Half a shekel...Pt 1

- "Exo 30:15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less
than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an
atonement for your souls."

Half a shekel. That's not a lot to pay for atonement. It can't be that
cheap! But that was the 'price' of the offering the people would give during
a census to make atonement of their souls.
No more, no less. Rich or poor, young or old, sick or healthy, there only
one price, a fixed rate for atonement. While it was not too expensive that
poor couldn't afford it, no room was given for the rich to boast by giving
more. All paid the (token) price of atonement on equal standing.

- Rom 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal
life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
Just as the wages of sin, whether we're rich or poor, young or old, is the
same - death, praise be to God, price of redemption that has been paid is
the same - the perfect blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. Rich or poor, we come
to the Lord on equal ground, the finished work of Christ on the cross. That
was the once and for all offering for our sanctification (Heb 10:10).