< Exodus 30 >

1 And you will make an altar a place of smoke of incense wood of acacia you will make it.
And you shall make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shall you make it.
2 [will be] a cubit Length its and [will be] a cubit breadth its square it will be and [will be] two cubits height its [will be] from it horns its.
A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same.
3 And you will overlay it gold pure top its and sides its all around and horns its and you will make for it a molding of gold all around.
And you shall overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and you shall make unto it a crown of gold round about.
4 And two rings of gold you will make for it - from under to molding its on [the] two sides its you will make [them] on [the] two sides its and it will become holders for poles to carry it by them.
And two golden rings shall you make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shall you make it; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it likewise.
5 And you will make the poles wood of acacia and you will overlay them gold.
And you shall make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
6 And you will put it before the curtain which [is] on [the] ark of the testimony before the atonement cover which [is] on the testimony where I will meet you there.
And you shall put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with you.
7 And he will make smoke on it Aaron incense of perfume in the morning in the morning when makes good he the lamps he will make smoke it.
And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresses the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
8 And when lifts up Aaron the lamps between the evenings he will make smoke it incense of continuity before Yahweh to generations your.
And when Aaron lights the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.
9 Not you must offer up on it incense strange and a burnt offering and a grain offering and a drink offering not you must pour out on it.
All of you shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor food offering; neither shall all of you pour drink offering thereon.
10 And he will make atonement Aaron on horns its one [time] in the year from [the] blood of [the] sin offering of atonement one [time] in the year he will make atonement on it to generations your [is] holiness of holiness it to Yahweh.
And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the LORD.
11 And he spoke Yahweh to Moses saying.
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,
12 That you will take [the] sum of [the] people of Israel of enrolled [men] them and they will give everyone [the] ransom of life his to Yahweh when enroll them and not it will be among them a plague when enroll them.
When you take the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when you number them; that there be no plague among them, when you number them.
13 This - they will pay every [one who] passes over to those [who] are enrolled [the] half of the shekel by [the] shekel of the holy place [is] twenty gerah[s] the shekel half of the shekel [is] a contribution to Yahweh.
This they shall give, every one that passes among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs: ) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD.
14 Every [one who] passes over to those [who] are enrolled from a son of twenty year[s] and up-wards he will pay [the] contribution of Yahweh.
Every one that passes among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD.
15 The rich [person] not he will make much and the poor [person] not he will make little more than [the] half of the shekel by paying [the] contribution of Yahweh to make atonement on selves your.
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.
16 And you will take [the] money of atonement from with [the] people of Israel and you will give it on [the] service of [the] tent of meeting and it will become for [the] people of Israel a memorial before Yahweh to make atonement on selves your.
And you shall take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shall appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.
17 And he spoke Yahweh to Moses saying.
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,
18 And you will make a laver of bronze and base of its bronze for washing and you will put it between [the] tent of meeting and between the altar and you will put there water.
You shall also make a vessel that holds water of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash likewise: and you shall put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and you shall put water therein.
19 And they will wash Aaron and sons his from it hands their and feet their.
For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:
20 When go they into [the] tent of meeting they will wash water and not they will die or when draw near they to the altar to serve to make smoke a fire offering to Yahweh.
When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD:
21 And they will wash hands their and feet their and not they will die and it will be for them a decree of perpetuity for him and for offspring his to generations their.
So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.
22 And he spoke Yahweh to Moses saying.
Moreover the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,
23 And you take for yourself spices [the] best myrrh of flowing five hundred and cinnamon of spice half its fifty and two hundred and cane of spice fifty and two hundred.
Take you also unto you principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,
24 And cassia five hundred by [the] shekel of the holy place and oil of olive a hin.
And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:
25 And you will make it oil of anointing of holiness perfume of an ointment-pot [the] work of a perfumer oil of anointing of holiness it will be.
And you shall make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the are of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.
26 And you will anoint with it [the] tent of meeting and [the] ark of the testimony.
And you shall anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony,
27 And the table and all articles its and the lampstand and articles its and [the] altar of incense.
And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense,
28 And [the] altar of the burnt offering and all articles its and the laver and base its.
And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the vessel that holds water and his foot.
29 And you will consecrate them and they will be holiness of holiness every [thing which] touches them it will be holy.
And you shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever touches them shall be holy.
30 And Aaron and sons his you will anoint and you will consecrate them to serve as priests me.
And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.
31 And to [the] people of Israel you will speak saying oil of anointing of holiness it will be this of me to generations your.
And you shall speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.
32 On [the] body of a person not it will be poured and in proportion[s] its not you must make like it [is] a holy thing it a holy thing it will be to you.
Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall all of you make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you.
33 Anyone who he will mix like it and who he will put any of it on a stranger and he will be cut off from kinspeople his.
Whosoever compounds any like it, or whosoever puts any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.
34 And he said Yahweh to Moses take for yourself spices stacte - and onycha and galbanum spices and frankincense pure a part in a part it will be.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto you sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:
35 And you will make it incense perfume [the] work of a perfumer salted pure a holy thing.
And you shall make it a perfume, a confection after the are of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:
36 And you will beat fine some of it finely and you will put some of it before the testimony in [the] tent of meeting where I will meet you there holiness of holiness it will be to you.
And you shall beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with you: it shall be unto you most holy.
37 And the incense which you will make in proportion[s] its not you must make for yourselves a holy thing it will be to you to Yahweh.
And as for the perfume which you shall make, all of you shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto you holy for the LORD.
38 Anyone who he will make like it to smell it and he will be cut off from kinspeople his.
Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.

< Exodus 30 >