Exodus 30

1 And you are to make an altar for the burning of perfume; of hard wood let it be made.

And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon, of shittim wood shalt thou make it.

2 The altar is to be square, a cubit long and a cubit wide, and two cubits high, and its horns are to be made of the same.

A cubit shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth, foursquare shall it be; and two cubits shall be its height; from itself shall its horns be.

3 It is to be plated with the best gold, the top of it and the sides and the horns, with an edging of gold all round it.

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

4 Under the edge on the two opposite sides, you are to make two gold rings, to take the rods for lifting it.

And two rings of gold shalt thou make for it beneath its crown, on its two corners shalt thou make them, upon both its sides; and they shall be as receptacles for the staves to bear it by means of them.

5 And make these rods of the same wood, plating them with gold.

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

6 And let it be placed in front of the veil before the ark of the law, before the cover which is over the law, where I will come face to face with you.

And thou shalt put it before the vail that is before the ark of the testimony, before the mercy-seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.

7 And on this altar sweet spices are to be burned by Aaron every morning when he sees to the lights.

And Aaron shall burn thereon incense of spices; every morning when he dresseth the lamps, shall he burn it.

8 And every evening, when he puts the lights up in their places, the spices are to be burned, a sweet-smelling smoke going up before the Lord from generation to generation for ever.

And when Aaron lighteth the lamps toward evening, shall he burn it; a perpetual incense before the Lord, throughout your generations.

9 No strange perfume, no burned offering or meal offering, and no drink offering is to be offered on it.

Ye shall not offer thereon any strange incense, or burnt-sacrifice, or meat-offering; and a drink-offering shall ye not pour thereon.

10 And once every year Aaron is to make its horns clean: with the blood of the sin-offering he is to make it clean once every year from generation to generation: it is most holy to the Lord.

And Aaron shall make an atonement upon its horns once in a year; with the blood of the sin-offering of the day of atonement, once in the year, shall he make atonement upon it, throughout your generations; it is most holy unto the Lord.

11 And the Lord said to Moses,

And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,

12 When you are taking the number of the children of Israel, let every man who is numbered give to the Lord a price for his life, so that no disease may come on them when they are numbered.

When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel of those who are to be numbered of them, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the Lord, when they number them; that there be no plague among them, when they number them.

13 And this is what they are to give; let every man who is numbered give half a shekel, by the scale of the holy place: (the shekel being valued at twenty gerahs: ) this money is an offering to the Lord.

This shall they give, every one that passeth among those that are numbered, Half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary; twenty gerahs to the shekel; the half of the shekel shall be the tribute to the Lord.

14 Everyone who is numbered, from twenty years old and over, is to give an offering to the Lord.

Every one that passeth among those that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give the tribute unto the Lord.

15 The man of wealth is to give no more and the poor man no less than the half-shekel of silver, when the offering is made to the Lord as the price for your lives.

The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than the half of a shekel, as a tribute unto the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.

16 And you are to take this money from the children of Israel to be used for the work of the Tent of meeting, to keep the memory of the children of Israel before the Lord and to be the price of your lives.

And thou shalt take the money of the atonement from the children of Israel, and shalt employ it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; and it shall be unto the children of Israel as a memorial before the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.

17 And the Lord said to Moses,

And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,

18 You are to make a brass washing-vessel, with a brass base; and put it between the Tent of meeting and the altar, with water in it;

Thou shalt also make a laver of copper, with its foot of copper, to wash withal: and thou shalt set it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put therein water.

19 That it may be used by Aaron and his sons for washing their hands and feet;

And Aaron and his sons shall wash out of it their hands and their feet.

20 Whenever they go into the Tent of meeting they are to be washed with water, to keep them from death; and whenever they come near to do the work of the altar, or to make an offering by fire to the Lord,

When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, shall they wash themselves with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

21 Their hands and feet are to be washed. so that they may be safe from death: this is an order to them for ever; to him and his seed from generation to generation.

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

22 And the Lord said to Moses,

And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,

23 Take the best spices, five hundred shekels' weight of liquid myrrh, and of sweet cinnamon half as much, that is, two hundred and fifty shekels, and two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet calamus,

And thou, take unto thyself principal spices: of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon, its half shall be two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,

24 And of cassia, five hundred shekels' weight measured by the scale of the holy place, and of olive oil a hin:

And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive-oil one hin.

25 And make these into a holy oil, a perfume made by the art of the perfume-maker; it is to be a holy oil.

And thou shalt make of it an oil of holy anointing, a mixture, compounded after the art of the apothecary: an oil of holy anointing shall it be.

26 This oil is to be put on the Tent of meeting, and on the ark of the law,

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

27 And on the table and all its vessels, and on the support for the lights, with its vessels, and on the altar for burning spices,

And the table and all its vessels, and the candlestick and its vessels, and the altar of incense,

28 And on the altar of burned offerings with its vessels, and on the washing-vessel and its base.

And the altar of burnt-offering with all its vessels, and the laver and its foot.

29 And you are to make them most holy; anything touching them will become holy.

And thou shalt sanctify them, and they shall be most holy; whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.

30 And put the oil on Aaron and his sons, making them holy to do the work of priests to me.

And Aaron and his sons shalt thou anoint, and consecrate them to be priests unto me.

31 And say to the children of Israel, This is to be the Lord's holy oil, from generation to generation.

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

32 It is not to be used for man's flesh, and no other is to be made like it: holy it is, and you are to keep it holy.

Upon the flesh of man shall it not be poured, and after its proportion shall ye not make any thing like it; it is holy, and holy shall it be unto you.

33 Whoever makes any like it, or puts it on one who is not a priest, will be cut off from his people.

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

34 And the Lord said to Moses, Take sweet spices, stacte and onycha and galbanum, with the best frankincense, in equal weights;

And the Lord said unto Moses, Take unto thee spices, balm, and onycha, and galbanum, spices, with pure frankincense: of each shall there be an equal weight.

35 And make from them a perfume, such as is made by the art of the perfume-maker, mixed with salt, and clean and holy.

And thou shalt make it an incense, a mixture after the art of the apothecary, well mingled together, pure and holy.

36 And put some of it, crushed very small, in front of the ark in the Tent of meeting, where I will come face to face with you; it is to be most holy.

And thou shalt pour some of it fine, and offer of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee; most holy shall it be unto you.

37 You are not to make any perfume like it for yourselves: it is to be kept holy to the Lord.

And as for the incense which thou shalt make, according to its proportion, shall ye not make any unto yourselves: holy shall it be unto thee for the Lord.

38 Whoever makes any like it, for its sweet smell, will be cut off from his people.

Whosoever shall make the like of it, to smell thereon, shall be cut off from his people.