Exodus 30
30
The Altar for Incense
(Exodus 37:25–29)
1 ⌞The Lord continued,⌟ “Build an altar out of acacia wood for burning incense. 2Make it 18 inches square and 36 inches high. The horns and altar must be made out of one piece ⌞of wood⌟. 3Cover all of it with pure gold—the top, the sides, and the horns. Put a gold molding around it. 4Make two gold rings, and put them below the molding on opposite sides to hold the poles for carrying it. 5Make the poles out of acacia wood, and cover them with gold. 6Put the altar in front of the canopy which ⌞hangs⌟ over the ark containing the words of my promise. I will meet with you there in front of the throne of mercy that is on the ark.
7“Aaron must burn sweet-smelling incense on this altar every morning when he takes care of the lamps. 8Also, when Aaron lights the lamps at dusk, he must burn incense. For generations to come an incense offering must burn constantly in the Lord’s presence.
9“Never burn any unauthorized incense on this altar or any burnt offerings or grain offerings. Never pour a wine offering on it. 10Once a year Aaron must make peace with the Lord by putting blood on its horns. Once a year—for generations to come—blood from the offering must be placed on the altar to make peace with the Lord. It is most holy to the Lord.”
Counting the Israelites
11Then the Lord said to Moses, 12“When you take a census of the Israelites, each person must pay the Lord a ransom for his life when he is counted. Then no plague will happen to them when they are counted. 13As each person is counted, he must give one-fifth of an ounce of silver using the standard weight of the holy place.#30:13 Hebrew adds, “There are 20 gerahs to the standard shekel.” This one-fifth of an ounce of silver is a contribution to the Lord. 14Everyone counted who is at least 20 years old must give this contribution to the Lord. 15The rich must not give more than one-fifth of an ounce of silver, and the poor must not give less. This contribution is given to make peace with the Lord and make your lives acceptable to the Lord. 16Take the money the Israelites give to make peace with the Lord, and use it to pay the expenses of the tent of meeting. It will be a reminder for the Israelites in the Lord’s presence that the sins in their lives are removed.”
The Bronze Basin
(Exodus 38:8)
17The Lord said to Moses, 18“Make a bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. Put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and fill it with water. 19Aaron and his sons will use it for washing their hands and feet. 20Before they go into the tent of meeting, they must wash so that they will not die. Before they come near the altar to serve as priests and burn an offering by fire to the Lord, 21they will wash their hands and feet so that they will not die. This will be a permanent law for him and his descendants for generations to come.”
The Oil for Anointing
22The Lord said to Moses, 23“Take the finest spices: 12½ pounds of powdered #30:23 Or “liquid.” myrrh; half as much, that is, 6¼ pounds of fragrant cinnamon; 6¼ pounds of fragrant cane; 2412½ pounds of cassia—all weighed using the standard weight of the holy place—and 4 quarts of olive oil. 25Have a perfumer make these into a holy oil, a fragrant mixture, used only for anointing. This will be the holy oil used for anointing.
26“Use it to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark containing the words of my promise, 27the table and all the dishes, the lamp stand and all the utensils, the altar for incense, 28the altar for burnt offerings and all its accessories, and the basin with its stand. 29In this way you will dedicate them for their holy purpose. Then they will be most holy, and anything that touches them will become holy. 30Anoint Aaron and his sons as well. In this way you will set them apart for their holy duties of serving me as priests.
31“Say to the Israelites, ‘For generations to come, this will be my holy oil used only for anointing. 32It must never be poured on the bodies of other people. Never make any perfumed oil using this formula. It is holy, and you must treat it as holy. 33Whoever prepares a perfume like this or puts it on anyone who is not a priest must be excluded from the people.’ ”
The Incense for Use in the Tent
34The Lord said to Moses, “Take one part fragrant spices (two kinds of gum resin and aromatic mollusk shells), and mix them with one part pure frankincense. 35Have a perfumer make it into fragrant incense, seasoned with salt, pure and holy. 36Grind some of it into a fine powder, and put it in front of ⌞the ark containing⌟ the words of my promise in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with you. You must treat it as most holy. 37Never make any incense for yourselves using this formula. Treat it as holy to the Lord. 38Whoever prepares anything like it for his own enjoyment must be excluded from his people.”
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Exodus 30
30
1Thou shalt make also an altar to burn incense, of setim wood.
2It shall be a cubit in length, and another in breadth, that is, four square; and two in height. Horns shall go out of the same.
3And 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.
4And two golden rings under the crown on either side: that the bars may be put into them, and the altar be carried.
5And thou shalt make the bars also of setim wood, and shalt overlay them with gold.
6And 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.
7And Aaron shall burn sweet-smelling incense upon it in the morning. When he shall dress the lamps, he shall burn it.
8And when he shall place them in the evening, he shall burn an everlasting incense before the Lord throughout your generations.
9You shall not offer upon it incense of another composition nor oblation, and victim: neither shall you offer libations.
10And 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.
11And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
12When 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.
13And 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.
14He that is counted in the number from twenty years and upwards, shall give the price.
15The rich man shall not add to half a sicle: and the poor man shall diminish nothing.
16And 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.
17And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
18Thou 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,
19Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and feet in it:
20When 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:
21Lest perhaps they die. It shall be an everlasting law to him, and to his seed by successions.
22And the Lord spoke to Moses,
23Saying: 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.
24And of cassia five hundred sicles by the weight of the sanctuary; of oil of olives the measure hin.
25And thou shalt make the holy oil of unction: an ointment compounded after the art of the perfumer,
26And therewith thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the testimony: and the ark of the testament:
27And the table with the vessels thereof; the candlestick and furniture thereof; the altars of incense,
28And of holocaust; and all the furniture that belongeth to the service of them.
29And thou shalt sanctify all: and they shall be most holy. He that shall touch them shall be sanctified.
30Thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and shalt sanctify them: that they may do the office of priesthood unto me.
31And thou shalt say to the children of Israel: This oil of unction shall be holy unto me throughout your generations.
32The 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.
33What man soever shall compound such, and shall give thereof to a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.
34And 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.
35And thou shalt make incense compounded by the work of the perfumer: well tempered together, and pure, and most worthy of sanctification.
36And 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.
37You shall not make such a composition for your own uses, because it is holy to the Lord.
38What man soever shall make the like, to enjoy the smell thereof, he shall perish out of his people.
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