the tabernacle of the congregation, that it may be a memoriall vnto the chyldren of Israel before the Lord, that he may haue mercie vpon your soules.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You shall take the atonement money from the children of Israel, and shall appoint it for the service of the tent of meeting; that it may be a memorial for the children of Israel before Yahweh, to make atonement for your souls."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And thou hast taken the atonement-money from the sons of Israel, and hast given it for the service of the tent of meeting; and it hath been to the sons of Israel for a memorial before Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And thou shalt take the atonement money from the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tent of meeting; that it may be a memorial for the children of Israel before Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And thou shalt take the atonement money from the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tent of meeting; that it may be a memorial for the children of Israel before Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And you are to take this money from the children of Israel to be used for the work of the Tent of meeting, to keep the memory of the children of Israel before the Lord and to be the price of your lives.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You shall take the atonement money from the children of Israel, and shall appoint it for the service of the Tent of Meeting; that it may be a memorial for the children of Israel before Yahweh, to make atonement for your souls."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You are to receive the atonement money from the Israelites and give it for the service of the tent of meeting. It will be a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD, to make atonement for your lives.”

Referenced Verses

• Exod 38:25-31 : 25 The silver from those numbered of the congregation was one hundred talents and one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary. 26 A bekah per person, that is, half a shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary, for everyone who crossed over to those counted, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty men. 27 From the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil; one hundred sockets from the hundred talents, a talent per socket. 28 From the one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, overlaid their capitals and banded them. 29 The bronze of the offering was seventy talents and two thousand four hundred shekels. 30 With it he made the sockets for the entrance to the tent of meeting, the bronze altar, the bronze grate for it, and all the utensils of the altar, 31 The sockets of the court all around, the sockets of the court gate, all the pegs of the tabernacle, and all the pegs of the court all around.
• Num 16:40 : 40 To be a memorial to the children of Israel, that no outsider, who is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he not be like Korah, and like his company: as the LORD said to him through Moses.
• Neh 10:32-33 : 32 Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God; 33 For the showbread, for the continual grain offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the Sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.
• Luke 22:19 : 19 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and broke it, and gave to them, saying, This is my body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of me.
• Exod 12:14 : 14 And this day shall be to you a memorial; and you shall keep it as a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; you shall keep it as a feast by an ordinance forever.