Exodus 30

1 You must make an altar to burn incense. You must make it with acacia wood.

And thou shall make an altar to burn incense upon. Thou shall make it of acacia wood.

2 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.

A cubit shall be the length of it, and a cubit the breadth of it (it shall be foursquare), and two cubits shall be the height of it. The horns of it shall be of one piece with it.

3 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.

And thou shall overlay it with pure gold, the top of it, and the sides of it round about, and the horns of it. And thou shall make to it a crown of gold round about.

4 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.

And two golden rings thou shall make for it under the crown of it, upon the two ribs of it, upon the two sides of it thou shall make them. And they shall be for places for staves with which to bear it.

5 You must make the poles of acacia wood, and you must cover them with gold.

And thou shall make the staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.

6 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.

And thou shall put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy-seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.

7 Aaron must burn fragrant incense every morning. He must burn it when he tends the lamps,

And Aaron shall burn in it incense of sweet spices. Every morning, when he dresses the lamps, he shall burn it.

8 and Aaron lights the lamps again in the evening so incense will burn on it regularly before Yahweh, throughout your generations.

And when Aaron lights the lamps at evening, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before Jehovah throughout your generations.

9 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.

Ye shall offer no strange incense on it, nor burnt offering, nor meal offering. And ye shall pour no drink offering on it.

10 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.”

And Aaron shall make atonement upon the horns of it once in the year, with the blood of the sin offering of atonement. Once in the year he shall make atonement for it throughout your generations. It is most holy to Jehovah.

11 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

12 “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.

When thou take the sum of the sons of Israel, according to those who are numbered of them, then they shall give every man a ransom for his soul to Jehovah when thou number them, that there be no plague among them when thou number them.

13 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.

This they shall give, everyone who passes over to those who are numbered: half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary, (the shekel is twenty gerahs, ) half a shekel for an offering to Jehovah.

14 Everyone who is counted, from twenty years old and up, must give this offering to me.

Everyone who passes over to those who are numbered, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the offering of Jehovah.

15 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.

The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.

16 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.”

And thou shall take the atonement money from the sons of Israel, and shall appoint it for the service of the tent of meeting, that it may be a memorial for the sons of Israel before Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.

17 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

18 “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.

Thou shall also make a laver of brass, and the base of it of brass for washing. And thou shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and thou shall put water in it.

19 Aaron and his sons must wash their hands and their feet with the water in it.

And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet there.

20 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.

When they go into the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, that they not die, or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to Jehovah.

21 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.”

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

22 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

Moreover Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

23 “Take these fine spices: five hundred shekels of flowing myrrh, 250 shekels of sweet-smelling cinnamon, 250 shekels of sweet-smelling cane,

Take thou also to thee the chief spices: of flowing myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty,

24 five hundred shekels of cassia, measured by the weight of the shekel of the sanctuary, and one hin of olive oil.

and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin.

25 You must make holy anointing oil with these ingredients, the work of a perfumer. It will be a holy anointing oil, reserved for me.

And thou shall make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer. It shall be a holy anointing oil.

26 You must anoint the tent of meeting with this oil, as well as the ark of the testimony,

And thou shall anoint with it the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony,

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

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

28 the altar for burnt offerings with all its equipment, and the basin with its stand.

and the altar of burnt offering with all the vessels of it, and the laver and the base of it.

29 You must set them apart to me so that they may be holy to me. Anything that touches them will also be holy.

And thou shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy.

30 You must anoint Aaron and his sons and set them aside to me so that they may serve me as priests.

And thou shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest's office.

31 You must say to the Israelites, 'This must be an anointing oil that is set apart to Yahweh throughout your people's generations.

And thou shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, This shall be a holy anointing oil to me throughout your generations.

32 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.

Upon the flesh of man it shall not be poured, neither shall ye make any like it, according to the composition of it. It is holy, and it shall be holy to you.

33 Whoever makes perfume like it, or whoever puts any of it on someone, that person must be cut off from his people.'”

Whoever compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it upon a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.

34 Yahweh said to Moses, “Take spices—stacte, onycha, and galbanum—sweet spices along with pure frankincense, each in equal amounts.

And Jehovah said to Moses, Take to thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum, sweet spices with pure frankincense, of each shall there be a like weight.

35 Make it into the form of incense, blended by a perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and set apart.

And thou shall make of it incense, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.

36 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.

And thou shall beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with thee. It shall be to you most holy.

37 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.

And the incense which thou shall make, ye shall not make for yourselves according to the composition of it. It shall be to thee holy for Jehovah.

38 Whoever makes anything like it to use as a perfume must be cut off from his people.”

Whoever shall make like that, to smell of it, he shall be cut off from his people.