Ki Tisa כי תשא

Ki-Tisa (“When You Elevate”) opens as God tells Moses to collect a half-shekel donation from all Israelite adult males and to anoint the Mishkan (Tabernacle), its vessels, and the priests. The Israelites worship the golden calf, and Moses breaks the tablets. Moses beseeches God to forgive, returning with a second set of tablets.

Summary: Sefaria

וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר׃

^30:11 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:

כִּי תִשָּׂא אֶת־רֹאשׁ בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל לִפְקֻדֵיהֶם וְנָתְנוּ אִישׁ כֹּפֶר נַפְשׁוֹ לַיהוָה בִּפְקֹד אֹתָם וְלֹא־יִהְיֶה בָהֶם נֶגֶף בִּפְקֹד אֹתָם׃

^30:12 ’When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel, according to their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.

זֶה יִתְּנוּ כָּל־הָעֹבֵר עַל־הַפְּקֻדִים מַחֲצִית הַשֶּׁקֶל בְּשֶׁקֶל הַקֹּדֶשׁ עֶשְׂרִים גֵּרָה הַשֶּׁקֶל מַחֲצִית הַשֶּׁקֶל תְּרוּמָה לַיהוָה׃

^30:13 This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary—the shekel is twenty gerahs—half a shekel for an offering to the LORD.

Exodus 30:11–13 · Hebrew: Tanach with Nikkud · English: JPS 1917 · public domain, via Sefaria