Exodus 30

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

And thou shall make an altar to burn incense upon. Thou shall make it of acacia wood.

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

A cubit shall be the length of it, and a cubit the breadth of it (it shall be foursquare), and two cubits shall be the height of it. The horns of it shall be of one piece with it.

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

And thou shall overlay it with pure gold, the top of it, and the sides of it round about, and the horns of it. And thou shall make to it a crown of gold round about.

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

And two golden rings thou shall make for it under the crown of it, upon the two ribs of it, upon the two sides of it thou shall make them. And they shall be for places for staves with which to bear it.

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

And thou shall make the staves 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.

And thou 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 thee.

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

And Aaron shall burn in it incense of sweet spices. Every morning, when he dresses the lamps, he shall burn it.

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

And when Aaron lights the lamps at evening, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before Jehovah throughout your generations.

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.

Ye shall offer no strange incense on it, nor burnt offering, nor meal offering. And ye shall pour no 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.”

And Aaron shall make atonement upon the horns of it once in the year, with the blood of the sin offering of atonement. Once in the year he shall make atonement for it throughout your generations. It is most holy to Jehovah.

11 Then the LORD said to Moses,

And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

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.

When thou take the sum of the sons of Israel, according to those who are numbered of them, then they shall give every man a ransom for his soul to Jehovah when thou number them, that there be no plague among them when thou number them.

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.

This they shall give, everyone who passes over to those who are numbered: half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary, (the shekel is twenty gerahs, ) half a shekel for an offering to Jehovah.

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

Everyone who passes over to those who are numbered, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the offering of Jehovah.

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.

The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.

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.”

And thou shall take the atonement money from the sons of Israel, and shall appoint it for the service of the tent of meeting, that it may be a memorial for the sons of Israel before Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.

17 And the LORD said to Moses,

And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

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,

Thou shall also make a laver of brass, and the base of it of brass for washing. And thou shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and thou shall put water in it.

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

And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet there.

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

When they go into the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, that they not die, or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to Jehovah.

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.”

So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they not die. And it shall be a statute forever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.

22 Then the LORD said to Moses,

Moreover Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

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

Take thou also to thee the chief spices: of flowing myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty,

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

and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin.

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

And thou shall make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer. It shall be a holy anointing oil.

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

And thou shall anoint with it the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony,

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

and the table and all the vessels of it, and the lampstand and the vessels of it, and the altar of incense,

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

and the altar of burnt offering with all the vessels of it, and the laver and the base of it.

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

And thou shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy.

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

And thou shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest's office.

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

And thou shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, This shall be a holy anointing oil to me throughout your generations.

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.

Upon the flesh of man it shall not be poured, neither shall ye make any like it, according to the composition of it. It is holy, and it shall be holy to you.

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

Whoever compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it upon a stranger, he 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,

And Jehovah said to Moses, Take to thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum, sweet spices with pure frankincense, of each shall there be a like weight.

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

And thou shall make of it incense, a perfume after the art of the 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.

And thou shall beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with thee. It shall be to you most holy.

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

And the incense which thou shall make, ye shall not make for yourselves according to the composition of it. It shall be to thee holy for Jehovah.

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

Whoever shall make like that, to smell of it, he shall be cut off from his people.