Exodus 30
1 'And thou hast made an altar [for] making perfume; [of] shittim wood thou dost make it;
“You shall make an altar to burn incense on. You shall make it of acacia 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.
Its length shall be a cubit, and its width a cubit. It shall be square, and its height shall be two cubits. Its horns shall be of one piece with it.
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;
You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top, its sides around it, and its horns; and you shall make a gold moulding around it.
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.
You shall make two golden rings for it under its moulding; on its two ribs, on its two sides you shall make them; and they shall be for places for poles with which to bear it.
5 'And thou hast made the staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them with gold;
You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and 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.
You shall put it before the veil that is by the ark of the covenant, before the mercy seat that is over the covenant, where I will meet with 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,
Aaron shall burn incense of sweet spices on it every morning. When he tends 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.
When Aaron lights the lamps at evening, he shall burn it, a perpetual 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 offer no strange incense on it, nor burnt offering, nor meal offering; and you shall pour no drink offering on it.
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.'
Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once in the year; with the blood of the sin offering of atonement once in the year he shall make atonement for it throughout your generations. It is most holy to the LORD.”
11 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
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 take a census of the children of Israel, according to those who are counted amongst them, then each man shall give a ransom for his soul to the LORD when you count them, that there be no plague amongst them when you count them.
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;
They shall give this, everyone who passes over to those who are counted, half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs); half a shekel for an offering 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;
Everyone who passes over to those who are counted, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the offering to the LORD.
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 give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of the LORD, to make atonement for your souls.
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.'
You shall take the atonement money from the children of Israel, and shall appoint it for the service of the Tent of Meeting; that it may be a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD, to make atonement for your souls.”
17 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
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 basin of bronze, and its base of bronze, in which to wash. You shall put it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in 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 their 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 go into the Tent of Meeting, they shall wash with water, that they not die; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire 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.'
So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they not die. This shall be a statute forever to them, even to him and to his descendants throughout their generations.”
22 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
Moreover the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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;
“Also take fine spices: of liquid myrrh, five hundred shekels; and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, even two hundred and fifty; and of fragrant cane, 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, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; and a hin of olive oil.
25 and thou hast made it a holy anointing oil, a compound mixture, work of a compounder; it is a holy anointing oil.
You shall make it into a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.
26 'And thou hast anointed with it the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony,
You shall use it to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the covenant,
27 and the table and all its vessels, and the candlestick and its vessels, and the altar of perfume,
the table and all its articles, the lamp stand and its accessories, the altar of incense,
28 and the altar of burnt-offering and all its vessels, and the laver and its base;
the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin with its base.
29 and thou hast sanctified them, and they have been most holy; all that is coming against them is holy;
You shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy.
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 sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest’s office.
31 'And unto the sons of Israel thou dost speak, saying, A holy anointing oil is this to Me, to your generations;
You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘This shall be a holy anointing oil 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;
It shall not be poured on man’s flesh, and do not make any like it, according to its composition. It is holy. 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.'
Whoever compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it on 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;
The LORD said to Moses, “Take to yourself sweet spices, gum resin, onycha, and galbanum: sweet spices with pure frankincense. There shall be an equal weight of each.
35 and thou hast made it a perfume, a compound, work of a compounder, salted, pure, holy;
You shall make incense of it, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.
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.
You shall beat some of it very small, and put some of it before the covenant in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be to you most holy.
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 this incense, according to its composition, for yourselves: it shall be to you holy for the LORD.
38 a man who maketh [any] like it — to be refreshed by it — hath even been cut off from his people.'
Whoever shall make any like that, to smell of it, he shall be cut off from his people.”
