Under the Law Atonement: Necessary For: Ransoming

In making the offering to the LORD to atone for your lives, the rich shall not give more than a half shekel, nor shall the poor give less.

Take the atonement money from the Israelites and use it for the service of the Tent of Meeting. It will serve as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD to make atonement for your lives.”

…to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’