Exodus 30

1 'And thou hast made an altar [for] making perfume; [of] shittim wood thou dost make it;

“You shall also make an altar, for the burning of incense, from setim wood,

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

having one cubit in length, and another in width, that is, four equal sides, and two cubits in height. Horns shall proceed from the same.

3 'And thou hast overlaid it with pure gold, its top, and its sides round about, and its horns; and thou hast made to it a crown of gold round about;

And you shall clothe it with the purest gold, both its grating and the walls around it, and also the horns. And you shall make for it a crown of gold in a circle,

4 and two rings of gold thou dost make to it under its crown; on its two ribs thou dost make [them], on its two sides, and they have become places for staves, to bear it with them.

and two gold rings under the crown on each side, so that the bars may be set in them and the altar may be carried.

5 'And thou hast made the staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them with gold;

Also, you shall make its bars of setim wood, and you shall overlay them with gold.

6 and thou hast put it before the vail, which [is] by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy-seat which [is] over the testimony, whither I am met with thee.

And you shall set the altar opposite the veil, which hangs in front of the ark of the testimony, before the propitiatory with which the testimony is covered, where I will speak to you.

7 'And Aaron hath made perfume on it, perfume of spices, morning by morning; in his making the lamps right he doth perfume it,

And Aaron shall burn incense upon it, a sweet fragrance, in the morning. When he lights the lamps, he shall burn it.

8 and in Aaron's causing the lamps to go up between the evenings, he doth perfume it; a continual perfume before Jehovah to your generations.

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

9 'Ye do not cause strange perfume to go up upon it, and burnt-offering, and present, and libation ye do not pour out on it;

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

10 and Aaron hath made atonement on its horns, once in a year, by the blood of the sin-offering of atonements; once in a year doth he make atonement for it, to your generations; it [is] most holy to Jehovah.'

And Aaron shall pray over its horns once a year, with the blood of what was offered for sin. And he shall make atonement over it in your generations. It shall be the Holy of holies to the Lord.”

11 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

12 'When thou takest up the sum of the sons of Israel for their numbers, then they have given each an atonement [for] his soul to Jehovah in their being numbered, and there is no plague among them in their being numbered.

“When you have taken the sum of the sons of Israel, according to their number, each shall give a price for their souls to the Lord, and there will be no scourge among them, when they will be reviewed.

13 'This they do give, every one passing over unto those numbered, half a shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel [is] twenty gerahs); half a shekel [is] the heave-offering to Jehovah;

Then all those who pass shall give by name: one half shekel, according to the measure at the temple. A shekel has twenty obols. The half part of a shekel shall be offered to the Lord.

14 every one passing over unto those numbered, from a son of twenty years and upwards, doth give the heave-offering of Jehovah;

He who has been numbered from twenty years and above shall give the price.

15 the rich doth not multiply, and the poor doth not diminish from the half-shekel, to give the heave-offering of Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.

The rich shall not add to the half shekel, and the poor shall diminish nothing.

16 'And thou hast taken the atonement-money from the sons of Israel, and hast given it for the service of the tent of meeting; and it hath been to the sons of Israel for a memorial before Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.'

And the money received, which was collected from the sons of Israel, you shall deliver for the uses of the tabernacle of the testimony, so that it may be a memorial of them before the Lord, and he may act favorably toward their souls.”

17 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

18 'And thou hast made a laver of brass (and its base of brass), for washing; and thou hast put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and hast put water there;

“You shall also make a bronze washtub with its base to wash in; and you shall place it between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar. And when water has been added,

19 and Aaron and his sons have washed at it their hands and their feet,

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

20 in their going in unto the tent of meeting they wash [with] water, and die not; or in their drawing nigh unto the altar to minister, to perfume a fire-offering to Jehovah,

when they enter the tabernacle of the testimony, and when they approach to the altar so as to offer incense to the Lord upon it,

21 then they have washed their hands and their feet, and they die not, and it hath been to them a statute age-during, to him and to his seed to their generations.'

otherwise, they may die. This shall be an everlasting law to him, and to his offspring, throughout their successions.”

22 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

And the Lord spoke to Moses,

23 'And thou, take to thyself principal spices, wild honey five hundred [shekels]; and spice-cinnamon, the half of that, two hundred and fifty; and spice-cane two hundred and fifty;

saying: “Take for yourself aromatics: of the first and best myrrh, five hundred shekels, and of cinnamon half as much, that is, two hundred and fifty shekels; of sweet flag similarly two hundred and fifty,

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

but of cassia, five hundred shekels by the weight of the sanctuary, and of the oil of olives the measure of a hin.

25 and thou hast made it a holy anointing oil, a compound mixture, work of a compounder; it is a holy anointing oil.

And you shall make the holy oil of unction, an ointment composed with the skills of a perfumer,

26 'And thou hast anointed with it the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony,

and with it you shall anoint the tabernacle of the testimony, and the ark of the testament,

27 and the table and all its vessels, and the candlestick and its vessels, and the altar of perfume,

and the table with its vessels, and the lampstand and its utensils, the altars of incense

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

and of holocaust, and all the items that pertain to their rituals.

29 and thou hast sanctified them, and they have been most holy; all that is coming against them is holy;

And you shall sanctify everything, and they shall be the Holy of holies. He who will touch them must be sanctified.

30 and Aaron and his sons thou dost anoint, and hast sanctified them for being priests to Me.

You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and you shall sanctify them, so that they may exercise the priesthood for me.

31 'And unto the sons of Israel thou dost speak, saying, A holy anointing oil is this to Me, to your generations;

Likewise, you shall say to the sons of Israel: ‘This oil of unction will be holy to me throughout your generations.

32 on flesh of man it is not poured, and with its proper proportion ye make none like it; it [is] holy; it is holy to you;

The flesh of man shall not be anointed from it, and you shall not make any similar compound, for it has been sanctified and it shall be holy to you.

33 a man who compoundeth [any] like it, or who putteth of it on a stranger — hath even been cut off from his people.'

Whatever man will have composed such a thing and have given it to a stranger, he shall be exterminated from his people.’”

34 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Take to thee spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum, spices and pure frankincense; they are part for part;

And the Lord said to Moses: “Take to yourself aromatics: stacte, and onycha, galbanum of sweet odor, and the clearest frankincense, all these shall be of equal weight.

35 and thou hast made it a perfume, a compound, work of a compounder, salted, pure, holy;

And you shall make incense composed with the skills of a perfumer, diligently mixed, and pure, and most worthy of sanctification.

36 and thou hast beaten [some] of it small, and hast put of it before the testimony, in the tent of meeting, whither I am met with thee; most holy it is to you.

And when you have crushed all these into a very fine powder, you shall place some of it before the tabernacle of the testimony, in the place where I will appear to you. The Holy of holies shall this incense be to you.

37 'As to the perfume which thou makest, with its proper proportion ye do not make to yourselves, holy it is to thee to Jehovah;

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

38 a man who maketh [any] like it — to be refreshed by it — hath even been cut off from his people.'

Whatever man will have made anything similar, so as to thoroughly enjoy its smell, he shall perish from his people.”