| Chapter
30 |
| 1 | And
thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make
it. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 4 | 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. |
| 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, |
| 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. |
| 14 | Every one
that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above,
shall give an offering unto the LORD. |
| 15 | 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. |
| 16
| 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. |
| 17 |
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, |
| 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. |
| 19 | For Aaron and his sons shall wash
their hands and their feet thereat: |
|
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: |
| 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. |
| 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: |
| 25 | 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, |
| 27 | And
the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the
altar of incense, |
| 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: |
| 35 | 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. |
| 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. |
| 38 | Whosoever shall
make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his
people. |
