Exodus 30

1 And you shall make the altar of incense of incorruptible wood.

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

2 And you shall make it a cubit in length, and a cubit in breadth: it shall be square; and the height of it shall be of two cubits, its horns shall be of the same piece.

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.

3 And you shall gild its grate with pure gold, and its sides round about, and its horns; and you shall make for it a wreathen border of gold roundabout.

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,

4 And you shall make under its wreathen border two rings of pure gold; you shall make it to the two corners on the two sides, and they shall be bearings for the staves, so as to bear it with them.

And two golden rings under the crown on either side, that the bars may be put into them, and the altar be carried.

5 And you shall make the staves of incorruptible wood, and shall gild them with gold.

And thou shalt make the bars also of setim wood, and shalt overlay them with gold.

6 And you shall set it before the veil that is over the ark of the testimonies, wherein I will make myself known to you from thence.

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.

7 And Aaron shall burn upon it fine compound incense every morning; whenever he trims the lamps he shall burn incense upon it.

And Aaron shall burn sweet smelling incense upon it in the morning. When he shall dress the lamps, he shall burn it:

8 And when Aaron lights the lamps in the evening, he shall burn incense upon it; a constant incense-offering always before the Lord for their generations.

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

9 And you shall not offer strange incense upon it, [nor] and offering made by fire, [nor] a sacrifice; and you shall not pour a drink-offering upon it.

You shall not offer upon it incense of another composition nor oblation, and victim, neither shall you offer libations.

10 And once in the year Aaron shall make atonement on its horns, he shall purge it with the blood of purification for their generations: it is most holy to the Lord.

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.

11 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

12 If you take account of the children of Israel in the surveying of them, and they shall give every one a ransom for his soul to the Lord, then there shall not be among them a destruction in the visiting of them.

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.

13 And this is what they shall give, as many as pass the survey, half a didrachm which is according to the didrachm of the sanctuary: twenty oboli [go to] the didrachm, but the half of the didrachm is the offering to the Lord.

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.

14 Every one that passes the survey from twenty years old and upwards shall give the offering to the Lord.

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

15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than the half didrachm in giving the offering to the Lord, to make atonement for your souls.

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

16 And you shall take the money of the offering from the children of Israel, and shall give it for the service of the tabernacle of testimony; and it shall be to the children of Israel a memorial before the Lord, to make atonement for your souls.

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.

17 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

18 Make a brazen laver, and a brazen base for it, for washing; and you shall put it between the tabernacle of witness and the altar, and you shall pour forth water into it.

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,

19 And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet with water from it.

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

20 Whenever they shall go into the tabernacle of witness, they shall wash themselves with water, so they shall not die, whenever they advance to the altar to do service and to offer the whole burnt offerings to the Lord.

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,

21 They shall wash their hands and feet with water, whenever they shall go into the tabernacle of witness; they shall wash themselves with water, that they die not; and it shall be for them a perpetual statute, for him and his posterity after him.

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

22 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord spoke to Moses,

23 Do you also take sweet herbs, the flower of choice myrrh five hundred shekels, and the half of this two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet smelling cinnamon, and two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet smelling calamus,

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.

24 and of cassia five hundred shekels of the sanctuary, and a hin of olive oil.

And of cassia five hundred sicles by the weight of the sanctuary, of oil of olives the measure hin:

25 And you shall make it a holy anointing oil, a perfumed ointment [tempered] by the are of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.

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

26 And you shall anoint with it the tabernacle of witness, and the ark of the tabernacle of witness,

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

27 and all its furniture, and the candlestick and all its furniture, and the altar of incense,

And the table with the vessels thereof, the candlestick and furniture thereof, the altars of incense,

28 and the altar of whole burnt offerings and all its furniture, and the table and all its furniture, and the laver.

And of holocaust, and all the furniture that belongeth to the service of them.

29 And you shall sanctify them, and they shall be most holy: every one that touches them shall be hallowed.

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

30 And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them that they may minister to me as priests.

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

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

And thou shalt say to the children of Israel: This oil of unction shall be holy unto me throughout your generations.

32 On man's flesh it shall not be poured, and you shall not make [any] for yourselves according to this composition: it is holy, and shall be holiness to you.

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.

33 Whosoever shall make it in like manner, and whoever shall give of it to a stranger, shall be destroyed from among his people.

What man soever shall compound such, and shall give thereof to a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.

34 And the Lord said to Moses, Take for yourself sweet herbs, stacte, onycha, sweet galbanum, and transparent frankincense; there shall be an equal weight of each.

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.

35 And they shall make with it perfumed incense, tempered with the are of a perfumer, a pure holy work.

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

36 And of these you shall beat some small, and you shall put it before the testimonies in the tabernacle of testimony, whence I will make myself known to you: it shall be to you a most holy incense.

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.

37 You shall not make any for yourselves according to this composition; it shall be to you a holy thing for the Lord.

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

38 Whosoever shall make any in like manner, so as to smell it, shall perish from his people.

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