The atonement money and the laver. “When you take the census of the Israelites, each one shall give a ransom for himself to the LORD when you count them, so that no plague will come on them when you number them. Exo 30:12
INTRODUCTION TO THE OLD TESTAMENT
The Nation Israel Delivered and Organized
III. ISRAEL AT SINAI, Exodus 19:1-40:38
4. Moses in the Mount; Directions for the Tabernacle, Exodus 24:12-31:18
59. Why was atonement money required of all? Of what does the laver remind us?
THE CENSUS TAX
Then the LORD said to Moses,
“When you take the census of the Israelites, each one shall give a ransom for himself to the LORD when you count them, so that no plague will come on them when you number them. [Rom_8:1-4]
This is what everyone who is counted shall give [as he joins those already counted]: a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel (the shekel is twenty gerahs); a half shekel as a contribution to the LORD.
Everyone who is counted, from twenty years old and over, [as he joins those already counted], shall give this contribution to the LORD. [Mat_10:24; 1Pe_1:18-19]
The rich shall not give more and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when you give this contribution to the LORD to make atonement for yourselves.
You shall take the atonement money from the Israelites and use it [exclusively] for the service of the Tent of Meeting, so that it may be a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD, to make atonement for yourselves.”
THE BRONZE BASIN
Then the LORD said to Moses,
“You shall also make a basin of bronze, with a base of bronze, for washing. You shall put it [outside in the court] between the Tent of Meeting and the altar [of burnt offering], and you shall put water in it.
Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet.
When they enter the Tent of Meeting, they shall wash with water, so that they will not die. Also, when they approach the altar to minister, to burn an offering in the fire to the LORD [they shall do the same]. [Joh_13:6-8]
They shall wash their hands and their feet, so that they will not die; it shall be a perpetual statute for them, for Aaron and his descendants throughout their generations.”
Comments by
F.B.Meyer
On
Exodus 30:11-21
THE ATONEMENT MONEY AND THE LAVER
The atonement money was paid by all alike, to remind them that they were a redeemed race, and that so far as their value was concerned, neither rank, nor age, nor money made any difference. See Rom_3:22-24; Rom_10:12-13. The rich might not give more, lest he be made proud; the poor must not give less, so that he might be leveled up by the common mercy of God.
The laver reminds us of our need of daily washing. See Joh_13:1-38. It is very necessary to our peace and strength to repair constantly to Christ with confession and prayer. See 1Jn_1:6-7. The laver was made out of the looking-glasses of the women. See Exo_38:8. It was a good use for them, and was altogether appropriate, for the Word of God is compared to a mirror for its revealing qualities, and to water for cleansing. See Jas_1:23; Eph_5:26.
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