Parallel Bible results for "exodus 30"

Exodus 30

New Revised Standard NRS

1 You shall make an altar on which to offer incense; you shall make it of acacia wood.

2 It shall be one cubit long, and one cubit wide; it shall be square, and shall be two cubits high; its horns shall be of one piece with it.

3 You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top, and its sides all around and its horns; and you shall make for it a molding of gold all around.

4 And you shall make two golden rings for it; under its molding on two opposite sides of it you shall make them, and they shall hold the poles with which to carry it.

5 You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.

6 You shall place it in front of the curtain that is above the ark of the covenant, in front of the mercy seat that is over the covenant, where I will meet with you.

7 Aaron shall offer fragrant incense on it; every morning when he dresses the lamps he shall offer it,

8 and when Aaron sets up the lamps in the evening, he shall offer it, a regular incense offering before the Lord throughout your generations.

9 You shall not offer unholy incense on it, or a burnt offering, or a grain offering; and you shall not pour a drink offering on it.

10 Once a year Aaron shall perform the rite of atonement on its horns. Throughout your generations he shall perform the atonement for it once a year with the blood of the atoning sin offering. It is most holy to the Lord.

11 The Lord spoke to Moses:

12 When you take a census of the Israelites to register them, at registration all of them shall give a ransom for their lives to the Lord, so that no plague may come upon them for being registered.

13 This is what each one who is registered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as an offering to the Lord.

14 Each one who is registered, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the Lord's offering.

15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when you bring this offering to the Lord to make atonement for your lives.

16 You shall take the atonement money from the Israelites and shall designate it for the service of the tent of meeting; before the Lord it will be a reminder to the Israelites of the ransom given for your lives.

17 The Lord spoke to Moses:

18 You shall make a bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. You shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it;

19 with the water Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet.

20 When they go into the tent of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister, to make an offering by fire to the Lord, they shall wash with water, so that they may not die.

21 They shall wash their hands and their feet, so that they may not die: it shall be a perpetual ordinance for them, for him and for his descendants throughout their generations.

22 The Lord spoke to Moses:

23 Take the finest spices: of liquid myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet-smelling cinnamon half as much, that is, two hundred fifty, and two hundred fifty of aromatic cane,

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

25 and you shall make of these a sacred anointing oil blended as by the perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.

26 With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the covenant,

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

28 and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin with its stand;

29 you shall consecrate them, so that they may be most holy; whatever touches them will become holy.

30 You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, in order that they may serve me as priests.

31 You shall say to the Israelites, "This shall be my holy anointing oil throughout your generations.

32 It shall not be used in any ordinary anointing of the body, and you shall make no other like it in composition; it is holy, and it shall be holy to you.

33 Whoever compounds any like it or whoever puts any of it on an unqualified person shall be cut off from the people."

34 The Lord said to Moses: Take sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum, sweet spices with pure frankincense (an equal part of each),

35 and make an incense blended as by the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy;

36 and you shall beat some of it into powder, and put part of it before the covenant in the tent of meeting where I shall meet with you; it shall be for you most holy.

37 When you make incense according to this composition, you shall not make it for yourselves; it shall be regarded by you as holy to the Lord.

38 Whoever makes any like it to use as perfume shall be cut off from the people.

The Message Bible MSG

1 "Make an Altar for burning incense. Construct it from acacia wood,

2 one and one-half feet square and three feet high with its horns of one piece with it.

3 Cover it with a veneer of pure gold, its top, sides, and horns, and make a gold molding around it

4 with two rings of gold beneath the molding. Place the rings on the two opposing sides to serve as holders for poles by which it will be carried.

5 Make the poles of acacia wood and cover them with a veneer of gold.

6 "Place the Altar in front of the curtain that hides the Chest of The Testimony, in front of the Atonement-Cover that is over The Testimony where I will meet you.

7 Aaron will burn fragrant incense on it every morning when he polishes the lamps,

8 and again in the evening as he prepares the lamps for lighting, so that there will always be incense burning before God, generation after generation.

9 But don't burn on this Altar any unholy incense or Whole-Burnt-Offering or Grain-Offering. And don't pour out Drink-Offerings on it.

10 Once a year Aaron is to purify the Altar horns. Using the blood of the Absolution-Offering of atonement, he is to make this atonement every year down through the generations. It is most holy to God." The Atonement-Tax

11 God spoke to Moses:

12 "When you take a head count of the Israelites to keep track of them, all must pay an atonement-tax to God for their life at the time of being registered so that nothing bad will happen because of the registration.

13 Everyone who gets counted is to give a half-shekel (using the standard Sanctuary shekel of a fifth of an ounce to the shekel) - a half-shekel offering to God.

14 Everyone counted, age twenty and up, is to make the offering to God.

15 The rich are not to pay more nor the poor less than the half-shekel offering to God, the atonement-tax for your lives.

16 Take the atonement-tax money from the Israelites and put it to the maintenance of the Tent of Meeting. It will be a memorial fund for the Israelites in honor of God, making atonement for your lives." The Washbasin

17 God spoke to Moses:

18 "Make a bronze Washbasin; make it with a bronze base. Place it between the Tent of Meeting and the Altar. Put water in it.

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

20 When they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the Altar to serve there or offer gift offerings to God, they are to wash so they will not die.

21 They are to wash their hands and their feet so they will not die. This is the rule forever, for Aaron and his sons down through the generations." Holy Anointing Oil

22 God spoke to Moses:

23 "Take the best spices: twelve and a half pounds of liquid myrrh; half that much, six and a quarter pounds, of fragrant cinnamon; six and a quarter pounds of fragrant cane;

24 twelve and a half pounds of cassia - using the standard Sanctuary weight for all of them - and a gallon of olive oil.

25 Make these into a holy anointing oil, a perfumer's skillful blend.

26 "Use it to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the Chest of The Testimony,

27 the Table and all its utensils, the Lampstand and its utensils, the Altar of Incense,

28 the Altar of Whole-Burnt-Offerings and all its utensils, and the Washbasin and its base.

29 Consecrate them so they'll be soaked in holiness, so that anyone who so much as touches them will become holy.

30 "Then anoint Aaron and his sons. Consecrate them as priests to me.

31 Tell the Israelites, 'This will be my holy anointing oil throughout your generations.'

32 Don't pour it on ordinary men. Don't copy this mixture to use for yourselves. It's holy; keep it holy.

33 Whoever mixes up anything like it, or puts it on an ordinary person, will be expelled." Holy Incense

34 God spoke to Moses: "Take fragrant spices - gum resin, onycha, galbanum - and add pure frankincense. Mix the spices in equal proportions

35 to make an aromatic incense, the art of a perfumer, salted and pure - holy.

36 Now crush some of it into powder and place some of it before The Testimony in the Tent of Meeting where I will meet with you; it will be for you the holiest of holy places.

37 When you make this incense, you are not to copy the mixture for your own use. It's holy to God; keep it that way.

38 Whoever copies it for personal use will be excommunicated."