Receive the atonement money from the Israelites and use it for the service of the tent of meeting. It will be a memorial for the Israelites before the Lord, making atonement for your lives. The ransom money collected from the census is designated for the tent of meeting's service — specifically, for the bronze bases of the tabernacle frames (Exodus 38:25–27). The foundation of the tabernacle literally rests on the atonement money of the entire community. The memorial that the census tax creates before the Lord is the memorial that the silver bases embody: every time the tabernacle stands in its frames, the atonement of the entire community is built into its foundation. The sanctuary is funded by the ransom of those who worship in it.

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