“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.” (Ex
30:1-38 AV)
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