Exodus 30

1 “You are also to make an altar of acacia wood for the burning of incense.

2 It is to be square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high. Its horns must be of one piece.

3 Overlay with pure gold the top and all the sides and horns, and make a molding of gold around it.

4 And make two gold rings below the molding on opposite sides to hold the poles used to carry it.

5 Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

6 Place the altar in front of the veil that is before the ark of the Testimony—before the mercy seat that is over the Testimony—where I will meet with you.

7 And Aaron is to burn fragrant incense on it every morning when he tends the lamps.

8 When Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he must burn the incense perpetually before the LORD for the generations to come.

9 On this altar you must not offer unauthorized incense or a burnt offering or grain offering; nor are you to pour a drink offering on it.

10 Once a year Aaron shall make atonement on the horns of the altar. Throughout your generations he shall make atonement on it annually with the blood of the sin offering of atonement. The altar is most holy to the LORD.”

11 Then the LORD said to Moses,

12 “When you take a census of the Israelites to number them, each man must pay the LORD a ransom for his life when he is counted. Then no plague will come upon them when they are numbered.

13 Everyone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD.

14 Everyone twenty years of age or older who crosses over must give this offering to the LORD.

15 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.

16 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.”

17 And the LORD said to Moses,

18 “You are to make a bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. Set it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it,

19 with which Aaron and his sons are to wash their hands and feet.

20 Whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister by presenting a food offering to the LORD, they must wash with water so that they will not die.

21 Thus they are to wash their hands and feet so that they will not die; this shall be a permanent statute for Aaron and his descendants for the generations to come.”

22 Then the LORD said to Moses,

23 “Take the finest spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half that amount (250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels of fragrant cane,

24 500 shekels of cassia—all according to the sanctuary shekel—and a hin of olive oil.

25 Prepare from these a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer; it will be a sacred anointing oil.

26 Use this oil to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the Testimony,

27 the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and its utensils, the altar of incense,

28 the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand.

29 You are to consecrate them so that they will be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy.

30 Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them to serve Me as priests.

31 And you are to tell the Israelites, ‘This will be My sacred anointing oil for the generations to come.

32 It must not be used to anoint an ordinary man, and you must not make anything like it with the same formula. It is holy, and it must be holy to you.

33 Anyone who mixes perfume like it or puts it on an outsider shall be cut off from his people.’”

34 The LORD also said to Moses, “Take fragrant spices—gum resin, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense—in equal measures,

35 and make a fragrant blend of incense, the work of a perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.

36 Grind some of it into fine powder and place it in front of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be most holy to you.

37 You are never to use this formula to make incense for yourselves; you shall regard it as holy to the LORD.

38 Anyone who makes something like it to enjoy its fragrance shall be cut off from his people.”

1 ¶ And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: [of] shittim wood shalt thou make it.

2 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 thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about.

4 And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make [it]; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal.

5 And thou shalt make the staves [of] shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

6 And thou shalt 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 thee.

7 And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.

8 And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.

9 Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.

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 the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it [is] most holy unto the LORD.

11 ¶ And the LORD spake unto 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 unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when [thou] numberest 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.

14 Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto 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 unto the LORD, to make an 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 unto the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.

17 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

18 Thou shalt also make a laver [of] brass, and his foot [also of] brass, to wash [withal]: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.

19 For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:

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 unto 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.

22 ¶ Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

23 Take thou also unto thee 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 of cassia five hundred [shekels], after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:

25 And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.

26 And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony,

27 And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense,

28 And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot.

29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.

30 And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that [they] may minister unto me in the priest's office.

31 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me 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 unto you.

33 Whosoever compoundeth [any] like it, or whosoever putteth [any] of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.

34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; [these] sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like [weight]:

35 And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure [and] holy:

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 unto you most holy.

37 And [as for] the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the LORD.

38 Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.

1 Thou shalt also make an altar of incense of pine wood,

2 a rush long and broad, equal to four cubits, and two cubits high with its horns.

3 And thou shalt overlay it with fine gold, the roof thereof, and the walls thereof round about, and the horns thereof. And thou shalt make a garland of gold round about it.

4 And two rings of gold under the wreath on either side, to put staves therein, and to bear it therewith.

5 The staves also shalt thou make of pine wood, and overlay them with gold.

6 And thou shalt set it before the vail that hangeth before the ark of the testimony, and before the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, from whence I will testify unto thee.

7 And Aaron shall burn thereon good incense every morning, when he dresseth the lamps.

8 And likewise, when he lighteth the lamps between the evenings, he shall burn incense. This shall be the daily incense before the LORD unto your seed.

9 Ye shall put no strange incense thereon, neither shall ye offer burnt offering, nor meat offering, nor drink offering thereon.

10 And Aaron shall make an atonement upon his horns once in the year with the blood of the sin offering to make an atonement. And this atonement shall be made yearly among your seed: for it is most holy unto the LORD.

11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying:

12 When thou shalt number the heads of the children of Israel, let every man make an atonement for his soul unto the LORD, that no plague befall them when they are numbered.

13 And every one that is numbered shall give half a shekel, according to the shekel of the sanctuary (a shekel is twenty gerahs). This half a shekel shall be the heave offering of the LORD.

14 He that is twenty years old and upward in number shall offer such a heave offering unto the LORD.

15 The rich shall not give more, neither shall the poor give less than half a shekel, which shall be given to the LORD to make an atonement for their souls.

16 And thou shalt take such money of atonement of the children of Israel, and put it by 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 their souls.

17 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying:

18 Thou shalt also make a brasen handstand with a brasen foot to wash in; and thou shalt set it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and put water therein,

19 And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet in it,

20 When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, or unto the altar, to minister with incense, a fire of the LORD,

21 That they die not. This shall be a perpetual manner unto him, and to his seed in their generations.

22 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying.

23 Take unto thee the best spices, the most precious myrrh, five hundred (sekels); and tinamet, half as much, two hundred and fifty; and calamus, also two hundred and fifty,

24 And cassia, five hundred, according to the sekel of the sanctuary, and oil of the olive tree a hin,

25 And make a holy anointing oil according to the apothecary's art.

26 And thou shalt anoint therewith the tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony,

27 The table with all his vessels, the candlestick with his vessels, the altar of incense,

28 The altar of burnt offering, and all the vessels thereof, and the censer with the foot thereof.

29 And thou shalt consecrate them, that they may be the most holy: for he that toucheth them shall be consecrated.

30 Aaron also and his sons shalt thou anoint, and ordain them priests unto me.

31 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying: This oil shall be unto me a holy ointment among your seed.

32 It shall not be poured into the body of man, neither shall ye make any like it: for it is holy, therefore it shall be holy unto you.

33 Whosoever maketh any of these things, or giveth any of them unto another, he shall be cut off from among his people.

34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee spices, and balm, and staves, and galban, and pure frankincense, one as much as another,

35 And make incense of it, blended according to the apothecary's art, that it may be pure and holy.

36 And thou shalt put it to powder, and shalt put it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, from whence I will testify unto thee. This shall be unto you the most holy thing.

37 And ye shall not make the like incense unto you, but it shall be holy unto thee unto the LORD.

38 And whosoever shall make any of them to burn incense therewith shall be cut off from among his people.