Exodus, 30

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

1. "You shall make an altar to burn incense upon; of acacia wood shall you 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 its length, and a cubit its breadth; it shall be square, and two cubits shall be its height; its horns shall be of one piece with it.

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 you shall overlay it with pure gold, its top and its sides round about and its horns; and you shall make for it a molding 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 shall you make for it; under its molding on two opposite sides of it shall you make them, and they shall be holders for poles with which to carry it.

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

5. You shall make the poles of acacia 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 you shall 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 you.

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 fragrant incense on it; every morning when he dresses the lamps he shall burn 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 sets up the lamps in the evening, he shall burn 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. You shall offer no unholy incense thereon, nor burnt offering, nor cereal offering; and you shall pour no libation 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. Aaron shall make atonement upon its horns once a year; with the blood of the sin offering of atonement he shall make atonement for it once in the year throughout your generations; it is most holy to the LORD."

11. Yahweh then spoke to Moses and said,

11. The LORD said to Moses,

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 you take the census of the people of Israel, then each shall give a ransom for himself to the LORD when you number them, that there be no plague among them when you number 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. Each who is numbered in the census shall give this: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as an offering to 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 who is numbered in the census, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the LORD's offering.

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 the half shekel, when you give the LORD's offering to make atonement for yourselves.

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 you shall take the atonement money from the people of Israel, and shall appoint it for the service of the tent of meeting; that it may bring the people of Israel to remembrance before the LORD, so as to make atonement for yourselves."

17. Yahweh then spoke to Moses and said,

17. The LORD said to Moses,

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. "You shall also make a laver of bronze, with its base of bronze, for washing. And you shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it,

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

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

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 tent of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister, to burn an offering by fire to the LORD, they shall wash with water, lest they die.

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. They shall wash their hands and their feet, lest they die: it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his descendants throughout their generations."

22. Yahweh spoke further to Moses and said,

22. Moreover, the LORD said to Moses,

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 the finest spices: of liquid myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet-smelling cinnamon half as much, that is, two hundred and fifty, and of aromatic cane two hundred and fifty,

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

24. and of cassia five hundred, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a 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 you shall make of these a sacred anointing oil blended as by the perfumer; a holy anointing oil it shall be.

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

26. And you shall anoint with it the tent of meeting 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 its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, 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 its utensils and the laver and its base;

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

29. you shall consecrate them, that they may be most holy; whatever touches them will become holy.

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

30. And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests.

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 you shall say to the people of Israel, `This shall be my holy anointing oil 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. It shall not be poured upon the bodies of ordinary men, and you shall make no other like it in composition; it is holy, and it shall be holy to you.

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

33. Whoever compounds any like it or whoever puts any of it on an outsider shall 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 to Moses, "Take sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum, sweet spices with pure frankincense (of each shall there be an equal part),

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

35. and make an incense blended as by the perfumer, seasoned with salt, 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 you shall beat some of it very small, and put part of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting where I shall meet with you; it shall be for 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 the incense which you shall make according to its composition, you shall not make for yourselves; it shall be for you holy to the LORD.

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38. Whoever makes any like it to use as perfume shall be cut off from his people."