造香壇的條例

30 「你要用皂莢木造一座燒香用的壇。 壇是四方形的,長寬各四十五釐米,高九十釐米,上面有突出的角狀物,與壇連成一體。 壇頂、壇的四面和壇上的角狀物要包上純金,四周鑲上金邊。 要在壇兩側的金邊下面安兩個金環,使橫杠穿過金環,以便抬香壇。 要用皂莢木造橫杠,包上金。 要把香壇放在約櫃前幔子的外面,對著約櫃上的施恩座——就是我要跟你會面的地方。

「亞倫每天早上料理燈臺的時候,要在這壇上燒芬芳的香。 黃昏點燈的時候,他也要在耶和華面前燒香,世世代代都要如此。 不可在這香壇上燒別的香料,不可用這壇來獻燔祭或素祭,也不可在上面澆奠祭。 10 亞倫每年要在壇的角上行一次贖罪禮,用贖罪祭牲的血塗在壇角上,世代如此。這是耶和華至聖的壇。」

人丁的贖價

11 耶和華對摩西說: 12 「你統計以色列人口的時候,每一個被統計的男子都要繳付贖價給耶和華,贖回自己的性命,免得在統計人口期間發生災禍。 13 凡被統計的人都要付六克銀子,即十季拉,以聖所的秤為準,作為獻給耶和華的禮物。 14 凡被統計的,年齡在二十歲以上的男子都要獻此禮物給耶和華。 15 富有的不用多繳,貧窮的也不可少付,每個人都要付六克銀子,作為獻給耶和華的禮物,用來贖他們自己的性命。 16 要向以色列人收贖命的款項,供會幕使用,可以使以色列人在耶和華面前蒙眷顧,贖性命。」

洗濯盆

17 耶和華對摩西說: 18 「你用銅造一個洗濯盆和盆座,放在會幕和祭壇之間,盆裡盛著水, 19 供亞倫父子們洗手洗腳, 20 他們進會幕或在壇上獻火祭之前,一定要自潔才可以供職,免得死亡。 21 他們要洗手洗腳,免得死亡,這是亞倫和他的子孫世世代代都要守的條例。」

22 耶和華對摩西說: 23 「要以聖所的秤為準,用上等的香料,就是沒藥液六公斤、香肉桂和菖蒲各三公斤、 24 肉桂皮六公斤,再加上橄欖油四升, 25 按著調製香料的方法製作聖膏油。 26 要用這些膏油來抹會幕、約櫃、 27 桌子和桌上所有的器具、燈臺和燈臺上的器具、香壇、 28 燔祭壇和壇上所有的器具、洗濯盆和盆座。 29 你要使這一切聖潔,成為至聖之物。凡碰到它們的都會聖潔。

30 「你也要用這種油來膏亞倫父子們,使他們分別出來,做聖潔的祭司事奉我。 31 你要把我的話告訴以色列百姓,『我要世世代代以這油為聖膏油。 32 不要把這膏油用在普通人身上,也不可仿製,因為這是聖膏油,你們也要視之為聖物。 33 任何人若仿製或用這油抹祭司以外的人,要將他從民中剷除。』」

34 耶和華對摩西說:「要取各種芬芳的香料,就是蘇合香、香螺、白松香和純乳香,分量相同, 35 用調製香料的方法調製,加上鹽,做成純淨聖潔的香。 36 你們要把一些香搗成極細的粉末,放在會幕內的約櫃前面,就是我與你會面的地方,你們要視這香為至聖之物。 37 你們不可用同樣的配方為自己做香,要視它為耶和華的聖物。 38 任何人若仿製這香,自己拿來私用[a],必從民中被剷除。」

Footnotes

  1. 30·38 私用」希伯來文是「聞這香味」。

造香坛的条例

30 “你要用皂荚木造一座烧香用的坛。 坛是四方形的,长宽各四十五厘米,高九十厘米,上面有突出的角状物,与坛连成一体。 坛顶、坛的四面和坛上的角状物要包上纯金,四周镶上金边。 要在坛两侧的金边下面安两个金环,使横杠穿过金环,以便抬香坛。 要用皂荚木造横杠,包上金。 要把香坛放在约柜前幔子的外面,对着约柜上的施恩座——就是我要跟你会面的地方。

