Exodus 30
1 “And you have made an altar [for] making incense; you make it of shittim wood;
You must make an altar to burn incense. You must make it with acacia 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.
Its length must be one cubit, and its width one cubit. It must be square, and its height must be two cubits. Its horns must be made as one piece with it.
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;
You must cover the incense altar with pure gold—its top, its sides, and its horns. You must make a surrounding border of gold for it.
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.
You must make two golden rings to be attached to it under its border on its two opposite sides. The rings must be holders for poles to carry the altar.
5 And you have made the poles of shittim wood, and have overlaid them with gold;
You must make the poles of acacia wood, and you must cover 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.
You must put the incense altar before the curtain that is by the ark of the testimony. It will be before the atonement lid that is over the ark of the testimony, where I will meet with you.
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,
Aaron must burn fragrant incense every morning. He must burn it when he tends the lamps,
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 Aaron lights the lamps again in the evening so incense will burn on it regularly before Yahweh, 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;
But you must offer no other incense on the incense altar, nor any burnt offering or grain offering. You must pour no drink offering on 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.”
Aaron must make atonement on its horns once a year. With the blood of the sin offering he will make atonement for it once a year throughout your generations. It is completely set apart to Yahweh.”
11 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
Then Yahweh 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 you take a census of the Israelites, then each person must give a ransom for his life to Yahweh. You must do this after you count them, so that there will be no plague among them when you count 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;
Everyone who is counted in the census is to pay half a shekel of silver, according to the weight of the shekel of the sanctuary (a shekel is the same as twenty gerahs). This half shekel will be an offering to Yahweh.
14 everyone passing over to those numbered, from a son of twenty years and upwards, gives the raised-offering of YHWH;
Everyone who is counted, from twenty years old and up, must give this offering to me.
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.
When the people give this offering to me to make atonement for their lives, the rich must not give more than the half shekel, and the poor must not give less.
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.”
You must receive this atonement money from the Israelites and you must allocate it to the work of the tent of meeting. It must be a reminder to the Israelites before me, to make atonement for your lives.”
17 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
Then Yahweh 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,
“You must also make a large bronze basin with a bronze stand, a basin for washing. You must put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you must put water in it.
19 and Aaron and his sons have washed their hands and their feet from it;
Aaron and his sons must wash their hands and their feet with the water 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 go into the tent of meeting or when they go near to the altar to serve me by burning an offering, they must wash with water so that they do not die.
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 must wash their hands and feet so that they do not die. This must be a permanent law for Aaron and his descendants throughout their people's generations.”
22 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
Then Yahweh 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,
“Take these fine spices: five hundred shekels of flowing myrrh, 250 shekels of sweet-smelling cinnamon, 250 shekels of sweet-smelling cane,
24 and five hundred [shekels] of cassia, by the shekel of the holy place, and a hin of olive oil;
five hundred shekels of cassia, measured by the weight of the shekel of the sanctuary, and one 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.
You must make holy anointing oil with these ingredients, the work of a perfumer. It will be a holy anointing oil, reserved for me.
26 And with it you have anointed the Tent of Meeting, and the Ark of the Testimony,
You must anoint the tent of meeting with this oil, as well as the ark of the testimony,
27 and the table and all its vessels, and the lampstand and its vessels, and the altar of incense,
the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and its equipment, the incense altar,
28 and the altar of burnt-offering and all its vessels, and the laver and its base;
the altar for burnt offerings with all its equipment, and the basin with its stand.
29 and you have sanctified them, and they have been most holy; all that is coming against them is holy;
You must set them apart to me so that they may be holy to me. Anything that touches them will also be holy.
30 and you anoint Aaron and his sons, and have sanctified them for being priests to Me.
You must anoint Aaron and his sons and set them aside to me so that they may serve me as priests.
31 And you speak to the sons of Israel, saying, This is a holy anointing oil to Me, throughout your generations;
You must say to the Israelites, 'This must be an anointing oil that is set apart to Yahweh throughout your people's 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;
It must not be applied to people's skin, nor must you make any oil like it with the same formula, because it is set apart to Yahweh. You must regard it in this manner.
33 a man who compounds [any] like it, or who puts of it on a stranger, has even been cut off from his people.”
Whoever makes perfume like it, or whoever puts any of it on someone, that person must 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;
Yahweh said to Moses, “Take spices—stacte, onycha, and galbanum—sweet spices along with pure frankincense, each in equal amounts.
35 and you have made it an incense, a compound, work of a compounder, salted, pure, holy;
Make it into the form of incense, blended by a perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and set apart.
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.
You will grind it into a very fine mixture. Put part of it in front of the ark of the testimony, which is in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with you. You will regard it as very holy to me.
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;
As for this incense that you will make, you must not make any with the same formula for yourselves. It must be most holy to you.
38 a man who makes [any] like it—to be refreshed by it—has even been cut off from his people.”
Whoever makes anything like it to use as a perfume must be cut off from his people.”
