Exodus 30

1 And thou shalt make an altar, for burning incense, of acacia wood, shalt thou make it:

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

2 a cubit, the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof four square, shall it be, —and two cubits, the height thereof, of the same, [shall be] the horns thereof,

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

3 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 to it a border of gold round about.

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;

4 And, two rings of gold, shalt thou make to it, under the border thereof upon the two corners thereof, shalt thou make them on the two sides thereof, —so shall they become receptacles for the staves, to lift it therewith.

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.

5 And thou shalt make the staves of acacia wood, —and overlay them with gold.

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

6 And thou shalt place it before the veil, which is by the ark of the testimony, —before the propitiatory which is upon the testimony, where I will meet thee.

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.

7 And Aaron shall burn thereon fragrant incense, —morning by morning, when he trimmeth the lamps, shall he burn it;

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

8 and, when Aaron lighteth the lamps, between the evenings, shall he burn it, —a continual incense before Yahweh, to your generations.

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.

9 Ye shall not cause to ascend thereupon strange incense, nor an ascending-sacrifice, nor a meal-offering, —and a drink offering, shall ye not pour out thereupon.

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;

10 But Aaron shall put a propitiatory-covering upon the horns thereof, once in the year: of the blood of the sin-bearer for propitiatory-coverings, once in the year, shall he put a propitiatory-covering thereupon to your generations, most holy, it is to Yahweh.

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.”

11 Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying—

And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

12 When thou takest the sum of the sons of Israel, by their numberings, then shall they give every man a propitiatory-covering for his soul to Yahweh, when they are numbered, —that there may be among them no plague when they are numbered.

“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.

13 This, shall they give—every one that passeth over to them that have been numbered—a half-shekel by the shekel of the sanctuary, —the shekel is twenty gerahs—the half-shekel, shall be a heave-offering to Yahweh.

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;

14 All who pass over to the numbered, from twenty years old and upwards, shall give the heave-offering of Yahweh.

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

15 The rich, shall not give more, and the poor, shall not give less, than the half-shekel, —when they give the heave-offering of Yahweh, to put a propitiatory-covering over your souls.

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.

16 So then thou shalt take the silver for the propitiatory-coverings from the sons of Israel, and shalt expend it upon the service of the tent of meeting, —thus shall it be for the sons of Israel as a memorial before Yahweh, to put a propitiatory-covering over your souls.

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.”

17 Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying—

And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

18 And thou shalt make a laver of bronze, and its stand of bronze for bathing, —and thou shalt place it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and shalt put therein water.

“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,

19 So shall Aaron and his sons bathe thereat, —their hands, and their feet.

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

20 When they enter the tent of meeting, they shall bathe with water so shall they not die, —or when they approach unto the altar to minister, to burn as incense an altar-flame to Yahweh:

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,

21 so then they shall bathe their hands and their feet and shall not die, —and it shall be to them an age-abiding statute, to him and to his seed to their generations.

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.”

22 Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying—

And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

23 Thou, therefore, take to thee—principal spices, —self-flowing myrrh, five hundred, and fragrant cinnamon, half as much, two hundred and fifty, and, fragrant cane, two hundred and fifty;

“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,

24 and, cassia, five hundred, by the shekel of the sanctuary, —and, oil olive, a hin.

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

25 And thou shalt make it an oil for holy anointing, a compounded perfume the work of a perfumer, —an oil for holy anointing, shall it be.

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

26 And thou shalt anoint therewith the tent of meeting, —and the ark of the testimony;

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

27 and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand, and its utensils, —and the incense altar,

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

28 and the altar for the ascending-sacrifice, and all its utensils, -and the laver, and its stand.

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

29 So shalt thou hallow them, and they shall be most holy, —whosoever toucheth them, shall be holy.

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

30 Aaron also, and his sons, shalt thou anoint, —so shalt thou hallow them to minister as priests unto me.

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

31 And unto the sons of Israel, shalt thou speak, saying, An oil for holy anointing, shall this be to me, to your generations.

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

32 Upon the flesh of a common man, shall it not be poured, and according to the proportions thereof, shall ye not make any like it, —holy, it is, holy, shall it be to you.

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;

33 Whosoever compoundeth any like it, and whosoever bestoweth thereof upon a stranger, shall be cut off from among his people.

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

34 Then said Yahweh unto Moses—Take to thee aromatic spices stacte and onycha, and galbanum, —aromatic spices, and pure frankincense, —weight for weight, shall it be.

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

35 And thou shalt make of it an incense, a perfume the work of a perfumer, —salted, pure, holy.

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

36 And thou shalt beat some of it to powder, and place thereof before the testimony, in the tent of meeting, where I am to meet with thee, —most holy, shall it be to you.

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.

37 And the incense which thou shalt make, according to the proportions thereof, ye shall not make for yourselves, —holy, shall it be to thee, to Yahweh.

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

38 Whosoever shall make like it, to smell of it shall be cut off from among his people.

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