Exodus 30

1 And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it.

Thou shalt make also an altar to burn incense, of setim wood.

2 A cubit shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be its height: its horns shall be of the same.

It shall be a cubit in length, and another in breadth, that is, foursquare, and two in height. Horns shall go out of the same.

3 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, its top, and its sides all around, and its horns; and thou shalt make for it a crown of gold all around.

And thou shalt overlay it with the purest gold, as well as the grate thereof, as the walls round about and the horns. And thou shalt make to it a crown of gold round about,

4 And two golden rings shalt thou make for it under its crown, by its two corners, upon its two sides shalt thou make it; and they shall be for places for the staffs to bear it with.

And two golden rings under the crown on either side, that the bars may be put into them, and the altar be carried.

5 And thou shalt make the staffs of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

And thou shalt make the bars also of setim wood, and shalt overlay them with gold.

6 And thou shalt 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.

And thou shalt set the altar over against the veil, that hangeth before the ark of the testimony before the propitiatory wherewith the testimony is covered, where I will speak to thee.

7 And Aaron shall burn on it sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.

And Aaron shall burn sweet smelling incense upon it in the morning. When he shall dress the lamps, he shall burn it:

8 And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at the evening, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.

And when he shall place them in the evening, he shall burn an everlasting incense before the Lord throughout your generations.

9 Ye shall offer no strange incense on it, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering on it.

You shall not offer upon it incense of another composition nor oblation, and victim, neither shall you offer libations.

10 And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in a year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy to the LORD.

And Aaron shall pray upon the horns thereof once a year, with the blood of that which was offered for sin, and shall make atonement upon it in your generations. It shall be most holy to the Lord.

11 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

12 When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul to the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there may be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.

When thou shalt take the sum of the children of Israel according to their number, every one of them shall give a price for their souls to the Lord, and there shall be no scourge among them, when they shall be reckoned.

13 This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs: ) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD.

And this shall every one give that passeth at the naming, half a sicle according to the standard of the temple. A sicle hath twenty obols. Half a sicle shall be offered to the Lord.

14 Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering to the LORD.

He that is counted in the number from twenty years and upwards, shall give the price.

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

The rich man shall not add to half a sicle, and the poor man shall diminish nothing.

16 And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial to the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.

And the money received which was contributed by the children of Israel, thou shalt deliver unto the uses of the tabernacle of the testimony, that it may be a memorial of them before the Lord, and he may be merciful to their souls.

17 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

18 Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and its foot also of brass, to wash in: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water in it.

Thou shalt make also a brazen laver with its foot, to wash in: and thou shalt set it between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar. And water being put into it,

19 For Aaron and their sons shall wash their hands and their feet from it:

Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and feet in it:

20 When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire to the LORD:

When they are going into the tabernacle of the testimony, and when they are to come to the altar, to offer on it incense to the Lord,

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

Lest perhaps they die. It shall be an everlasting law to him, and to his seed by successions.

22 Moreover the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord spoke to Moses,

23 Take thou also to thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half as much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,

Saying: Take spices, of principal and chosen myrrh five hundred sicles, and of cinnamon half so much, that is, two hundred and fifty sicles, of calamus in like manner two hundred and fifty.

24 And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil an hin:

And of cassia five hundred sicles by the weight of the sanctuary, of oil of olives the measure hin:

25 And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the perfumer: it shall be an holy anointing oil.

And thou shalt make the holy oil of unction, an ointment compounded after the art of the perfumer,

26 And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation with it, and the ark of the testimony,

And therewith thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the testimony, and the ark of the testament,

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

And the table with the vessels thereof, the candlestick and furniture thereof, the altars of incense,

28 And the altar of burnt offering with all its vessels, and the laver and its foot.

And of holocaust, and all the furniture that belongeth to the service of them.

29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatever toucheth them shall be holy.

And thou shalt sanctify all, and they shall be most holy: he that shall touch them shall be sanctified.

30 And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister to me in the priest’s office.

Thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and shalt sanctify them, that they may do the office of priesthood unto me.

31 And thou shalt speak to the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil to me throughout your generations.

And thou shalt say to the children of Israel: This oil of unction shall be holy unto me throughout your generations.

32 Upon man’s flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy to you.

The flesh of man shall not be anointed therewith, and you shall make none other of the same composition, because it is sanctified, and shall be holy unto you.

33 Whoever compoundeth any like it, or whoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.

What man soever shall compound such, and shall give thereof to a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.

34 And the LORD said to Moses, Take to thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:

And the Lord said to Moses: Take unto thee spices, stacte, and onycha, galbanum of sweet savour, and the clearest frankincense, all shall be of equal weight.

35 And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the perfumer, tempered together, pure and holy:

And thou shalt make incense compounded by the work of the perfumer, well tempered together, and pure, and most worthy of sanctification.

36 And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be to you most holy.

And when thou has beaten all into very small powder, thou shalt set of it before the tabernacle of the testimony, in the place where I will appear to thee. Most holy shall this incense be to you.

37 And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to its composition: it shall be to thee holy for the LORD.

You shall not make such a composition for your own uses, because it is holy to the Lord.

38 Whoever shall make any like it, to smell it, shall even be cut off from his people.

What man soever shall make the like, to enjoy the smell thereof, he shall perish out of his people.