| 1 And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of acacia 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 one piece with it. 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 for it under the crown
thereof; upon the two ribs thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make
them; and they shall be for places for staves wherewith to bear it. 5 And
thou shalt make the staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
6 And thou shalt put it before the veil 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 incense of sweet spices:
every morning, when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn it. 8 And when
Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense
before Jehovah throughout your generations. 9 Ye shall offer no strange
incense thereon, nor burnt-offering, nor meal-offering; and ye shall pour no
drink-offering thereon. 10 And Aaron shall make atonement upon the horns
of it once in the year; with the blood of the sin-offering of atonement once
in the year shall he make atonement for it throughout your generations: it is
most holy unto Jehovah.
11 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 12 When thou takest the sum of
the children of Israel, according to those that are numbered of them, then
shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto Jehovah, when thou
numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.
13 This they shall give, every one that passeth over unto them that are
numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary; (the shekel is
twenty gerahs;) half a shekel for an offering to Jehovah. 14 Every one
that passeth over unto them that are numbered, from twenty years old and
upward, shall give the offering of Jehovah. 15 The rich shall not give
more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give
the offering of Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls. 16 And thou
shalt take the atonement money from the children of Israel, and shalt appoint
it for the service of the tent of meeting; that it may be a memorial for the
children of Israel before Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.
17 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 18 Thou shalt also make a
laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, whereat to wash. And thou
shalt put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and thou shalt put
water therein. 19 And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their
feet thereat: 20 when they go into the tent of meeting, they shall wash
with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to
minister, to burn an offering made by fire unto Jehovah. 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 Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 23 Take thou also unto
thee the chief spices: of flowing myrrh five hundred shekels, and of
sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty, and of sweet calamus
two hundred and fifty, 24 and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of
the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin. 25 And thou shalt make it a holy
anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer: it shall
be a holy anointing oil. 26 And thou shalt anoint therewith the tent of
meeting, and the ark of the testimony, 27 and the table and all the
vessels thereof, and the candlestick and the vessels thereof, and the altar
of incense, 28 and the altar of burnt-offering with all the vessels
thereof, and the laver and the base thereof. 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 sanctify 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 a holy anointing oil unto me
throughout your generations. 32 Upon the flesh of man shall it not be
poured, neither shall ye make any like it, according to the composition
thereof: 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, he
shall be cut off from his people.
34 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and
onycha, and galbanum; sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall
there be a like weight; 35 and thou shalt make of it incense, a perfume
after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy:
36 and thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the
testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with thee: it shall be
unto you most holy. 37 And the incense which thou shalt make, according to
the composition thereof ye shall not make for yourselves: it shall be unto
thee holy for Jehovah. 38 Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell
thereof, he shall be cut off from his people.
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