Exodus 30
1 'And thou hast made an altar [for] making perfume; [of] shittim wood thou dost make it;
Thou shalt make also an altar to burn incense, of 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.
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 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 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 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 golden rings under the crown on either side, that the bars may be put into them, and the altar be carried.
5 'And thou hast made the staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them with gold;
And thou shalt make the bars also of setim wood, and shalt 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 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 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 sweet smelling incense upon it in the morning. When he shall dress 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 shall place 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 oblation, and 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 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 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 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 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;
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 passing over unto those numbered, from a son of twenty years and upwards, doth give the heave-offering of Jehovah;
He that is counted in the number from twenty years and upwards, 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 man shall not add to half a sicle, and the poor man 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 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 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;
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 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 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 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.'
Lest perhaps they die. It shall be an everlasting law to him, and to his seed by 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 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 cassia five hundred, by the shekel of the sanctuary, and olive oil a hin;
And of cassia five hundred sicles by the weight of the sanctuary, of oil of olives the measure 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 thou shalt make the holy oil of unction, an ointment compounded after the art of the perfumer,
26 'And thou hast anointed with it the tent of meeting, 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 candlestick and its vessels, and the altar of perfume,
And the table with the vessels thereof, the candlestick and furniture thereof, 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 furniture that belongeth to the service of them.
29 and thou hast sanctified them, and they have been most holy; all that is coming against them is holy;
And thou shalt sanctify all, and they shall be most holy: he that shall touch them shall be sanctified.
30 and Aaron and his sons thou dost anoint, and hast sanctified them for being priests to Me.
Thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and shalt sanctify them, that they may do the office of priesthood unto me.
31 'And unto the sons of Israel thou dost speak, saying, A holy anointing oil is this to Me, to your generations;
And thou shalt say to the children of Israel: This oil of unction shall be holy unto 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 therewith, and you shall make none other of the same composition, because it is sanctified, and shall be holy unto 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.'
What man soever shall compound such, and shall give thereof to a stranger, he shall be cut off 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 unto thee spices, stacte, and onycha, galbanum of sweet savour, and the clearest frankincense, all shall be of equal weight.
35 and thou hast made it a perfume, a compound, work of a compounder, salted, pure, 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 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 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 '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 composition 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.'
What man soever shall make the like, to enjoy the smell thereof, he shall perish out of his people.
