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 its length, and a cubit its breadth, foursquare shall it be; and two cubits shall be its height; from itself shall its horns be.
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, its top, and its sides round about, and its horns; 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 rings of gold shalt thou make for it beneath its crown, on its two corners shalt thou make them, upon both its sides; and they shall be as receptacles for the staves to bear it by means of them.
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 before 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 incense of spices; every morning when he dresseth the lamps, shall he 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 Aaron lighteth the lamps toward evening, shall he burn it; a perpetual 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;
Ye shall not offer thereon any strange incense, or burnt-sacrifice, or meat-offering; and a drink-offering shall ye not pour 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 its horns once in a year; with the blood of the sin-offering of the day of atonement, once in the year, shall he make atonement upon it, throughout your generations; it is most holy unto the Lord.
11 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
And the Lord spoke 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 of those who are to be numbered of them, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the Lord, when they number them; that there be no plague among them, when they number 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 shall they give, every one that passeth among those that are numbered, Half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary; twenty gerahs to the shekel; the half of the shekel shall be the tribute 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 passeth among those that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give the tribute unto 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 of a shekel, as a tribute unto the Lord, 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 money of the atonement from the children of Israel, and shalt employ it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; and it shall be unto the children of Israel as a memorial before the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.
17 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
And the Lord spoke 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 copper, with its foot of copper, to wash withal: and thou shalt set it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put therein water.
19 and Aaron and his sons have washed their hands and their feet from it;
And Aaron and his sons shall wash out of it their hands and their feet.
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, shall they wash themselves with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire unto 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.”
And they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not; and it shall be to them a statute for ever, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.
22 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
And the Lord spoke 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,
And thou, take unto thyself principal spices: of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon, its half shall be 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 olive-oil one 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 of it an oil of holy anointing, a mixture, compounded after the art of the apothecary: an oil of holy anointing shall it be.
26 And with it you have anointed the Tent of Meeting, and the Ark of the Testimony,
And thou shalt anoint therewith the tabernacle of the congregation, 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 its vessels, and the candlestick and its 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 its vessels, and the laver and its 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, and they shall 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 Aaron and his sons shalt thou anoint, and consecrate them to be priests unto me.
31 And you speak to the sons of Israel, saying, This is a holy anointing oil to Me, throughout your generations;
And unto the children of Israel shalt thou speak, saying, An oil of holy anointing shall this be 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 the flesh of man shall it not be poured, and after its proportion shall ye not make any thing like it; it is holy, and holy shall it be 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 the like of it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, 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 unto Moses, Take unto thee spices, balm, and onycha, and galbanum, spices, with pure frankincense: of each shall there be an equal weight.
35 and you have made it an incense, a compound, work of a compounder, salted, pure, holy;
And thou shalt make it an incense, a mixture after the art of the apothecary, well mingled 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 pour some of it fine, and offer of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee; most holy shall it be unto 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;
And as for the incense which thou shalt make, according to its proportion, shall ye not make any unto yourselves: holy shall it be unto thee 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 the like of it, to smell thereon, shall be cut off from his people.
