15. The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give the offering unto the Lord to make reconciliation for your souls.
16. And thou shalt take the reconciliation money of the sons of Israel and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the testimony, and it shall be a memorial unto the sons of Israel before the Lord to reconcile your souls.
17. And the Lord spoke further unto Moses, saying,
18. Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and its base also of brass, to wash with; and thou shalt place it between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar, and thou shalt put water in it.
19. And from it Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet.
20. When they go into the tabernacle of the testimony, they shall wash with water that they not die, or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn the offering unto the Lord that must be consumed by fire,
21. they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they not die. And he and his seed shall have it as a perpetual statute throughout their generations.
22. The Lord spoke further unto Moses, saying,