Exodus 30

1 And thou shalt make an altar for the burning of incense: of acacia-wood shalt thou make it;

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

2 a cubit the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof — square shall it be; and two cubits its height; of itself shall be its horns.

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.

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 upon it a border of gold round about.

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.

4 And two rings of gold shalt thou make for it under its border; by its two corners shalt thou make [them], on the two sides thereof; and they shall be for receptacles for the staves, with which to carry it.

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

5 And thou shalt make the staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold.

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

6 And thou shalt put it in front of the veil which is before the ark of the testimony in front of the mercy-seat which is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.

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.

7 And Aaron shall burn thereon fragrant incense: every morning, when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn the incense.

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

8 And when Aaron lighteth the lamps between the two evenings, he shall burn the incense — a continual incense before Jehovah throughout your generations.

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.

9 Ye shall offer up no strange incense thereon, nor burnt-offering, nor oblation; neither shall ye pour drink-offering thereon.

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

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

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.

11 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord said to Moses,

12 When thou shalt take the sum of the children of Israel according to those of them that are numbered, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul to Jehovah on their being numbered, that there be no plague among them on their being numbered.

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.

13 This shall they give — every one that passeth among them that are numbered — half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary, — twenty gerahs the shekel; a half shekel shall be the heave-offering for Jehovah.

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.

14 Every one that passeth among those that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give the heave-offering of Jehovah.

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

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

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.

16 And thou shalt take the atonement-money of the children of Israel, and devote it to the service of the tent of meeting; and it shall be a memorial to the children of Israel before Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.

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.

17 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord said to Moses,

18 Thou shalt also make a laver of copper, and its stand of copper, for washing; and thou shalt put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and shalt put water in it.

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;

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

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

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

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,

21 And they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they may not die; and it shall be an everlasting statute for them, for him and for his seed throughout their generations.

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.

22 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord said to Moses,

23 And thou, take best spices — of liquid myrrh five hundred [shekels], and of sweet cinnamon the half — two hundred and fifty, and of sweet myrtle two hundred and fifty,

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,

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

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

25 and make of it an oil of holy ointment, a perfume of perfumery after the work of the perfumer: it shall be the holy anointing oil.

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

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

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

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

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,

28 and the altar of burnt-offering and all its utensils, and the laver and its stand.

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

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

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

30 And Aaron and his sons thou shalt anoint, and shalt hallow them, that they may serve me as priests.

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

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

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

32 Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make [any] like it, after the preparation of it: it is holy — holy shall it be unto you.

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.

33 Whoever compoundeth [any] like it, or whoever putteth [any] of it upon any strange thing, shall be cut off from his peoples.

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

34 And Jehovah said to Moses, Take fragrant drugs — stacte, and onycha, and galbanum — fragrant drugs and pure frankincense; in like proportions shall it be.

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

35 And thou shalt make it into incense, a perfume, after the work of the perfumer, salted, pure, holy.

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

36 And thou shalt beat [some] of it to powder, and put [some] of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.

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.

37 And the incense that thou shalt make, ye shall not make for yourselves according to the proportions of it; it shall be unto thee holy to Jehovah.

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

38 Whoever maketh like unto it, to smell it, shall be cut off from his peoples.

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