1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Exodus 30:12 | *When thou shalt take the sum of the children of Israel, according to their number, every one of them shall give a price for their souls to the Lord, and there shall be no scourge among them, when they shall be reckoned. Numbers 1:3. | Sum. David perhaps neglected this injunction. (2 Kings xxiv; Josephus, Antiquities 7:10.) Yet we do not read that Moses took the half sicle when he numbered the people, Numbers 1:Whence others gather, that this sum was to be paid every year, as it was done in our Saviour's time, for the support of the temple, Matthew 17:23. Vespasian ordered the Jews to pay the same money for the capitol. (Josephus, Jewish Wars 7:13.) After the captivity, the third part of a sicle was demanded, 2 Esdras 10:32. (Calmet) |