Exodus, 30

1. 'You will make an altar on which to burn incense; you will make it of acacia wood,

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

2. one cubit long, and one cubit wide -- it must be square -- and two cubits high; its horns must be of a piece with 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. You will overlay its top, its sides all round and its horns with pure gold and make a gold moulding to go all round.

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. You will make two gold rings for it below the moulding on its two opposite sides, to take the shafts used for carrying it.

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. You will make the shafts of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

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

6. 'You will put it in front of the curtain by the ark of Testimony, in front of the mercy-seat which is on the Testimony, where I shall meet you.

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. On it Aaron will burn fragrant incense each morning; when he trims the lamps, he will burn incense on it;

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 puts back the lamps at twilight, he will burn incense on it, incense perpetually before Yahweh for all your generations to come.

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. You will not offer unauthorised incense, or burnt offering, or cereal offering on it, and you will not pour any libation over it.

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

10. Once a year, Aaron will perform the rite of expiation on the horns of the altar; once a year, on the Day of Expiation, with the blood of the sacrifice for sin, he will make expiation for himself, for all your generations to come. It is especially holy for Yahweh.'

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. Yahweh then spoke to Moses and said,

11. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

12. 'When you count the Israelites by census, each one of them must pay Yahweh a ransom for his life, to avoid any incidence of plague among them while you are holding the census.

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. Everyone subject to the census will pay half a shekel, reckoning by the sanctuary shekel: twenty gerah to the shekel. This half-shekel will be set aside for Yahweh.

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. Everyone subject to the census, that is to say of twenty years and over, will pay the sum set aside for Yahweh.

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 man must not give more, nor the poor man less, than half a shekel when he pays the sum set aside for Yahweh in ransom for your lives.

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. You will take the ransom money of the Israelites and apply it to the service of the Tent of Meeting, for it to be a reminder of the Israelites before Yahweh, as the ransom for your lives.'

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. Yahweh then spoke to Moses and said,

17. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

18. 'You will also make a bronze basin on its bronze stand, for washing. You will put it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar and put water in it,

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. in which Aaron and his sons will wash their hands and feet.

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

20. Whenever they are to enter the Tent of Meeting, they will wash, to avoid incurring death; and whenever they approach the altar for their service, to burn an offering for Yahweh,

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. they will wash their hands and feet, to avoid incurring death. This is a perpetual decree for him and his descendants for all their generations to come.'

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. Yahweh spoke further to Moses and said,

22. Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

23. 'Take the finest spices: five hundred shekels of fresh myrrh, half as much (two hundred and fifty shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, two hundred and fifty shekels of scented reed,

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. five hundred shekels (reckoning by the sanctuary shekel) of cassia, and one hin of olive oil.

24. And of cassia five hundred [shekels], after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:

25. You will make this into a holy anointing oil, such a blend as the perfumer might make; this will be a holy anointing oil.

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. With it you will anoint the Tent of Meeting and the ark of the Testimony,

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

27. the table and all its accessories, the lamp-stand and its accessories, the altar of incense,

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

28. the altar of burnt offerings and all its accessories, and the basin with its stand,

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

29. consecrating them, so that they will be especially holy and whatever touches them will become holy.

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

30. You will also anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them to be priests in my service.

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

31. You will then speak to the Israelites and say, "This anointing oil will be holy for you for all your generations to come.

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

32. It must not be used for anointing the human body, nor may you make any of the same mixture. It is a holy thing; you will regard it as holy.

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. Anyone who makes up the same oil or uses it on an unauthorised person will be outlawed from his people." '

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

34. Yahweh then said to Moses, 'Take sweet spices: storax, onycha, galbanum, sweet spices and pure frankincense in equal parts,

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 compound an incense, such a blend as the perfumer might make, salted, pure, and holy.

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

36. You will grind some of this up very fine and put it in front of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I shall meet you. You will regard it as especially 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. You may not make any incense of similar composition for your own use. You will regard it as holy, reserved for Yahweh Anyone who makes up the same thing to use as perfume will be outlawed from his people.'

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.

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