Exodus 30
30
The Altar of Incense
1“You shall make #Ex. 37:25–29an altar to burn incense on; you shall make it of acacia wood. 2A cubit shall be its length and a cubit its width—it shall be square—and two cubits shall be its height. Its horns shall be of one piece with it. 3And you shall overlay its top, its sides all around, and its horns with pure gold; and you shall make for it a molding of gold all around. 4Two gold rings you shall make for it, under the molding on both its sides. You shall place them on its two sides, and they will be holders for the poles with which to bear it. 5You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold. 6And you shall put it before the #Ex. 26:31–35veil that is before the ark of the Testimony, before the #Ex. 25:21, 22mercy seat that is over the Testimony, where I will meet with you.
7“Aaron shall burn on it #Ex. 30:34; 1 Sam. 2:28; 1 Chr. 23:13; Luke 1:9sweet incense every morning; when #Ex. 27:20, 21he tends the lamps, he shall burn incense on it. 8And when Aaron lights the lamps at twilight, he shall burn incense on it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations. 9You shall not offer #Lev. 10:1strange incense on it, or a burnt offering, or a grain offering; nor shall you pour a drink offering on it. 10And #Lev. 16:3–34Aaron shall make atonement upon its horns once a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonement; once a year he shall make atonement upon it throughout your generations. It is most holy to the Lord.”
The Ransom Money
11Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 12#Ex. 38:25, 26; Num. 1:2; 26:2; 2 Sam. 24:2“When you take the census of the children of Israel for their number, then every man shall give #Num. 31:50; (Matt. 20:28; 1 Pet. 1:18, 19)a ransom for himself to the Lord, when you number them, that there may be no #2 Sam. 24:15plague among them when you number them. 13#Matt. 17:24This is what everyone among those who are numbered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary #Lev. 27:25; Num. 3:47; Ezek. 45:12(a shekel is twenty gerahs). #Ex. 38:26The half-shekel shall be an offering to the Lord. 14Everyone included among those who are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering to the Lord. 15The #Job 34:19; Prov. 22:2; (Eph. 6:9)rich shall not give more and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when you give an offering to the Lord, to make atonement for yourselves. 16And you shall take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and #Ex. 38:25–31shall appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of meeting, that it may be #Num. 16:40a memorial for the children of Israel before the Lord, to make atonement for yourselves.”
The Bronze Laver
17Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 18#Ex. 38:8; 1 Kin. 7:38“You shall also make a laver of bronze, with its base also of bronze, for washing. You shall #Ex. 40:30put it between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar. And you shall put water in it, 19for Aaron and his sons #Ex. 40:31, 32; Ps. 26:6; Is. 52:11; John 13:8, 10; Heb. 10:22shall wash their hands and their feet in water from it. 20When they go into the tabernacle of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to the Lord, they shall wash with water, lest they die. 21So they shall wash their hands and their feet, lest they die. And #Ex. 28:43it shall be a statute forever to them—to him and his descendants throughout their generations.”
The Holy Anointing Oil
22Moreover the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 23“Also take for yourself #Song 4:14; Ezek. 27:22quality spices—five hundred shekels of liquid #Ps. 45:8; Prov. 7:17myrrh, half as much sweet-smelling cinnamon (two hundred and fifty shekels), two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet-smelling #Song 4:14; Jer. 6:20cane, 24five hundred shekels of #Ps. 45:8cassia, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a #Ex. 29:40hin of olive oil. 25And you shall make from these a holy anointing oil, an ointment compounded according to the art of the perfumer. It shall be #Ex. 37:29; 40:9; Lev. 8:10; Num. 35:25; Ps. 89:20; 133:2a holy anointing oil. 26#Ex. 40:9; Lev. 8:10; Num. 7:1With it you shall anoint the tabernacle of meeting and the ark of the Testimony; 27the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense; 28the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the laver and its base. 29You shall consecrate them, that they may be most holy; #Ex. 29:37; Num. 4:15; Hag. 2:11–13whatever touches them must be holy. 30#Ex. 29:7; Lev. 8:12And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister to Me as priests.
31“And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘This shall be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations. 32It shall not be poured on man’s flesh; nor shall you make any other like it, according to its composition. #Ex. 30:25, 37It is holy, and it shall be holy to you. 33#Ex. 30:38Whoever compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it on an outsider, #Gen. 17:14; Ex. 12:15; Lev. 7:20, 21shall be cut off from his people.’ ”
The Incense
34And the Lord said to Moses: #Ex. 25:6; 37:29“Take sweet spices, stacte and onycha and galbanum, and pure frankincense with these sweet spices; there shall be equal amounts of each. 35You shall make of these an incense, a compound #Ex. 30:25according to the art of the perfumer, salted, pure, and holy. 36And you shall beat some of it very fine, and put some of it before the Testimony in the tabernacle of meeting #Ex. 29:42; Lev. 16:2where I will meet with you. #(Ex. 29:37; 30:32); Lev. 2:3It shall be most holy to you. 37But as for the incense which you shall make, #Ex. 30:32you shall not make any for yourselves, according to its composition. It shall be to you holy for the Lord. 38#Ex. 30:33Whoever makes any like it, to smell it, he shall be cut off from his people.”
