5
And thou shalt make the staves
of cedar wood and cover them with gold.
6
And thou shalt put it before the veil that
is by the ark of the testimony, before the seat of reconciliation that
is over the testimony, where I will testify unto thee of myself.
7
And Aaron shall burn sweet incense thereon every morning; when he dresses the lamps, he shall burn it.
8
And when Aaron lights the lamps at evening, he shall burn incense upon it continually before the LORD throughout your ages.
9
Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon nor burnt sacrifice nor present; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.
10
And Aaron shall make reconciliation upon the horns of it once a year with the blood of the reconciliation for sin; once a year shall he make reconciliation upon it throughout your ages; it
shall be most holy unto the LORD.
11
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,
12
When thou takest the number of the sons of Israel after the sum of them, each one shall give a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou dost number them, that there be no mortality in them because of numbering them.
13
This shall be given by every one that passes among those that are numbered: half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary (a shekel
is twenty gerahs); a half shekel
shall be the offering to the LORD.
14
Anyone that passes among those that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give the 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 the offering unto the LORD to make reconciliation for your souls.