Exodus 30

1 “And you have made an altar [for] making incense; you make it of shittim wood;

And thou shalt make the altar of incense of incorruptible wood.

2 a cubit its length and a cubit its breadth (it is square), and two cubits its height; its horns [are] of the same.

And thou shalt 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.

3 And you have overlaid it with pure gold—its top, and around its sides, and its horns; and you have made a crown of gold for it all around;

And thou shalt gild its grate with pure gold, and its sides round about, and its horns; and thou shalt make for it a wreathen border of gold round-about.

4 and you make two rings of gold for it, under its crown on its two ribs; you make [them] on its two sides, and they have become places for poles to carry it with them.

And thou shalt make under its wreathen border two rings of pure gold; thou shalt 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.

5 And you have made the poles of shittim wood, and have overlaid them with gold;

And thou shalt make the staves of incorruptible wood, and shalt gild them with gold.

6 and you have put it before the veil, which [is] by the Ark of the Testimony, before the propitiatory covering which [is] over the Testimony, where I meet with you.

And thou shalt set it before the veil that is over the ark of the testimonies, wherein I will make myself known to thee from thence.

7 And Aaron has made incense on it, incense of spices, morning by morning; in his making the lamps right, he makes incense [on] it,

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

8 and in Aaron’s causing the lamps to go up between the evenings, he makes incense [on] it; [it is] a continual incense before YHWH throughout your generations.

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.

9 You do not cause strange incense to go up on it—and burnt-offering and present; and you do not pour out a drink-offering on it;

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

10 and Aaron has made atonement on its horns once in a year, by the blood of the sin-offering of atonements; once in a year he makes atonement for it, throughout your generations; it [is] most holy to YHWH.”

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.

11 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

12 “When you take up the census of the sons of Israel for their numbers, then they have each given an atonement [for] his soul to YHWH in their being numbered, and there is no plague among them in their being numbered.

If thou 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.

13 This they give, everyone passing over to those numbered, half a shekel, by the shekel of the holy place (the shekel [is] twenty gerahs); half a shekel [is] the raised-offering to YHWH;

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.

14 everyone passing over to those numbered, from a son of twenty years and upwards, gives the raised-offering of YHWH;

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

15 the rich do not multiply, and the poor do not diminish from the half-shekel, to give the raised-offering of YHWH, to make atonement for your souls.

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.

16 And you have taken the atonement-money from the sons of Israel, and have given it for the service of the Tent of Meeting; and it has been to the sons of Israel for a memorial before YHWH, to make atonement for your souls.”

And thou shalt take the money of the offering from the children of Israel, and shalt 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.

17 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

18 “And you have made a laver of bronze (and its base of bronze), for washing; and you have put it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and have put water [in] there,

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

19 and Aaron and his sons have washed their hands and their feet from it;

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

20 they wash [with] water in their going into the Tent of Meeting, and do not die; or in their drawing near to the altar to minister, to make incense [as] a fire-offering to YHWH,

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

21 then they have washed their hands and their feet, and they do not die, and it has been a continuous statute to them, to him and to his seed, throughout their generations.”

They shall wash their hands and feet with water, whensoever 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.

22 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

23 “And you, take [these] principal spices for yourself: five hundred [shekels] of liquid myrrh, and the half of that—two hundred and fifty [shekels]—of spice-cinnamon, and two hundred and fifty [shekels] of spice-cane,

Do thou 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,

24 and five hundred [shekels] of cassia, by the shekel of the holy place, and a hin of olive oil;

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

25 and you have made it a holy anointing oil, a compound mixture, work of a compounder; it is a holy anointing oil.

And thou shalt make it a holy anointing oil, a perfumed ointment [tempered] by the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.

26 And with it you have anointed the Tent of Meeting, and the Ark of the Testimony,

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

27 and the table and all its vessels, and the lampstand and its vessels, and the altar of incense,

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

28 and the altar of burnt-offering and all its vessels, and the laver and its base;

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

29 and you have sanctified them, and they have been most holy; all that is coming against them is holy;

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

30 and you anoint Aaron and his sons, and have sanctified them for being priests to Me.

And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them that they may minister to me as priests.

31 And you speak to the sons of Israel, saying, This is a holy anointing oil to Me, throughout your generations;

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

32 it is not poured on [the] flesh of man, and you make nothing [else] like it in its proportion; it [is] holy—it is holy to you;

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

33 a man who compounds [any] like it, or who puts of it on a stranger, has even been cut off from his people.”

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

34 And YHWH says to Moses, “Take to yourself spices—stacte, and onycha, and galbanum—spices and pure frankincense; they are part for part;

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

35 and you have made it an incense, a compound, work of a compounder, salted, pure, holy;

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

36 and you have beaten [some] of it small, and have put of it before the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, to where I meet with you; it is most holy to you.

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

37 As for the incense which you make, you do not make [any] for yourselves in its proportion; it is holy to you for YHWH;

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

38 a man who makes [any] like it—to be refreshed by it—has even been cut off from his people.”

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