Exodus 30
30
The Altar of Incense
1You shall make an altar on which to offer incense; you shall make it of acacia wood. 2It shall be one cubit long, and one cubit wide; it shall be square, and shall be two cubits high; its horns shall be of one piece with it. 3You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top, and its sides all around and its horns; and you shall make for it a molding of gold all around. 4And you shall make two golden rings for it; under its molding on two opposite sides of it you shall make them, and they shall hold the poles with which to carry it. 5You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold. 6You shall place it in front of the curtain that is above the ark of the covenant,#30.6 Or treaty, or testimony; Heb eduth in front of the mercy seat#30.6 Or the cover that is over the covenant,#30.6 Or treaty, or testimony; Heb eduth where I will meet with you. 7Aaron shall offer fragrant incense on it; every morning when he dresses the lamps he shall offer it, 8and when Aaron sets up the lamps in the evening, he shall offer it, a regular incense offering before the Lord throughout your generations. 9You shall not offer unholy incense on it, or a burnt offering, or a grain offering; and you shall not pour a drink offering on it. 10Once a year Aaron shall perform the rite of atonement on its horns. Throughout your generations he shall perform the atonement for it once a year with the blood of the atoning sin offering. It is most holy to the Lord.
The Half Shekel for the Sanctuary
11The Lord spoke to Moses: 12When you take a census of the Israelites to register them, at registration all of them shall give a ransom for their lives to the Lord, so that no plague may come upon them for being registered. 13This is what each one who is registered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as an offering to the Lord. 14Each one who is registered, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the Lord's offering. 15The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when you bring this offering to the Lord to make atonement for your lives. 16You shall take the atonement money from the Israelites and shall designate it for the service of the tent of meeting; before the Lord it will be a reminder to the Israelites of the ransom given for your lives.
The Bronze Basin
17The Lord spoke to Moses: 18You shall make a bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. You shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it; 19with the water#30.19 Heb it Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet. 20When they go into the tent of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister, to make an offering by fire to the Lord, they shall wash with water, so that they may not die. 21They shall wash their hands and their feet, so that they may not die: it shall be a perpetual ordinance for them, for him and for his descendants throughout their generations.
The Anointing Oil and Incense
22The Lord spoke to Moses: 23Take the finest spices: of liquid myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet-smelling cinnamon half as much, that is, two hundred fifty, and two hundred fifty of aromatic cane, 24and five hundred of cassia—measured by the sanctuary shekel—and a hin of olive oil; 25and you shall make of these a sacred anointing oil blended as by the perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil. 26With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the covenant,#30.26 Or treaty, or testimony; Heb eduth 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 with its stand; 29you shall consecrate them, so that they may be most holy; whatever touches them will become holy. 30You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, in order that they may serve me as priests. 31You shall say to the Israelites, “This shall be my holy anointing oil throughout your generations. 32It shall not be used in any ordinary anointing of the body, and you shall make no other like it in composition; it is holy, and it shall be holy to you. 33Whoever compounds any like it or whoever puts any of it on an unqualified person shall be cut off from the people.”
34The Lord said to Moses: Take sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum, sweet spices with pure frankincense (an equal part of each), 35and make an incense blended as by the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy; 36and you shall beat some of it into powder, and put part of it before the covenant#30.36 Or treaty, or testimony; Heb eduth in the tent of meeting where I shall meet with you; it shall be for you most holy. 37When you make incense according to this composition, you shall not make it for yourselves; it shall be regarded by you as holy to the Lord. 38Whoever makes any like it to use as perfume shall be cut off from the people.
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Exodus 30
30
The Altar of Incense
Ex 37:25–28
1#Ex 37:25–28; Rev 8:3Also, you must make an altar for burning incense. You must make it of acacia wood. 2#Ex 27:2It must be a cubit in length, and its width a cubit. It will be square. Its height will be two cubits;#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. 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. 4#Ex 25:27You 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. 5Then you must make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. 6#Ex 25:21–22You 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.
7#1Sa 2:28; Ex 27:20–21Aaron must burn sweet incense on it. Every morning, when he trims the lamps, 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. 9#Lev 10:1You must offer no strange incense on it, nor burnt sacrifice, nor grain offering, and you must not pour out a drink offering on it. 10#Lev 16:18; 23:27Aaron must make atonement 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. It is most holy to the Lord.
The Atonement Money
11The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 12#Nu 31:50; Ex 38:25–26When you take the census of the children of Israel according to their number, then each man is to pay a ransom for his life to the Lord when you count them, so that there be no plague among them when you number them. 13#Lev 27:25; Nu 3:47This is what everyone who is counted must give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary#About 1/5 ounce, or 5.8 grams; and in v. 15. (a shekel is twenty gerahs). 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. 15#Pr 22:2; Eph 6:9The rich must not give more and the poor must not give less than half a shekel when they give the offering to the Lord, to make atonement for your lives. 16#Ex 38:25–31; Nu 16:40You must take the atonement money of the children of Israel and give it for the service of the tent of meeting, so that it may be a memorial to the children of Israel before the Lord, to make atonement for your lives.
The Bronze Basin
17The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 18#Ex 38:8; 40:7You must also make a basin of bronze, with its base also of bronze, for washing, and you must put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you must put water in it. 19#Isa 52:11; Ex 40:31–32For Aaron and his sons must wash their hands and their feet from it. 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. 21#Ex 28:43So 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.
The Anointing Oil
22Moreover the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 23#SS 4:14; Eze 27:19Take for yourself choice spices: five hundred shekels#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#About 61/4 pounds, or 2.9 kilograms.), two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet-smelling cane, 24#Ex 29:40; Ps 45:8five hundred shekels of cassia, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a hin#About 75 pounds, or 34 kilograms. of olive oil. 25#Ex 37:29; Nu 35:25; Ps 89:20And you must make with it a holy anointing oil, a perfumed compound, the work of a perfumer. It will be a holy anointing oil. 26#Nu 7:1And you must anoint the tent of meeting with it, along with the ark of the testimony, 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. 29#Ex 29:37You must consecrate them, so that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them must be holy.
30#Lev 8:12; 8:30You must anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them, so that they may minister as priests to Me. 31You must speak to the children of Israel, saying, “This will be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations. 32#Ex 30:25It 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. 33#Ex 30:38; Ge 17:14Whoever makes anything like it or whoever puts any of it on a layman will be cut off from his people.”
The Incense
34#Ex 25:6; 37:29Then the Lord said to Moses: Take for yourself sweet spices, stacte and onycha and galbanum, sweet spices with pure frankincense of equal amounts. 35#Ex 30:25; Lev 2:13You shall make of these an incense, a compound expertly blended, mingled with salt, pure and holy. 36#Ex 25:22You 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. 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. 38#Ex 30:33Whoever makes anything like it in order to use it as perfume must be cut off from his people.
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