הֶֽעָשִׁ֣יר לֹֽא־יַרְבֶּ֗ה וְהַדַּל֙ לֹ֣א יַמְעִ֔יט מִֽמַּחֲצִ֖ית הַשָּׁ֑קֶל לָתֵת֙ אֶת־תְּרוּמַ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה לְכַפֵּ֖ר עַל־נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶֽם׃
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of the LORD, to make atonement for your souls.
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,