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Exodus 30

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1 “Then make another altar of acacia wood for burning incense.

2 Make it 18 inches square and 36 inches high, with horns at the corners carved from the same piece of wood as the altar itself.

3 Overlay the top, sides, and horns of the altar with pure gold, and run a gold molding around the entire altar.

4 Make two gold rings, and attach them on opposite sides of the altar below the gold molding to hold the carrying poles.

5 Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

6 Place the incense altar just outside the inner curtain that shields the Ark of the Covenant, in front of the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement—that covers the tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant. I will meet with you there.

7 “Every morning when Aaron maintains the lamps, he must burn fragrant incense on the altar.

8 And each evening when he lights the lamps, he must again burn incense in the LORD ’s presence. This must be done from generation to generation.

9 Do not offer any unholy incense on this altar, or any burnt offerings, grain offerings, or liquid offerings.

10 “Once a year Aaron must purify the altar by smearing its horns with blood from the offering made to purify the people from their sin. This will be a regular, annual event from generation to generation, for this is the LORD ’s most holy altar.”

11 Then the LORD said to Moses,

12 “Whenever you take a census of the people of Israel, each man who is counted must pay a ransom for himself to the LORD . Then no plague will strike the people as you count them.

13 Each person who is counted must give a small piece of silver as a sacred offering to the LORD . (This payment is half a shekel, based on the sanctuary shekel, which equals twenty gerahs.)

14 All who have reached their twentieth birthday must give this sacred offering to the LORD .

15 When this offering is given to the LORD to purify your lives, making you right with him, the rich must not give more than the specified amount, and the poor must not give less.

16 Receive this ransom money from the Israelites, and use it for the care of the Tabernacle. It will bring the Israelites to the LORD ’s attention, and it will purify your lives.”

17 Then the LORD said to Moses,

18 “Make a bronze washbasin with a bronze stand. Place it between the Tabernacle and the altar, and fill it with water.

19 Aaron and his sons will wash their hands and feet there.

20 They must wash with water whenever they go into the Tabernacle to appear before the LORD and when they approach the altar to burn up their special gifts to the LORD —or they will die!

21 They must always wash their hands and feet, or they will die. This is a permanent law for Aaron and his descendants, to be observed from generation to generation.”

22 Then the LORD said to Moses,

23 “Collect choice spices—12 pounds of pure myrrh, 6 pounds of fragrant cinnamon, 6 pounds of fragrant calamus,

24 and 12 pounds of cassia —as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel. Also get one gallon of olive oil.

25 Like a skilled incense maker, blend these ingredients to make a holy anointing oil.

26 Use this sacred oil to anoint the Tabernacle, the Ark of the Covenant,

27 the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and all its accessories, the incense altar,

28 the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the washbasin with its stand.

29 Consecrate them to make them absolutely holy. After this, whatever touches them will also become holy.

30 “Anoint Aaron and his sons also, consecrating them to serve me as priests.

31 And say to the people of Israel, ‘This holy anointing oil is reserved for me from generation to generation.

32 It must never be used to anoint anyone else, and you must never make any blend like it for yourselves. It is holy, and you must treat it as holy.

33 Anyone who makes a blend like it or anoints someone other than a priest will be cut off from the community.’”

34 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Gather fragrant spices—resin droplets, mollusk shell, and galbanum—and mix these fragrant spices with pure frankincense, weighed out in equal amounts.

35 Using the usual techniques of the incense maker, blend the spices together and sprinkle them with salt to produce a pure and holy incense.

36 Grind some of the mixture into a very fine powder and put it in front of the Ark of the Covenant, where I will meet with you in the Tabernacle. You must treat this incense as most holy.

37 Never use this formula to make this incense for yourselves. It is reserved for the LORD, and you must treat it as holy.

38 Anyone who makes incense like this for personal use will be cut off from the community.”

Common English Bible CEB

1 Make an acacia-wood altar for burning incense.

2 The altar should be square, eighteen inches long and eighteen inches wide. It should be three feet high. Its horns should be permanently attached.

3 Cover the altar with pure gold, including its top, all its sides, and its horns. You should also make a gold molding all around it.

4 Make two gold rings and attach them under the molding on two opposite sides of the altar. They will house the poles used to carry the altar.

5 Make acacia-wood poles and cover them with gold.

6 Place the incense altar in front of the veil that hangs before the chest containing the covenant, in front of the cover that is on top of the covenant document where I will meet with you.

7 Aaron will burn sweet-smelling incense on the incense altar every morning when he takes care of the lamps.

8 And again when Aaron lights the lamps at twilight, he will burn incense. It should be a regular incense offering in the LORD's presence in every generation.

9 Don't offer the wrong incense on the altar or an entirely burned offering or a grain offering. Don't pour a drink offering on it.

10 Once a year Aaron should perform a ritual of reconciliation on its horns with the blood of the purification offering for reconciliation. Once a year in every generation he should perform a ritual of reconciliation at the altar. It is most holy to the LORD.

11 The LORD spoke to Moses:

12 When you take a census of the Israelites to count them, each of them should pay compensation for their life to the LORD when they are counted. Then no plague will descend on them when they are counted.

13 Every one who is counted should pay a half shekel according to the official shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs). The half shekel is a gift offering to the LORD.

14 Every one who is counted, from 20 years old and above, should present a gift offering to the LORD.

15 When you bring this gift offering to the LORD to pay compensation for your lives, the rich shouldn't give more and the poor shouldn't give less than the half shekel.

16 Take the compensation money from the Israelites and use it to support the service of the meeting tent. It will serve for the Israelites as a reminder in the LORD's presence of the compensation paid for your lives.

17 The LORD spoke to Moses:

18 Make a copper basin for washing along with its copper stand. Put it between the meeting tent and the altar, and put water in it.

19 Aaron and his sons will use it to wash their hands and their feet.

20 When they go into the meeting tent or approach the altar to minister and to offer a food gift to the LORD, they must wash with water so that they don't die.

21 They must wash their hands and their feet so that they don't die. This will be a permanent regulation for them, for Aaron and his descendants in every generation.

22 The LORD spoke to Moses:

23 Now take for yourself high-quality spices: five hundred weight of solid myrrh; half as much of sweet-smelling cinnamon, that is, two hundred fifty; two hundred fifty weight of sweet-smelling cane;

24 five hundred of cassia—measured by the sanctuary shekel—and a hin of olive oil.

25 Prepare a holy anointing oil, blending them like a skilled perfume maker to produce the holy anointing oil.

26 Use it to anoint the meeting tent, the chest containing the covenant,

27 the table and all its equipment, the lampstand and its equipment, the incense altar,

28 the altar for entirely burned offerings and all its equipment, and the washbasin with its stand.

29 Make them holy so that they may be perfectly holy. Whatever touches them will become holy.

30 Then anoint Aaron and his sons and make them holy to serve me as priests.

31 Say to the Israelites: This will be my holy anointing oil in every generation.

32 Don't allow anyone else to use this oil. Don't make another oil like it by using the same formula. This oil is holy, and you should regard it as holy.

33 Whoever blends an oil like it or whoever uses the oil on someone else will be cut off from the people.

34 The LORD said to Moses: Take an equal amount of each of these spices: gum resin, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense.

35 Like a skilled perfume maker, carefully blend them together and make incense, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.

36 Beat some of it into a fine powder and put part of it in front of the covenant document in the meeting tent where I will meet with you. You should regard it as perfectly holy.

37 When you make incense according to this formula, you shouldn't make any of it for your own use. You should regard it as holy to the LORD.

38 Whoever makes incense with this same formula to enjoy its fragrance will be cut off from the people.