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NASB | Exodus 30:13 "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. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Exodus 30:13 "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. |
Bible Question:
"Christ's Crucifixion did not bring an end to the animal sacrifices, but the destruction of the Temple did in 70ad". YenlsaRap, Who was sacrificing in the temple before its destruction? Were followers of Christ sacrificing in the Temple? Ephesians 5:2 And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. Stand in His grace, WOS |
Bible Answer: Dear WOS, Not butting in, just a thought. It is important to read the last chapters of Hebrews (and the whole of the hebrews) against a Jewish Christian background. It was written, it would seem, shortly before AD70. Internal evidence suggests this - (the present tense is used when speaking about priests ministering in Temple etc). We have an altar, which they have no right to eat who serve the tabernacle - heb 13v10. While initially in the early Acts the disciples gathered at the temple it was clear later on that there was a growing divide between Christianity and the Jewish religion. (From God's standpoint, it was finished at Calvary with a rejected Son and a rent vail from top to bottom - it takes until AD70 to work it out fully on the ground). As to sacrifices before the Cross, they pointed toward it. In the Millenial Temple (Ezekiel), they will be pointing back to it in rememberance (just as the Lord's Supper does for Christians). Andrew |