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Exodus 30
30
The Altar for Burning Incense
1“Make an altar for burning incense. Make it out of acacia wood. 2It must be one and a half feet square and three feet high. Make a horn stick out from each of its upper four corners. 3Cover the top, sides and horns with pure gold. Put a strip of gold around it. 4Make two gold rings for the altar below the strip. Put the rings across from each other. They will hold the poles that are used to carry it. 5Make the poles out of acacia wood. Cover them with gold. 6Put the altar in front of the curtain that hangs in front of the ark. The ark is where the tablets of the covenant law are kept. The ark will have a cover. It will be the place where sin is paid for. There I will meet with you.
7“Aaron must burn sweet-smelling incense on the altar. He must do it every morning when he takes care of the lamps. 8He must burn incense again when he lights the lamps at sunset. Incense must be burned regularly in front of the Lord. Do it for all time to come. 9Do not burn any other incense on the altar. Do not use the altar for burnt offerings or grain offerings. And do not pour drink offerings on it. 10Once a year Aaron must put the blood of a sin offering on the horns of the altar. He must do this to make the altar pure. He must do this on the day Israel’s sin is paid for. Do this for all time to come. The altar is a very holy place to me.”
Money to Pay for the People’s Lives
11Then the Lord spoke to Moses. He said, 12“Make a list of the Israelites and count them. When you do, each one must pay the Lord for his life at the time he is counted. Then a plague will not come on them when you count them. 13Each one counted must pay a fifth of an ounce of silver. It must be weighed out in keeping with the standard weights that are used in the sacred tent. The payment is an offering to the Lord. 14Each one counted must be 20 years old or more. He must give an offering to the Lord. 15When you make the offering, rich people must not give more than a fifth of an ounce of silver. And poor people must not give less. The offering you give to the Lord will pay for your lives. 16Receive the money from the people of Israel. Use it for any purpose in the tent of meeting. It will remind the people that they are paying me for their lives.”
The Large Bowl for Washing
17Then the Lord spoke to Moses. He said, 18“Make a large bronze bowl for washing. Make a bronze stand to put it on. Place the bowl between the tent of meeting and the altar. Put water in it. 19Aaron and his sons must wash their hands and feet with water from it. 20When they enter the tent of meeting, they must wash with water so that they will not die. They will come to the altar to serve me. They will bring a food offering to the Lord. 21When they do, they must wash their hands and feet so that they will not die. For all time to come, that will be a law for Aaron and the priests in his family line.”
Anointing Oil
22Then the Lord said to Moses, 23“Get some fine spices. Get 12 pounds eight ounces of liquid myrrh. Get six pounds four ounces of sweet-smelling cinnamon and the same amount of sweet-smelling calamus. 24Also get 12 pounds eight ounces of cassia. All the spices must be weighed out in keeping with the standard weights that are used in the sacred tent. And get a gallon of olive oil. 25Have a person who makes perfume mix everything into a sacred anointing oil. It will smell sweet. 26Then use it to anoint the tent of meeting and the ark where the tablets of the covenant law are kept. 27Anoint the table for the holy bread and all its things. Anoint the lampstand and the things that are used with it. Anoint the altar for burning incense. 28Anoint the altar for burnt offerings and all its tools. And anoint the large bowl together with its stand. 29You must set them apart so that they will be very holy. Anything that touches them will be holy.
30“Anoint Aaron and his sons. Set them apart so that they can serve me as priests. 31Say to the people of Israel, ‘This will be my sacred anointing oil for all time to come. 32Do not pour it on anyone else’s body. Do not make any other oil in the same way. It is sacred. So you must think of it as sacred. 33Suppose a person makes perfume in the same way. And suppose that person puts it on someone who is not a priest. Then that person must be separated from their people.’ ”
Incense
34Then the Lord said to Moses, “Get some sweet-smelling spices. Get some gum resin, onycha and galbanum. Also get some pure frankincense. Make sure everything is in equal amounts. 35Have a person who makes perfume mix it all up into a sweet-smelling incense. It must have salt in it. It will be pure and sacred. 36Grind some of it into powder. Place it in front of the ark of the covenant law in the tent of meeting. There I will meet with you. The incense will be very holy to you. 37Do not make any incense for yourselves in the same way. Think of it as holy to the Lord. 38Whoever makes incense in the same way to enjoy its sweet smell must be separated from their people.”
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