Exodus 30

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"You are also to make an altar of acacia wood for the burning of incense.

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It is to be square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high. Its horns must be of one piece.

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Overlay with pure gold the top and all the sides and horns, and make a molding of gold around it.

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top Heb. roof

sides Heb. walls

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And make two gold rings below the molding on opposite sides to hold the poles used to carry it.

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two corners Heb. ribs

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

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Place the altar in front of the veil that is before the ark of the Testimony—before the mercy seat that is over the Testimony—where I will meet with you.

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And Aaron is to burn fragrant incense on it every morning when he tends the lamps.

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When Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he must burn the incense perpetually before the LORD for the generations to come.

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lighteth or , setteth up , Heb. causeth to ascend

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On this altar you must not offer unauthorized incense or a burnt offering or grain offering; nor are you to pour a drink offering on it.

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Once a year Aaron shall make atonement on the horns of the altar. Throughout your generations he shall make atonement on it annually with the blood of the sin offering of atonement. The altar is most holy to the LORD."

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Then the LORD said to Moses,

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Exodus 30:12

"When you take a census of the Israelites to number them, each man must pay the LORD a ransom for his life when he is counted. Then no plague will come upon them when they are numbered.

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their number Heb. them that are to be numbered

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Everyone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD.

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Exodus 30:14

Everyone twenty years of age or older who crosses over must give this offering to the LORD.

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Exodus 30:15

In making the offering to the LORD to atone for your lives, the rich shall not give more than a half shekel, nor shall the poor give less.

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give more Heb. multiply

Exodus 30:16

Take the atonement money from the Israelites and use it for the service of the Tent of Meeting. It will serve as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD to make atonement for your lives."

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And the LORD said to Moses,

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Exodus 30:18

"You are to make a bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. Set it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it,

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with which Aaron and his sons are to wash their hands and feet.

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Exodus 30:20

Whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister by presenting an offering made by fire to the LORD, they must wash with water so that they will not die.

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Thus they are to wash their hands and feet so that they will not die; this shall be a permanent statute for Aaron and his descendants for the generations to come."

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Then the LORD said to Moses,

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Exodus 30:23

"Take the finest spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half that amount (250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels of fragrant cane,

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pure myrrh Myrrh is a white gum , issuing from the trunk and larger branches of a thorny tree resembling the acacia , growing in Arabia , Egypt , and Abyssinia. Its taste is extremely bitter; but its smell , though strong , is agreeable; and it entered into the composition of the most costly ointments among the ancients. The epithet deror , rendered pure , properly denotes fluid , from the Arabic darra , to flow; by which is meant the finest and most excellent kind , called stacte , which issues of itself from the bark without incision.

cinnamon Kinnamon bosem , odoriferous or spicy cinnamon , is the bark of the canella , a small tree of the size of a willow growing in the island of Ceylon.

sweet calamus Kenaih bosem , calamus aromaticus , or odoriferous cane , is a reed growing in Egypt , Syria , and India , about two feet in height , bearing from the root a knotted stalk , quite round , containing in its cavity a soft white pith. It is said to scent the air while growing; and when cut down , dried , and powdered , makes an ingredient in the richest perfumes.

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500 shekels of cassia—all according to the sanctuary shekel—and a hin of olive oil.

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Prepare from these a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer; it will be a sacred anointing oil.

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Use this oil to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the Testimony,

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

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You are to consecrate them so that they will be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy.

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Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them to serve Me as priests.

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Exodus 30:31

And you are to tell the Israelites, 'This will be My sacred anointing oil for the generations to come.

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Exodus 30:32

It must not be used to anoint an ordinary man, and you must not make anything like it with the same formula. It is holy, and it must be holy to you.

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Exodus 30:33

Anyone who mixes perfume like it or puts it on an outsider shall be cut off from his people.'"

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Exodus 30:34

The LORD also said to Moses, "Take fragrant spices—gum resin, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense—in equal measures,

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stacte Heb. nataph , The Jews and others suppose it to be what was afterwards called the balm of Jericho , or Gilead.

onycha The word shechaileth is generally allowed to denote onycha (nail-fish , from its form) , as it is rendered by the LXX and Vulgate. It is the shell of the purpura , and of the whole class of murex; and serves as the basis of the principal perfumes in India.

galbanum Chelbenah , (probably from chalay , milk or gum , and lavan , white) , is the gummy , resinous juice of an umbelliferous plant , the bubon gumniferum of Linneus , growing in Syria , Persia , and Africa. It rises with a ligneous stalk from eight to ten feet , and is garnished with leaves at every joint. The top of the stalk is terminated by an umbel of yellow flowers which are succeeded by oblong channelled seeds , which have a thin membrane or wing on their border. When any part of the plant is broken , there issues out a little thin juice , of a cream colour , of a fat , tough substance , like gum ammoniac , composed of many small , shining grains , of a strong , piercing smell and a sharp , warm taste.

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and make a fragrant blend of incense, the work of a perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.

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Exodus 30:36

Grind some of it into fine powder and place it in front of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be most holy to you.

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Exodus 30:37

You are never to use this formula to make incense for yourselves; you shall regard it as holy to the LORD.

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Exodus 30:38

Anyone who makes something like it to enjoy its fragrance shall be cut off from his people."

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