Exodus 30

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

And thou shalt make the altar of incense of incorruptible 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.

And thou shalt make it a cubit in length, and a cubit in breadth: it shall be square; and the height of it shall be of two cubits, its horns shall be of the same piece.

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 shalt gild its grate with pure gold, and its sides round about, and its horns; and thou shalt make for it a wreathen border 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 thou shalt make under its wreathen border two rings of pure gold; thou shalt make it to the two corners on the two sides, and they shall be bearings for the staves, so as to bear it with them.

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

And thou shalt make the staves of incorruptible wood, and shalt gild 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 shalt set it before the veil that is over the ark of the testimonies, wherein I will make myself known to thee from thence.

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

And Aaron shall burn upon it fine compound incense every morning; whensoever he trims the lamps he shall burn incense upon 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 in the evening, he shall burn incense upon it; a constant incense-offering always before the Lord for their 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.

And thou shalt not offer strange incense upon it, [nor] and offering made by fire, [nor] a sacrifice; and thou shalt not pour a drink-offering upon 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 once in the year Aaron shall make atonement on its horns, he shall purge it with the blood of purification for their generations: it is most holy to the Lord.

11 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord 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.

If thou take account of the children of Israel in the surveying of them, and they shall give every one a ransom for his soul to the Lord, then there shall not be among them a destruction in the visiting of 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.

And this is what they shall give, as many as pass the survey, half a didrachm which is according to the didrachm of the sanctuary: twenty oboli [go to] the didrachm, but the half of the didrachm is the offering to the Lord.

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

Every one that passes the survey from twenty years old and upwards shall give the offering to the Lord.

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 didrachm in giving the offering to the Lord, 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 shalt take the money of the offering from the children of Israel, and shalt give it for the service of the tabernacle of testimony; and it shall be to the children of Israel a memorial before the Lord, to make atonement for your souls.

17 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord 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.

Make a brazen laver, and a brazen base for it, for washing; and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of witness and the altar, and thou shalt pour forth water into 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 with water from it.

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.

Whensoever they shall go into the tabernacle of witness, they shall wash themselves with water, so they shall not die, whensoever they advance to the altar to do service and to offer the whole burnt-offerings to the Lord.

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.”

They shall wash their hands and feet with water, whensoever they shall go into the tabernacle of witness; they shall wash themselves with water, that they die not; and it shall be for them a perpetual statute, for him and his posterity after him.

22 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord 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,

Do thou also take sweet herbs, the flower of choice myrrh five hundred shekels, and the half of this two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet-smelling cinnamon, and two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet-smelling calamus,

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 shekels of the sanctuary, and a hin of olive oil.

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 shalt make it a holy anointing oil, a perfumed ointment [tempered] by 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 shalt anoint with it the tabernacle of witness, and the ark of the tabernacle of witness,

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

and all its furniture, and the candlestick and all its furniture, 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 whole burnt-offerings and all its furniture, and the table and all its furniture, and the laver.

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 shalt sanctify them, and they shall be most holy: every one that touches them shall be hallowed.

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

And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them that they may minister to me as priests.

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 shalt speak to the children of Israel, saying, This shall be to you a holy anointing oil 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.

On man's flesh it shall not be poured, and ye shall not make [any] for yourselves according to this composition: it is holy, and shall be holiness 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.'”

Whosoever shall make it in like manner, and whosoever shall give of it to a stranger, shall be destroyed from among his people.

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

And the Lord said to Moses, Take for thyself sweet herbs, stacte, onycha, sweet galbanum, and transparent frankincense; there shall be an equal weight of each.

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

And they shall make with it perfumed incense, tempered with the art of a perfumer, a pure holy work.

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 of these thou shalt beat some small, and thou shalt put it before the testimonies in the tabernacle of testimony, whence I will make myself known to thee: it shall be to you a most holy incense.

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.

Ye shall not make any for yourselves according to this composition; it shall be to you a holy thing for the Lord.

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

Whosoever shall make any in like manner, so as to smell it, shall perish from his people.