Exodus 30
Lexham English Bible
Instructions for Making the Incense Altar
30 “And you will make an altar for burning incense; you will make it of acacia wood, 2 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] 3 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. 4 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. 5 You will make the poles of acacia wood, and you will overlay them with gold. 6 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.
7 “And on it Aaron will turn fragrant incense into smoke; each morning[d] when he tends the lamps, he will turn it into smoke. 8 And when Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight,[e] he will turn it into smoke—incense of continuity—before Yahweh throughout your generations. 9 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
- Exodus 30:2 Literally “from it”
- Exodus 30:4 Literally “on two of its sides you will make on two of its sides”
- Exodus 30:4 Literally “houses”
- Exodus 30:7 Literally “in the morning in the morning”
- Exodus 30:8 Literally “between the two evenings”
- Exodus 30:12 Literally “when you lift up the heads of”
- Exodus 30:12 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Exodus 30:13 Literally “all of the going over to the being counted”
- Exodus 30:14 Literally “all of the going over to the being counted”
- Exodus 30:14 Literally “a son of twenty years”
- Exodus 30:16 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Exodus 30:16 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Exodus 30:29 Or “anything that”; literally “all touching”
- Exodus 30:31 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Exodus 30:32 Or “recipe” or “formula”
- Exodus 30:34 Literally “part by part it will be”
- Exodus 30:37 Or “recipe” or “formula”
Exodus 30
King James Version
30 And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it.
2 A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same.
3 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about.
4 And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal.
5 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
6 And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.
7 And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
8 And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations.
9 Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.
10 And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the Lord.
11 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
12 When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the Lord, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.
13 This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the Lord.
14 Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the Lord.
15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.
16 And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.
17 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
18 Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou 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, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the Lord:
21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.
22 Moreover the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
23 Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,
24 And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:
25 And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.
26 And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony,
27 And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense,
28 And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot.
29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.
30 And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.
31 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.
32 Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you.
33 Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.
34 And the Lord said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:
35 And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:
36 And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.
37 And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the Lord.
38 Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.
Éxodo 30
Dios Habla Hoy
El altar del incienso(A)
30 »Haz también un altar de madera de acacia, para quemar incienso. 2 Tiene que ser cuadrado, de cuarenta y cinco centímetros de largo por cuarenta y cinco centímetros de ancho, y de noventa centímetros de altura, y los cuernos del altar deben formar una sola pieza con el altar mismo. 3 Recubre de oro puro su parte superior, sus cuatro lados y sus cuernos, y ponle un ribete de oro alrededor. 4 Ponle también unas argollas de oro debajo del ribete, dos en las esquinas de un lado y dos en las esquinas del otro, para pasar por ellas los travesaños con que va a ser transportado. 5 Haz los travesaños de madera de acacia, y recúbrelos de oro. 6 Pon luego el altar ante el velo que está junto al arca de la alianza, ante la tapa que lo cubre, donde yo me encontraré contigo. 7 Todas las mañanas, a la hora de preparar las lámparas, Aarón quemará incienso aromático sobre este altar, 8 y lo quemará también al atardecer, a la hora de encender las lámparas. Esto se hará en la presencia del Señor siempre, a través de los siglos. 9 No ofrezcas sobre este altar ningún otro incienso, ni holocaustos, ni ofrendas de cereales, ni tampoco ofrendas de vino derramado. 10 Este altar estará completamente consagrado al Señor, y una vez al año ofrecerá Aarón sobre los cuernos del altar la sangre del sacrificio para obtener el perdón de los pecados. Una vez al año, todos los años, sobre este altar se ofrecerá el sacrificio para obtener el perdón de los pecados.»
El rescate por la vida
11 El Señor se dirigió a Moisés y le dijo:
12 «Cuando hagas un censo de los israelitas, cada uno de ellos deberá dar una contribución al Señor como rescate por su vida, a fin de que no haya ninguna plaga mortal con motivo del censo. 13 Todo el que sea registrado dará como contribución al Señor cinco gramos de plata, que es la mitad del peso oficial del santuario. 14 Todos los registrados de veinte años para arriba darán esta contribución al Señor, 15 y al dar cada uno al Señor el rescate por su vida, ni el rico dará más de cinco gramos de plata, ni el pobre menos de cinco. 16 Así que recogerás la plata que los israelitas den como rescate por su vida, y la entregarás para el culto de la tienda del encuentro. Eso hará que el Señor se acuerde de los israelitas, y de que dieron el rescate por su vida.»
La palangana de bronce(B)
17 El Señor se dirigió a Moisés y le dijo:
18 «Haz una palangana de bronce, con su base del mismo metal, que sirva para lavarse; ponla entre la tienda del encuentro y el altar, y llénala de agua. 19 Aarón y sus hijos sacarán agua de allí para lavarse las manos y los pies. 20 Y se los lavarán cuando entren en la tienda del encuentro, y cuando se acerquen al altar para oficiar y presentar al Señor la ofrenda quemada. Así no morirán. 21 Para que no mueran, deberán lavarse las manos y los pies. Ésta será una ley permanente a través de los siglos para Aarón y sus descendientes.»
El aceite de consagrar(C)
22 El Señor se dirigió a Moisés y le dijo:
23 «Escoge tú mismo las mejores plantas aromáticas: unos seis kilos de la mejor mirra, unos tres kilos de canela y unos tres kilos de caña aromática; 24 unos seis kilos de casia, pesados según el peso oficial del santuario, y tres litros y medio de aceite de oliva. 25 Haz con todo esto el aceite santo de consagrar, de la misma manera que un perfumero prepara sus perfumes. Éste será el aceite santo de consagrar, 26 y deberás derramarlo sobre la tienda del encuentro, el arca de la alianza, 27 la mesa con todos sus utensilios, el candelabro con sus utensilios, el altar del incienso, 28 el altar de los holocaustos con todos sus utensilios, y la palangana con su base. 29 Así los consagrarás y serán cosas santísimas; cualquier cosa que las toque, quedará consagrada.
30 »Derrama también de ese aceite sobre Aarón y sus hijos, para consagrarlos como mis sacerdotes, 31 y di a los israelitas lo siguiente: “A través de los siglos, éste será mi aceite santo de consagrar. 32 No lo derramen sobre cualquier hombre común, ni preparen otro aceite igual a éste. Es un aceite santo, y como cosa santa deben tratarlo. 33 Si alguien prepara un aceite igual a éste, o lo derrama sobre cualquier extraño, será eliminado de entre su gente.”»
El incienso(D)
34 El Señor le dijo a Moisés:
«Toma una misma cantidad de las siguientes especias: resina, uña aromática, incienso puro y gálbano aromático, 35 y prepara con ellas un incienso puro y santo, mezclándolo todo bien, como un perfumero al hacer sus perfumes. 36 Muele muy fina una parte, y ponla ante el arca de la alianza, en la tienda del encuentro, o sea donde yo me encontraré contigo. Este incienso será de lo más sagrado para ustedes, 37 y no deben preparar para su propio uso otro incienso igual a éste que has preparado. Es del Señor, y para ti será una cosa sagrada. 38 El que prepare un incienso igual para disfrutar de su aroma, será eliminado de entre su gente.»
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