Exodus 30

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

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

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

And thou shalt make the bars also of setim wood, and shalt overlay 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 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 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 sweet smelling incense upon it in the morning. When he shall dress the lamps, he shall burn 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 he shall place them in the evening, he shall burn an everlasting incense before the Lord throughout your 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;

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

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 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 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.

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

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

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

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 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 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,

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 have washed their hands and their feet from it;

Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and feet in 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,

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 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.”

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

22 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

And the Lord spoke to Moses,

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,

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 five hundred [shekels] of cassia, by the shekel of the holy place, 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 have made it a holy anointing oil, a compound mixture, work of a compounder; it is a holy anointing oil.

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

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

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

27 and the table and all its vessels, and the lampstand and its vessels, 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 burnt-offering and all its vessels, and the laver and its base;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 a man who compounds [any] like it, or who puts of it on a stranger, has even been cut off from 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 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 unto thee spices, stacte, and onycha, galbanum of sweet savour, and the clearest frankincense, all shall be of equal weight.

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

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

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

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

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

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