“亚伦每天早上料理灯台的时候,要在这坛上烧芬芳的香。 黄昏点灯的时候,他也要在耶和华面前烧香,世世代代都要如此。 不可在这香坛上烧别的香料,不可用这坛来献燔祭或素祭,也不可在上面浇奠祭。 10 亚伦每年要在坛的角上行一次赎罪礼,用赎罪祭牲的血涂在坛角上,世代如此。这是耶和华至圣的坛。”

人丁的赎价

11 耶和华对摩西说: 12 “你统计以色列人口的时候,每一个被统计的男子都要缴付赎价给耶和华,赎回自己的性命,免得在统计人口期间发生灾祸。 13 凡被统计的人都要付六克银子,即十季拉,以圣所的秤为准,作为献给耶和华的礼物。 14 凡被统计的,年龄在二十岁以上的男子都要献此礼物给耶和华。 15 富有的不用多缴,贫穷的也不可少付,每个人都要付六克银子,作为献给耶和华的礼物,用来赎他们自己的性命。 16 要向以色列人收赎命的款项,供会幕使用,可以使以色列人在耶和华面前蒙眷顾,赎性命。”

洗濯盆

17 耶和华对摩西说: 18 “你用铜造一个洗濯盆和盆座,放在会幕和祭坛之间,盆里盛着水, 19 供亚伦父子们洗手洗脚, 20 他们进会幕或在坛上献火祭之前,一定要自洁才可以供职,免得死亡。 21 他们要洗手洗脚,免得死亡,这是亚伦和他的子孙世世代代都要守的条例。”

22 耶和华对摩西说: 23 “要以圣所的秤为准,用上等的香料,就是没药液六公斤、香肉桂和菖蒲各三公斤、 24 肉桂皮六公斤,再加上橄榄油四升, 25 按着调制香料的方法制作圣膏油。 26 要用这些膏油来抹会幕、约柜、 27 桌子和桌上所有的器具、灯台和灯台上的器具、香坛、 28 燔祭坛和坛上所有的器具、洗濯盆和盆座。 29 你要使这一切圣洁,成为至圣之物。凡碰到它们的都会圣洁。

30 “你也要用这种油来膏亚伦父子们,使他们分别出来,做圣洁的祭司事奉我。 31 你要把我的话告诉以色列百姓,‘我要世世代代以这油为圣膏油。 32 不要把这膏油用在普通人身上,也不可仿制,因为这是圣膏油,你们也要视之为圣物。 33 任何人若仿制或用这油抹祭司以外的人,要将他从民中铲除。’”

34 耶和华对摩西说:“要取各种芬芳的香料,就是苏合香、香螺、白松香和纯乳香,分量相同, 35 用调制香料的方法调制,加上盐,做成纯净圣洁的香。 36 你们要把一些香捣成极细的粉末,放在会幕内的约柜前面,就是我与你会面的地方,你们要视这香为至圣之物。 37 你们不可用同样的配方为自己做香,要视它为耶和华的圣物。 38 任何人若仿制这香,自己拿来私用[a],必从民中被铲除。”

Footnotes

  1. 30:38 私用”希伯来文是“闻这香味”。

Instructions for Making the Incense Altar

30 “And you will make an altar for burning incense; you will make it of acacia wood, a cubit its length and a cubit its width—it will be square—and two cubits its height, its horns of one piece with it.[a] And you will overlay it with pure gold, its top and its sides all around and its horns, and you will make for it a gold molding all around. And you will make two gold rings for it; under its molding on two opposite sides[b] you will make them as holders[c] for poles to carry it with them. You will make the poles of acacia wood, and you will overlay them with gold. And you will put it before the curtain that is upon the ark of the testimony, before the atonement cover, which is on the testimony, there where I will meet with you.

“And on it Aaron will turn fragrant incense into smoke; each morning[d] when he tends the lamps, he will turn it into smoke. And when Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight,[e] he will turn it into smoke—incense of continuity—before Yahweh throughout your generations. You will not offer on it strange incense or a burnt offering or a grain offering, and you will not pour a libation on it. 10 And Aaron will make atonement on its horns one time in the year from the blood of the sin offering of the atonement; one time in the year he will make atonement on it throughout your generations; it is a most holy thing for Yahweh.”

