הֶֽעָשִׁ֣יר לֹֽא־יַרְבֶּ֗ה וְהַדַּל֙ לֹ֣א יַמְעִ֔יט מִֽמַּחֲצִ֖ית הַשָּׁ֑קֶל לָתֵת֙ אֶת־תְּרוּמַ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה לְכַפֵּ֖ר עַל־נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶֽם׃
Le riche ne donnera pas plus, le pauvre ne donnera pas moins que la moitié du sicle, pour acquitter l’impôt de l’Éternel, à l’effet de racheter vos personnes.
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,