Exodus 30
1 And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: [of] shittim wood shalt thou make it.
“And you have made an altar [for] making incense; you make it of shittim wood;
2 A cubit [shall be] its length, and a cubit its breadth; foursquare shall it be; and two cubits [shall be] its hight: its horns [shall be] of the same.
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, its top, and its sides round about, and its horns; and thou shalt make to it a crown 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 golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by its two corners, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make [it]; and they shall be for places for the staffs to bear it with.
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 staffs of shittim 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 put it before the vail that [is] by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy-seat that [is] over the testimony, where I will meet with 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 upon it sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon 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 at evening, he shall burn incense upon it; a perpetual incense before the LORD, throughout 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 offer no strange incense upon it, nor burnt-sacrifice, nor meat-offering; neither shall ye pour drink-offering upon it.
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 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 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 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
And YHWH speaks 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 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 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: ) a half shekel [shall be] the offering of the LORD.
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 Every one that passeth among them that are numbered from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering to the LORD.
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 half a shekel, when [they] give an offering to the LORD to make an atonement for 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 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 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 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
And YHWH speaks 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 therein.
“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 For Aaron and their sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:
and Aaron and his sons have washed their hands and their feet from 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.
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 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.
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 Moreover the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
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],
“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 of cassia five hundred [shekels], after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive-oil 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 of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be a holy anointing oil.
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 the tabernacle of the congregation with it, 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 vessels, and the candlestick and its vessels, and the altar of incense,
and the table and all its vessels, and the lampstand and its vessels, and the altar of incense,
28 And the altar of burnt-offering with all its vessels, and the laver and its foot.
and the altar of burnt-offering and all its vessels, and the laver and its base;
29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatever 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 And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that [they] may minister to me in the priest's office.
and you anoint Aaron and his sons, and have sanctified them for being priests to Me.
31 And thou shalt speak to the children of Israel, saying, This shall be a holy anointing oil to me, throughout your generations.
And you speak to the sons of Israel, saying, This is a holy anointing oil to 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.
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 Whoever compoundeth [any] like it, or whoever putteth [any] of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from 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 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 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 it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure [and] 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 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 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 [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.
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 Whoever shall make the like to that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.
a man who makes [any] like it—to be refreshed by it—has even been cut off from his people.”
