Exodus 30

1 “You shall also make an altar, for the burning of incense, from setim wood,

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

2 having one cubit in length, and another in width, that is, four equal sides, and two cubits in height. Horns shall proceed from the same.

A cubit [shall be] its length, and a cubit its breadth; foursquare shall it be; and two cubits [shall be] its hight: its horns [shall be] of the same.

3 And you shall clothe it with the purest gold, both its grating and the walls around it, and also the horns. And you shall make for it a crown of gold in a circle,

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

4 and two gold rings under the crown on each side, so that the bars may be set in them and the altar may be carried.

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

5 Also, you shall make its bars of setim wood, and you shall overlay them with gold.

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

6 And you shall set the altar opposite the veil, which hangs in front of the ark of the testimony, before the propitiatory with which the testimony is covered, where I will speak to you.

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 incense upon it, a sweet fragrance, in the morning. When he lights the lamps, he shall burn it.

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

8 And when he assembles them in the evening, he shall burn an everlasting incense before the Lord throughout your generations.

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

9 You shall not offer upon it incense of another composition, nor an oblation, nor a victim; neither shall you offer libations.

Ye shall offer no strange incense upon it, nor burnt-sacrifice, nor meat-offering; neither shall ye pour drink-offering upon it.

10 And Aaron shall pray over its horns once a year, with the blood of what was offered for sin. And he shall make atonement over it in your generations. It shall be the Holy of holies to the Lord.”

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

11 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

12 “When you have taken the sum of the sons of Israel, according to their number, each shall give a price for their souls to the Lord, and there will be no scourge among them, when they will be reviewed.

When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul to the LORD, when thou numberest them: that there may be no plague among them, when [thou] numberest them.

13 Then all those who pass shall give by name: one half shekel, according to the measure at the temple. A shekel has twenty obols. The half part of a shekel shall be offered to the Lord.

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: ) a half shekel [shall be] the offering of the LORD.

14 He who has been numbered from twenty years and above shall give the price.

Every one that passeth among them that are numbered from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering to the LORD.

15 The rich shall not add to the half shekel, and the poor shall diminish nothing.

The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when [they] give an offering to the LORD to make an atonement for your souls.

16 And the money received, which was collected from the sons of Israel, you shall deliver for the uses of the tabernacle of the testimony, so that it may be a memorial of them before the Lord, and he may act favorably toward their souls.”

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 to the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.

17 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

18 “You shall also make a bronze washtub with its base to wash in; and you shall place it between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar. And when water has been added,

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

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

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

20 when they enter the tabernacle of the testimony, and when they approach to the altar so as to offer incense to the Lord upon it,

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 to the LORD.

21 otherwise, they may die. This shall be an everlasting law to him, and to his offspring, throughout their successions.”

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 And the Lord spoke to Moses,

Moreover the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

23 saying: “Take for yourself aromatics: of the first and best myrrh, five hundred shekels, and of cinnamon half as much, that is, two hundred and fifty shekels; of sweet flag similarly two hundred and fifty,

Take thou also to thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred [shekels], and of sweet cinnamon half as much, [even] two hundred and fifty [shekels], and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty [shekels],

24 but of cassia, five hundred shekels by the weight of the sanctuary, and of the oil of olives the measure of a hin.

And of cassia five hundred [shekels], after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive-oil a hin:

25 And you shall make the holy oil of unction, an ointment composed with the skills of a perfumer,

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

26 and with it you shall anoint the tabernacle of the testimony, and the ark of the testament,

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

27 and the table with its vessels, and the lampstand and its utensils, the altars of incense

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

28 and of holocaust, and all the items that pertain to their rituals.

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

29 And you shall sanctify everything, and they shall be the Holy of holies. He who will touch them must be sanctified.

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

30 You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and you shall sanctify them, so that they may exercise the priesthood for me.

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

31 Likewise, you shall say to the sons of Israel: ‘This oil of unction will be holy to me throughout your generations.

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

32 The flesh of man shall not be anointed from it, and you shall not make any similar compound, for it has been sanctified and it shall be holy to you.

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 to you.

33 Whatever man will have composed such a thing and have given it to a stranger, he shall be exterminated from his people.’”

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

34 And the Lord said to Moses: “Take to yourself aromatics: stacte, and onycha, galbanum of sweet odor, and the clearest frankincense, all these shall be of equal weight.

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

35 And you shall make incense composed with the skills of a perfumer, diligently mixed, and pure, and most worthy of sanctification.

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

36 And when you have crushed all these into a very fine powder, you shall place some of it before the tabernacle of the testimony, in the place where I will appear to you. The Holy of holies shall this incense be to you.

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 to you most holy:

37 You shall not make such a compound for your own uses, because it is holy to the Lord.

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

38 Whatever man will have made anything similar, so as to thoroughly enjoy its smell, he shall perish from his people.”

Whoever shall make the like to that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.