הֶֽעָשִׁ֣יר לֹֽא־יַרְבֶּ֗ה וְהַדַּל֙ לֹ֣א יַמְעִ֔יט מִֽמַּחֲצִ֖ית הַשָּׁ֑קֶל לָתֵת֙ אֶת־תְּרוּמַ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה לְכַפֵּ֖ר עַל־נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶֽם׃
Der Reiche gebe nicht mehr und der Arme nicht weniger denn einen halben Sekel als Gabe des Herrn zu eurer Sühnung.
Who is the Heir of Divine Things
[189] With reason then will Moses say, “He that is rich shall not add, and he that is poor shall not diminish, from the half of the didrachmon” (Ex. 30:15). That half, as I said, is both a drachma and a unit, to which every number might well address the words of the poet,