Exodus Chapter 30

Exodus Chapter 30
1 Furthermore thou shalt make an altar
for sweet perfume, of shittim wood thou
shalt make it.
2 The length thereof a cubit and the
breadth thereof a cubit (it shall be four
square) and the height thereof two
cubits: the horns thereof shall be of the
same,
3 And thou shalt overlay it with fine
gold, both the top thereof and the sides
thereof round about, and his horns: also
thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold
round about.
4 Besides this thou shalt make under this
crown two golden rings on either side:
even on every side shalt thou make them,
that they may be as places for the bars to
bear it withal.
5 The which bars thou shalt make of
shittim wood, and shalt cover them with
gold.
6 After thou shalt set it before the veil,
that is near the ark of testimony, before
the mercy seat that is upon the testimony,
where I will appoint with thee. 7 And
Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense
every morning: when he dresseth the
lamps thereof, shall he burn it.
8 Likewise at even, when Aaron setteth
up the lamps thereof, he shall burn
incense: this perfume shall be
perpetually before the Lord, throughout
your generations.
9 Ye shall offer no strange incense
thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor offering,
neither pour any drink offering thereon.
10 And Aaron shall make reconciliation
upon the horns of it once in a year with
the blood of the sin offering in the day
of reconciliation: once in the year shall
he make reconciliation upon it
throughout your generations: this is most
holy unto the Lord.
11 Afterward the Lord spake unto
Moses, saying,
12 When thou takest the sum of the
children of Israel after their number, then
they shall give every man a redemption
of his life unto the Lord, when thou
tellest them, that there be no plague
among them when thou countest them. 13
This shall every man give, that goeth into
the number, half a shekel, after the
shekel of the Sanctuary: (a shekel is
twenty gerahs) the half shekel shall be
an offering to the Lord.
14 All that are numbered from twenty
year old and above, shall give an
offering to the Lord.
15 The rich shall not pass, and the poor
shall not diminish from half a shekel,
when ye shall give an offering unto the
Lord, for the redemption of your lives.
16 So thou shalt take the money of the
redemption of the children of Israel, and
shalt put it unto the use of the tabernacle
of the congregation, that it may be a
memorial unto the children of Israel
before the Lord for the redemption of
your lives.
17 Also the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying,
18 Thou shalt also make a laver of
brass, and his foot of brass to wash, and
shalt put it between the tabernacle of the
congregation and the altar, and shalt put
water therein.
19 For Aaron and his sons shall wash
their hands and their feet thereat. 20
When they go into the tabernacle of the
congregation, or when they go unto the
altar to minister and to make the perfume
of the burnt offering to the Lord, they
shall wash themselves with water, lest
they die.
21 So they shall wash their hands and
their feet that they die not: and this shall
be to them an ordinance forever, both
unto him and to his seed throughout their
generations.
22 Also the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying,
23 Take thou also unto thee, principal
spices of the most pure myrrh five
hundred shekels, of sweet cinnamon half
so much, that is, two hundred and fifty,
and of sweet calamus, two hundred, and
fifty:
24 Also of cassia five hundred, after the
shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive
an hin.
25 So thou shalt make of it the oil of
holy ointment, even a most precious
ointment after the art of the apothecary:
this shall be the oil of holy ointment. 26
And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of
the congregation therewith, and the ark
of the testimony:
27 Also the table, and all the instruments
thereof, and the candlestick, with all the
instruments thereof, and the altar of
incense:
28 Also the altar of burnt offering with
all his instruments, and the laver and his
foot.
29 So thou shalt sanctify them, and they
shall be most holy: all that shall touch
them, shall be holy.
30 Thou shalt also anoint Aaron and his
sons, and shalt consecrate them, that they
may minister unto me in the priest’s
office.
31 Moreover thou shalt speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, This shall be
an holy anointing oil unto me, throughout
your generations.
32 None shall anoint, man’s flesh
therewith, neither shall ye make any
composition like unto it: for it is holy ,
and shall be holy unto you. 33
Whosoever shall make the like ointment,
or whosoever shall put any of it upon a
stranger, even he shall be cut off from
his people.
34 And the Lord said unto Moses, Take
unto thee these spices, pure myrrh and
clear gum and galbanum, these odors
with pure frankincense, of each like
weight:
35 Then thou shalt make of them perfume
composed after the art of the apothecary,
mingled together, pure and holy.
36 And thou shalt beat it to powder, and
shalt put of it before the ark of the
testimony in the tabernacle of the
congregation, where I will make
appointment with thee: it shall be unto
you most holy.
37 And ye shall not make unto you any
composition like this perfume, which
thou shalt make: it shall be unto thee
holy for the Lord.
38 Whosoever shall make like unto that
to smell thereto, even he shall be cut off
from his people.