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Exodus 30
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1And you shall make the altar of incense of incorruptible wood.
1“You shall make an altar to burn incense on. You shall make it of acacia wood.
2And you shall make it a cubit in length, and a cubit in breadth: it shall be square; and the height of it shall be of two cubits, its horns shall be of the same piece .
2Its 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.
3And you shall gild its grate with pure gold, and its sides round about, and its horns; and you shall make for it a wreathen border of gold roundabout.
3You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top, its sides around it, and its horns; and you shall make a gold molding around it.
4And you shall make under its wreathen border two rings of pure gold; you shall make it to the two corners on the two sides, and they shall be bearings for the staves, so as to bear it with them.
4You shall make two golden rings for it under its molding; 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.
5And you shall make the staves of incorruptible wood, and shall gild them with gold.
5You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
6And you shall set it before the veil that is over the ark of the testimonies, wherein I will make myself known to you from thence.
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.
7And Aaron shall burn upon it fine compound incense every morning; whenever he trims the lampshe shall burn incense upon it.
7Aaron shall burn incense of sweet spices on it every morning. When he tends the lamps, he shall burn it.
8And when Aaron lights the lamps in the evening, he shall burn incense upon it; a constant incense-offering always before the Lord for their generations.
8When Aaron lights the lamps at evening, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before Yahweh throughout your generations.
9And you shall not offer strange incense upon it, [nor] an offering made by fire, [nor] a sacrifice; and you shall not pour a drink -offering upon it.
9You shall offer no strange incense on it, nor burnt offering, nor meal offering; and you shall pour no drink offering on it.
10And once in the year Aaron shall make atonement on its horns, he shall purge it with the blood of purification for their generations: it is most holy to the Lord.
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 Yahweh.”
11And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
11Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
12If you take account of the children of Israel in the surveying of them, and they shall give every one a ransom for his soul to the Lord, then there shall not be among them a destruction in the visiting of them.
12“When you take a census of the children of Israel, according to those who are counted among them, then each man shall give a ransom for his soul to Yahweh when you count them, that there be no plague among them when you count them.
13And this is what they shall give , as many as pass the survey, half a didrachm which is according to the didrachm of the sanctuary: twenty oboli [go to] the didrachm, but the half of the didrachm is the offering to the Lord.
13They 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 Yahweh.
14Every one that passes the survey from twenty years old and upwards shall give the offering to the Lord.
14Everyone who passes over to those who are counted, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the offering to Yahweh.
15The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give lessthan the half didrachm in giving the offering to the Lord, to make atonement for your souls.
15The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of Yahweh, to make atonement for your souls.
16And you shall take the money of the offering from the children of Israel, and shall give it for the service of the tabernacle of testimony; and it shall be to the children of Israel a memorial before 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 Yahweh, to make atonement for your souls.”
17And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
17Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
18Make a brazen laver, and a brazen base for it, for washing; and you shall put it between the tabernacle of witness and the altar, and you shall pour forth water into it.
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.
19And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet with water from it.
19Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet in it.
20Whenever they shall go into the tabernacle of witness, they shall wash themselves with water, so they shall not die, whenever they advance to the altar to do service and to offer the whole burnt offerings to the Lord.
20When they go into the Tent of Meeting, they shall wash with water, that they don’t die; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
21They shall wash their hands and feet with water, whenever they shall go into the tabernacle of witness; they shall wash themselves with water, that they die not; and it shall be for them a perpetual statute , for him and his posterity after him.
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.”
22And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
22Moreover Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
23Do you also take sweet herbs, the flower of choice myrrhfive hundred shekels, and the half of this two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet smelling cinnamon, and two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet smelling calamus,
23“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;
24and of cassia five hundred shekels of the sanctuary, and a hin of olive oil.
24and of cassia five hundred, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; and a hin of olive oil.
25And you shall make it a holy anointing oil, a perfumed ointment [tempered] by the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing 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.
26And you shall anoint with it the tabernacle of witness, and the ark of the tabernacle of witness,
26You shall use it to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the covenant,
27and all its furniture, and the candlestick and all its furniture, and the altar of incense,
27the table and all its articles, the lamp stand and its accessories, the altar of incense,
28and the altar of whole burnt offerings and all its furniture, and the table and all its furniture, and the laver.
28the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin with its base.
29And you shall sanctify them, and they shall be most holy: every one that touches them shall be hallowed.
29You shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy.
30And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify themthat they may minister to me as priests.
30You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest’s office.
31And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, This shall be to you a holy anointing oil throughout your generations.
31You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘This shall be a holy anointing oil to me throughout your generations.
32On man's flesh it shall not be poured , and you⌃ shall not make [any] for yourselves according to this composition: it is holy, and shall be holiness to you.
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.
33Whosoever shall make it in like manner, and whoever shall give of it to a stranger, shall be destroyed from among his people.
33Whoever compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it on a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.’”
34And the Lord said to Moses, Take for yourself sweet herbs, stacte, onycha, sweet galbanum, and transparent frankincense; there shall be an equal weight of each.
34Yahweh 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.
35And they shall make with it perfumed incense , tempered with the art of a perfumer, a pure holy work.
35You shall make incense of it, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.
36And of these you shall beat some small, and you shall put it before the testimonies in the tabernacle of testimony, whence I will make myself known to you: it shall be to you a most holy incense.
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 any for yourselves according to this composition; it shall be to you a holy thing for the Lord.
37You shall not make this incense, according to its composition, for yourselves: it shall be to you holy for Yahweh.
38Whosoever shall make any in like manner, so as to smell it, shall perish from his people.
38Whoever shall make any like that, to smell of it, he shall be cut off from his people.”