Exodus 30
1 And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it.
And you shall make the altar of incense of incorruptible wood.
2 A cubit shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be its height: its horns shall be of the same.
And you shall make it a cubit in length, and a cubit in breadth: it shall be square; and the height of it shall be of two cubits, its horns shall be of the same piece.
3 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, its top, and its sides all around, and its horns; and thou shalt make for it a crown of gold all around.
And you shall gild its grate with pure gold, and its sides round about, and its horns; and you shall make for it a wreathen border of gold roundabout.
4 And two golden rings shalt thou make for it under its crown, by its two corners, upon its two sides shalt thou make it; and they shall be for places for the staffs to bear it with.
And you shall make under its wreathen border two rings of pure gold; you shall make it to the two corners on the two sides, and they shall be bearings for the staves, so as to bear it with them.
5 And thou shalt make the staffs of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
And you shall make the staves of incorruptible wood, and shall gild them with gold.
6 And thou shalt put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.
And you shall set it before the veil that is over the ark of the testimonies, wherein I will make myself known to you from thence.
7 And Aaron shall burn on it sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
And Aaron shall burn upon it fine compound incense every morning; whenever he trims the lamps he shall burn incense upon it.
8 And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at the evening, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.
And when Aaron lights the lamps in the evening, he shall burn incense upon it; a constant incense-offering always before the Lord for their generations.
9 Ye shall offer no strange incense on it, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering on it.
And you shall not offer strange incense upon it, [nor] and offering made by fire, [nor] a sacrifice; and you shall not pour a drink-offering upon it.
10 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 a year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy to the LORD.
And once in the year Aaron shall make atonement on its horns, he shall purge it with the blood of purification for their generations: it is most holy to the Lord.
11 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
12 When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul to the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there may be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.
If you take account of the children of Israel in the surveying of them, and they shall give every one a ransom for his soul to the Lord, then there shall not be amongst them a destruction in the visiting of them.
13 This they shall give, every one that passeth 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.
And this is what they shall give, as many as pass the survey, half a didrachm which is according to the didrachm of the sanctuary: twenty oboli [go to] the didrachm, but the half of the didrachm is the offering to the Lord.
14 Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering to the LORD.
Every one that passes the survey from twenty years old and upwards shall give the offering to the Lord.
15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering to the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than the half didrachm in giving the offering to the Lord, to make atonement for your souls.
16 And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial to the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.
And you shall take the money of the offering from the children of Israel, and shall give it for the service of the tabernacle of testimony; and it shall be to the children of Israel a memorial before the Lord, to make atonement for your souls.
17 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
18 Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and its foot also of brass, to wash in: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water in it.
Make a brazen laver, and a brazen base for it, for washing; and you shall put it between the tabernacle of witness and the altar, and you shall pour forth water into it.
19 For Aaron and their sons shall wash their hands and their feet from it:
And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet with water from it.
20 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 to the LORD:
Whenever they shall go into the tabernacle of witness, they shall wash themselves with water, so they shall not die, whenever they advance to the altar to do service and to offer the whole burnt offerings to the Lord.
21 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.
They shall wash their hands and feet with water, whenever they shall go into the tabernacle of witness; they shall wash themselves with water, that they die not; and it shall be for them a perpetual statute, for him and his posterity after him.
22 Moreover the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
23 Take thou also to thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half as much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,
Do you also take sweet herbs, the flower of choice myrrh five hundred shekels, and the half of this two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet smelling cinnamon, and two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet smelling calamus,
24 And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil an hin:
and of cassia five hundred shekels of the sanctuary, and a hin of olive oil.
25 And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the perfumer: it shall be an holy anointing oil.
And you shall make it a holy anointing oil, a perfumed ointment [tempered] by the are of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.
26 And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation with it, and the ark of the testimony,
And you shall anoint with it the tabernacle of witness, and the ark of the tabernacle of witness,
27 And the table and all its vessels, and the lampstand and its vessels, and the altar of incense,
and all its furniture, and the candlestick and all its furniture, and the altar of incense,
28 And the altar of burnt offering with all its vessels, and the laver and its foot.
and the altar of whole burnt offerings and all its furniture, and the table and all its furniture, and the laver.
29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatever toucheth them shall be holy.
And you shall sanctify them, and they shall be most holy: every one that touches them shall be hallowed.
30 And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister to me in the priest’s office.
And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them that they may minister to me as priests.
31 And thou shalt speak to the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil to me throughout your generations.
And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, This shall be to you a holy anointing oil throughout your generations.
32 Upon man’s flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy to you.
On man's flesh it shall not be poured, and you shall not make [any] for yourselves according to this composition: it is holy, and shall be holiness to you.
33 Whoever compoundeth any like it, or whoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.
Whosoever shall make it in like manner, and whoever shall give of it to a stranger, shall be destroyed from amongst his people.
34 And the LORD said to Moses, Take to thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:
And the Lord said to Moses, Take for yourself sweet herbs, stacte, onycha, sweet galbanum, and transparent frankincense; there shall be an equal weight of each.
35 And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the perfumer, tempered together, pure and holy:
And they shall make with it perfumed incense, tempered with the are of a perfumer, a pure holy work.
36 And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be to you most holy.
And of these you shall beat some small, and you shall put it before the testimonies in the tabernacle of testimony, whence I will make myself known to you: it shall be to you a most holy incense.
37 And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to its composition: it shall be to thee holy for the LORD.
You shall not make any for yourselves according to this composition; it shall be to you a holy thing for the Lord.
38 Whoever shall make any like it, to smell it, shall even be cut off from his people.
Whosoever shall make any in like manner, so as to smell it, shall perish from his people.
