Exodus 30

1 Thou shalt make also an altar to burn incense, of setim wood.

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

2 It shall be a cubit in length, and another in breadth, that is, foursquare, and two in height. Horns shall go out of the same.

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 the purest gold, as well as the grate thereof, as the walls round about and the horns. And thou shalt make to it a crown 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 golden rings under the crown on either side, that the bars may be put into them, and the altar be carried.

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 bars also of setim wood, and shalt overlay them with gold.

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

6 And thou shalt set the altar over against the veil, that hangeth before the ark of the testimony before the propitiatory wherewith the testimony is covered, where I will speak to 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 sweet smelling incense upon it in the morning. When he shall dress the lamps, he shall burn it:

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

8 And when he shall place them in the evening, he shall burn an everlasting incense before the Lord 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 You shall not offer upon it incense of another composition nor oblation, and victim, neither shall you offer libations.

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

10 And Aaron shall pray upon the horns thereof once a year, with the blood of that which was offered for sin, and shall make atonement upon it in your generations. It shall be most holy to the Lord.

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 the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

And the Lord said to Moses,

12 When thou shalt take the sum of the children of Israel according to their number, every one of them shall give a price for their souls to the Lord, and there shall be no scourge among them, when they shall be reckoned.

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 And this shall every one give that passeth at the naming, half a sicle according to the standard of the temple. A sicle hath twenty obols. Half a sicle shall be offered to the Lord.

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 He that is counted in the number from twenty years and upwards, shall give the price.

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

15 The rich man shall not add to half a sicle, and the poor man shall diminish nothing.

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 the money received which was contributed by the children of Israel, thou shalt deliver unto the uses of the tabernacle of the testimony, that it may be a memorial of them before the Lord, and he may be merciful to their 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 the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

And the Lord said to Moses,

18 Thou shalt make also a brazen laver with its foot, to wash in: and thou shalt set it between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar. And water being put into 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 Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and feet in it:

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

20 When they are going into the tabernacle of the testimony, and when they are to come to the altar, to offer on it incense to the Lord,

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 Lest perhaps they die. It shall be an everlasting law to him, and to his seed by successions.

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 the Lord spoke to Moses,

And the Lord said to Moses,

23 Saying: Take spices, of principal and chosen myrrh five hundred sicles, and of cinnamon half so much, that is, two hundred and fifty sicles, of calamus in like manner 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 sicles by the weight of the sanctuary, of oil of olives the measure hin:

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

25 And thou shalt make the holy oil of unction, an ointment compounded after the art of the perfumer,

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 therewith thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the testimony, and the ark of the testament,

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

27 And the table with the vessels thereof, the candlestick and furniture thereof, the altars 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 of holocaust, and all the furniture that belongeth to the service of them.

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

29 And thou shalt sanctify all, and they shall be most holy: he that shall touch them shall be sanctified.

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

30 Thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and shalt sanctify them, that they may do the office of priesthood unto me.

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

31 And thou shalt say to the children of Israel: This oil of unction shall be holy 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 The flesh of man shall not be anointed therewith, and you shall make none other of the same composition, because it is sanctified, and shall be holy 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 What man soever shall compound such, and shall give thereof to a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.

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

34 And the Lord said to Moses: Take unto thee spices, stacte, and onycha, galbanum of sweet savour, and the clearest frankincense, all shall be of equal weight.

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 incense compounded by the work of the perfumer, well tempered together, and pure, and most worthy of sanctification.

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 when thou has beaten all into very small powder, thou shalt set of it before the tabernacle of the testimony, in the place where I will appear to thee. Most holy shall this incense be to you.

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

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

38 What man soever shall make the like, to enjoy the smell thereof, he shall perish out of his people.

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