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Chapter 30 |
| 1 | And thou shalt
make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it.
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| 2 | A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof;
foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns
thereof shall be of the same. |
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3 | And thou shalt overlay it with pure
gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns
thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about. |
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And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two
corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they shall be
for places for the staves to bear it withal. |
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5 | And thou shalt make the
staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. |
| 6 | And thou shalt
put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy
seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee. |
| 7 | And
Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the
lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. |
| 8 | And when Aaron lighteth the
lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the
LORD throughout your generations. |
| 9 | Ye shall offer no strange
incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour
drink offering thereon. |
| 10 | And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the
horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements:
once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations:
it is most holy unto the LORD. |
| 11 | And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, |
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12 | When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel
after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto
the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when
thou numberest them. |
| 13 | This they shall give, every one that passeth
among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary:
(a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the
LORD. |
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Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from
twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD. |
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The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a
shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your
souls. |
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| And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children
of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the
congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the
LORD, to make an atonement for your souls. |
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17 | And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, |
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18 | Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot
also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of
the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein. |
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For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:
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| 20 | When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash
with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister,
to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD: |
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21 | So they shall wash
their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for
ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.
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| 22 | Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, |
| 23 | Take thou
also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of
sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet
calamus two hundred and fifty shekels, |
| 24 | And of cassia five hundred
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin: |
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And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the
art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil. |
| 26 | And thou
shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the
testimony, |
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| And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick
and his vessels, and the altar of incense, |
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28 | And the altar of burnt
offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot. |
| 29 | And thou
shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall
be holy. |
| 30
| And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate
them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. |
| 31 | And
thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy
anointing oil unto me throughout your generations. |
| 32 | Upon man's
flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after
the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you. |
| 33 |
Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a
stranger, shall even be cut off from his people. |
| 34 | And the LORD
said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum;
these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like
weight: |
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| And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the
art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy: |
| 36 | And thou
shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the
tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto
you most holy. |
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37 | And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye
shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be
unto thee holy for the LORD. |
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38 | Whosoever shall make like unto that,
to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people. |
