"Moreover, you shall make aan altar
as a place
for burning
incense
; you shall make
it of acacia
wood
.
"Its length shall be a 1cubit
, and its width
a cubit
, it shall be square
, and its height
shall be two cubits
; its horns
shall be 2of one piece with it.
"You shall overlay it with pure
gold
, its top
and its 1sides
all
around
, and its horns
; and you shall make
a gold
molding
all
around
for it.
"You shall make two
gold
rings
for it under
its molding
; you shall make
them on its two
side
walls
--on 1opposite
sides
--and 2they shall be holders
for poles
with which
to carry
it.
"You shall make the poles
of acacia
wood
and overlay
them with gold
.
"You shall put 1this altar in front
of the veil
that is 2near
the ark
of the testimony
, in front
of the 3 amercy
seat
that is over
the ark of the testimony
, where
I will meet
with you.
"Aaron shall burn
fragrant
incense
on it; he shall burn
it every morning
when he trims
the lamps
.
"When Aaron 1trims
the lamps
at 2twilight
, he shall burn
incense
. There shall be perpetual
incense
before
the LORD
throughout your generations
.
"You shall not offer any strange
incense
on 1this altar, or burnt
offering
or meal
offering
; and you shall not pour
out a drink
offering
on it.
"Aaron shall amake
atonement
on its horns
once
a year
; he shall make
atonement
on it with the blood
of the sin
offering
of atonement
once
a year
throughout your generations
. It is most
holy
to the LORD
."
The LORD also spoke
to Moses
, saying
,
"When you take
aa 1census
of the sons
of Israel
2to number
them, then each
one
of them shall give
ba ransom
for 3himself
to the LORD
, when you 4number
them, so that there will be no
plague
among them when you 4number
them.
"This is what everyone
who 1is numbered
shall give
: half
a shekel
according to the shekel
of the sanctuary
( athe shekel
is twenty
gerahs
), half
a shekel
as a 2contribution
to the LORD
.
"Everyone who 1is numbered
, from twenty
years
old
and over
, shall give
the 2contribution
to the LORD
.
"The rich shall not pay
more
and the poor
shall not pay
less
than
the half
shekel
, when you give
the 1contribution
to the LORD
to make
atonement
for 2yourselves
.
"You shall take the atonement
money
from the sons
of Israel
and shall give
it for the service
of the tent
of meeting
, that it may be a memorial
for the sons
of Israel
before
the LORD
, to make
atonement
for 1yourselves
."
The LORD spoke
to Moses
, saying
,
"You shall also make aa laver
of 1bronze
, with its base
of bronze
, for washing
; and you shall bput
it between
the tent
of meeting
and the altar
, and you shall put
water
in it.
"Aaron and his sons
shall awash
their hands
and their feet
from it;
when they enter the tent
of meeting
, they shall wash
with water
, so that they will not die
; or
when they approach
the altar
to minister
, by offering
up in smoke
a fire
sacrifice to the LORD
.
"So they shall wash their hands
and their feet
, so that they will not die
; and ait shall be a perpetual
statute
for them, for 1Aaron and his 2descendants
throughout their generations
."
Moreover, the LORD spoke
to Moses
, saying
,
"Take also for yourself the finest
of spices
: of flowing
myrrh
five
hundred
shekels, and of fragrant
cinnamon
half
as much
, two hundred
and fifty
, and of fragrant
cane
two hundred
and fifty
,
and of cassia five
hundred
, according to the shekel
of the sanctuary
, and of olive
oil
a hin
.
"You shall make 1of these a holy
anointing
oil
, a perfume
mixture
, the work
of a perfumer
; it shall be aa holy
anointing
oil
.
"With it ayou shall anoint the tent
of meeting
and the ark
of the testimony
,
and the table and all
its utensils
, and the lampstand
and its utensils
, and the altar
of incense
,
and the altar of burnt
offering
and all
its utensils
, and the laver
and its stand
.
"You shall also consecrate them, that they may be most
holy
; whatever
touches
them shall be holy
.
" aYou shall anoint Aaron
and his sons
, and consecrate
them, that they may minister
as priests
to Me.
"You shall speak to the sons
of Israel
, saying
, `This
shall be a holy
anointing
oil
to Me throughout your generations
.
`It shall not be poured on 1anyone's
body
, nor
shall you make
any like
it in 2the same proportions
; ait is holy
, and it shall be holy
to you.
` aWhoever shall mix
any like
it or whoever
puts
any
of it on a 1layman
2 bshall be cut
off
from his people
.' "
Then the LORD said
to Moses
, "Take
for yourself spices
, stacte
and onycha
and galbanum
, spices
with pure
frankincense
; there shall be an equal part
of each
.
"With it you shall make incense
, a perfume
, the work
of a perfumer
, salted
, pure
, and holy
.
"You shall beat some
of it very
fine
, and put
part of it before
the testimony
in the tent
of meeting
awhere
I will meet
with you; it shall be most
holy
to you.
"The incense which
you shall make
, ayou shall not make
in 1the same proportions
for yourselves; it shall be holy
to you for the LORD
.
" aWhoever shall make
any like
it, to 1use
as perfume
, 2shall be cut
off
from his people
."