Instructions for Numbering the People

11 And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 12 When you take a census of[f] the Israelites[g] to count them, they will each give the ransom of his life for Yahweh when counting them, and a plague will not be among them when counting them. 13 This they will give, everyone who is counted,[h] the half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which is twenty gerahs per shekel. The half shekel is a contribution for Yahweh. 14 Everyone who is counted[i] from twenty years old[j] and above will give the contribution of Yahweh. 15 The rich will not give more, and the poor will not give less than the half shekel to give the contribution of Yahweh to make atonement for their lives. 16 And you will take the atonement money from the Israelites[k] and give it to the service of the tent of assembly, and it will be as a memorial for the Israelites[l] before Yahweh to make atonement for your lives.”

Instructions for Making the Basin

17 And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 18 “And you will make a basin of bronze and its bronze stand for washing, and you will put it between the tent of assembly and the altar, and you will put water there. 19 And Aaron and his sons will wash their hands and their feet with it. 20 When they come to the tent of assembly, they will wash with water so that they do not die, or when they approach the altar to serve by turning to smoke an offering made by fire to Yahweh. 21 And they will wash their hands and their feet so that they do not die, and it will be a lasting rule for them—to him and to his offspring throughout their generations.

Instructions for Making Anointing Oil and Incense

22 And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 23 “And take for yourself top quality balsam oils, five hundred shekels of flowing myrrh, half as much—two hundred and fifty shekels of fragrant cinnamon, and two hundred and fifty shekels of fragrant reed, 24 and five hundred shekels of cassia, according to the sanctuary shekel, and a hin of olive oil. 25 And you will make it into holy anointing oil, a spice blend of a fragrant ointment the work of a perfumer; it will be holy anointing oil. 26 And you will anoint with it the tent of assembly and the ark of the testimony, 27 and the table and all its equipment and the lampstand and its equipment and the incense altar, 28 and the altar of burnt offering and all its equipment and the basin and its stand. 29 And you will consecrate them, and they will be most holy things; anyone who[m] touches them will be holy. 30 And you will anoint Aaron and his sons, and you will consecrate them to serve as priests for me.

31 “And you will speak to the Israelites,[n] saying, ‘This will be my holy anointing oil throughout your generations. 32 It will not be poured on human flesh, and with its measurements[o] you will not make any like it; it is holy; it will be holy to you. 33 Anyone who compounds perfume like it and who puts it on a stranger will be cut off from his people.’”

34 And Yahweh said to Moses, “Take for yourself fragrant perfumes—stacte resin and onycha and galbanum—fragrant perfumes and pure frankincense, an equal part of each,[p] 35 and make it into a compound of incense, the work of a perfumer, salted, pure, holy. 36 And you will grind part of it to powder, and you will put part of it before the testimony in the tent of assembly where I will meet with you; it will be a most holy thing to you. 37 And the incense that you will make with its measurements[q] you will not make for yourselves; it will be holy to you for Yahweh. 38 Anyone who makes any like it to smell it will be cut off from his people.”

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 30:2 Literally “from it”
  2. Exodus 30:4 Literally “on two of its sides you will make on two of its sides”
  3. Exodus 30:4 Literally “houses”
  4. Exodus 30:7 Literally “in the morning in the morning”
  5. Exodus 30:8 Literally “between the two evenings”
  6. Exodus 30:12 Literally “when you lift up the heads of”
  7. Exodus 30:12 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  8. Exodus 30:13 Literally “all of the going over to the being counted”
  9. Exodus 30:14 Literally “all of the going over to the being counted”
  10. Exodus 30:14 Literally “a son of twenty years”
  11. Exodus 30:16 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  12. Exodus 30:16 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  13. Exodus 30:29 Or “anything that”; literally “all touching”
  14. Exodus 30:31 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  15. Exodus 30:32 Or “recipe” or “formula”
  16. Exodus 30:34 Literally “part by part it will be”
  17. Exodus 30:37 Or “recipe” or “formula”