Exodus 30
30
1“You shall make an altar to burn incense on. You shall make it of acacia wood. 2Its length shall be a cubit,#30:2 A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimetres. 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. 3You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top, its sides around it, and its horns; and you shall make a gold moulding around it. 4You 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. 5You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold. 6You 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. 7Aaron shall burn incense of sweet spices on it every morning. When he tends the lamps, he shall burn it. 8When Aaron lights the lamps at evening, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations. 9You shall offer no strange incense on it, nor burnt offering, nor meal offering; and you shall pour no drink offering on it. 10Aaron 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 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 12“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. 13They shall give this, everyone who passes over to those who are counted, half a shekel according to the shekel#30:13 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces. of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs#30:13 a gerah is about 0.5 grams or about 7.7 grains); half a shekel for an offering to the LORD. 14Everyone who passes over to those who are counted, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the offering to the LORD. 15The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel,#30:15 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces. when they give the offering of the LORD, to make atonement for your souls. 16You 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 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 18“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. 19Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet in it. 20When 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. 21So 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 Moreover the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 23“Also take fine spices: of liquid myrrh, five hundred shekels;#30:23 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 500 shekels is about 5 kilograms or about 11 pounds. and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, even two hundred and fifty; and of fragrant cane, two hundred and fifty; 24and of cassia five hundred, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; and a hin#30:24 A hin is about 6.5 litres or 1.7 gallons. of olive oil. 25You shall make it into a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil. 26You shall use it to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the covenant, 27the table and all its articles, the lamp stand and its accessories, the altar of incense, 28the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin with its base. 29You shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy. 30You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest’s office. 31You 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, and do not make any like it, according to its composition. It is holy. It shall be holy to you. 33Whoever compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it on a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.’”
34 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. 35You shall make incense of it, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy. 36You 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. 37You shall not make this incense, according to its composition, for yourselves: it shall be to you holy for the LORD. 38Whoever shall make any like that, to smell of it, he shall be cut off from his people.”
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Exodus 30
30
The Altar of Incense
Ex 37:25–28
1Also, you must make an altar for burning incense. # Rev 8:3 You must make it of acacia wood. # Ex 37:25–28 2It must be one cubit in length, and its width one cubit. It will be square. Its height will be two cubits; # 30:2 About 11/2 feet long and wide and 3 feet high, or 45 centimeters long and wide and 90 centimeters high. the horns shall be of one piece with it. # Ex 27:2 3You must overlay it with pure gold, its top, its sides all around, and its horns; and you must make a molding of gold all around it. 4You must make two golden rings for it under its molding. You must make them on its two sides, on opposite sides of it, and they will be holders for the poles with which to carry it. # Ex 25:27 5Then you must make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. 6You must put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, in front of the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with you. # Ex 25:21–22
7Aaron must burn sweet incense on it. # 1Sa 2:28 Every morning, when he trims the lamps, # Ex 27:20–21 he must burn incense. 8When Aaron lights the lamps at sundown, he must burn incense on it. It is to be a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations. 9You must offer no strange incense on it, # Lev 10:1 nor burnt sacrifice, nor grain offering, and you must not pour out a drink offering on it. 10Aaron must make atonement # Lev 16:18 on its horns once a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonement. Once a year he must make atonement on it throughout your generations. # Lev 23:27 It is most holy to the Lord.
The Atonement Money
11The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 12When you take the census of the Israelites according to their number, then each man is to pay a ransom for his life to the Lord # Ex 38:25–26; Nu 31:50 when you count them, so that there be no plague among them when you number them. 13This is what everyone who is counted must give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary # 30:13 About 1/5 ounce, or 5.8 grams; and in v. 15. (one shekel is twenty gerahs). # Lev 27:25; Nu 3:47 The half shekel will be the offering to the Lord. 14Everyone who is counted, from twenty years old and above, must give an offering to the Lord. 15The rich must not give more and the poor must not give less than half a shekel, when you give an offering to the Lord, # Pr 22:2; Eph 6:9 to make atonement for your lives. 16You must take the atonement money of the Israelites and give it for the service of the tent of meeting, # Ex 38:25–31 so that it may be a memorial to the Israelites before the Lord, # Nu 16:40 to make atonement for your lives.
The Bronze Basin
17The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 18You must also make a basin of bronze, with its base also of bronze, # Ex 38:8 for washing, and you must put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you must put water in it. # Ex 40:7 19For Aaron and his sons must wash their hands and their feet from it. # Ex 40:31–32; Isa 52:11 20When they go into the tent of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister by burning incense as an offering made by fire to the Lord, they must wash with water so that they will not die. 21So they must wash their hands and their feet, so that they will not die. And it will be a perpetual statute for them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations. # Ex 28:43
The Anointing Oil
22Moreover the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 23Take for yourself choice spices: five hundred shekels # 30:23 About 121/2 pounds, or 5.8 kilograms; and in v. 24. of pure myrrh, half as much sweet-smelling cinnamon (two hundred and fifty shekels # 30:23 About 61/4 pounds, or 2.9 kilograms. ), two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet-smelling cane, # SS 4:14; Eze 27:19 24five hundred shekels of cassia, # Ps 45:8 according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and one hin # 30:24 Likely about 1 gallon, or 3.8 liters. of olive oil. # Ex 29:40 25And you must make with it a holy anointing oil, a perfumed compound, the work of a perfumer. # Ex 37:29 It will be a holy anointing oil. # Nu 35:25; Ps 89:20 26And you must anoint the tent of meeting with it, along with the ark of the testimony, # Nu 7:1 27and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense, 28and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin and its stand. 29You must consecrate them, so that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them must be holy. # Ex 29:37
30You must anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them, # Lev 8:12, 30 so that they may minister as priests to Me. 31You must speak to the Israelites, saying, “This will be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations. 32It must not be poured out on anyone’s body, nor shall you make any other like it in composition. It is holy, and it will be holy to you. # Ex 30:25 33Whoever makes anything like it or whoever puts any of it on a layman will be cut off from his people.” # Ge 17:14; Ex 30:38
The Incense
34Then the Lord said to Moses: Take for yourself sweet spices, stacte and onycha and galbanum, sweet spices with pure frankincense of equal amounts. # Ex 25:6; 37:29 35You shall make of these an incense, a compound expertly blended, # Ex 30:25 mingled with salt, # Lev 2:13 pure and holy. 36You must beat some of it very fine and put part of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting where I will meet with you. # Ex 25:22 It will be most holy to you. 37As for the perfume which you will make, you may not make it for yourselves using the same recipe. It must be holy for the Lord to you. 38Whoever makes anything like it in order to use it as perfume must be cut off from his people.
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