Exodus 30

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

And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it.

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

A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be 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 pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto 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 shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal.

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

And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and 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 put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with 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 thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth 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 lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before Yhwh 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;

Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor grain offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.

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 make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto Yhwh.

11 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

And Yhwh spake unto 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 takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto Yhwh, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest 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;

This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: ( a shekel is twenty gerahs: ) an half shekel shall be the offering of Yhwh.

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

Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto Yhwh.

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 half a shekel, when they give an offering unto Yhwh, to make an 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 atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before Yhwh, to make an atonement for your souls.

17 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

And Yhwh spake unto 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 also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.

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

For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:

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 go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto Yhwh:

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.”

So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.

22 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

Moreover Yhwh spake unto 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,

Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,

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, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an 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 it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.

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

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

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

And the table and all his vessels, and the lampstand and his vessels, 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 burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot.

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, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.

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 consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.

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 unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil 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;

Upon man’s flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it 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.”

Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even 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 Yhwh said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:

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

And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:

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 thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.

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;

And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for Yhwh.

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

Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.