Exodus 30:15
The rich man shall not add to half a sicle, and the poor man shall diminish nothing.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Dives non addet ad medium sicli, et pauper nihil minuet.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ὁ πλουτῶν οὐ προσθήσει καὶ ὁ πενόμενος οὐκ ἐλαττονήσει ἀπὸ τοῦ ἡμίσους τοῦ διδράχμου, ἐν τῷ διδόναι τὴν εἰσφορὰν Κυρίῳ ἐξιλάσασθαι περὶ τῶν ψυχῶν ὑμῶν.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- הֶֽעָשִׁ֣יר לֹֽא יַרְבֶּ֗ה וְהַדַּל֙ לֹ֣א יַמְעִ֔יט מִֽמַּחֲצִ֖ית הַשָּׁ֑קֶל לָתֵת֙ אֶת תְּרוּמַ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה לְכַפֵּ֖ר עַל נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶֽם
Haydock's commentary
Rich. The life of every man is equal in the sight of God, and He will not give the rich occasion to despise his poor neighbour. Thus also the number of the people would be ascertained. (Menochius)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.