Exodus 30
New King James Version
The Altar of Incense(A)
30 “You shall make (B)an altar to burn incense on; you shall make it of acacia wood. 2 A cubit shall be its length and a cubit its width—it shall be square—and two cubits shall be its height. Its horns shall be of one piece with it. 3 And you shall overlay its top, its sides all around, and its horns with pure gold; and you shall make for it a [a]molding of gold all around. 4 Two gold rings you shall make for it, under the molding on both its sides. You shall place them on its two sides, and they will be holders for the poles with which to bear it. 5 You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold. 6 And you shall put it before the (C)veil that is before the ark of the Testimony, before the (D)mercy seat that is over the Testimony, where I will meet with you.
7 “Aaron shall burn on it (E)sweet incense every morning; when (F)he tends the lamps, he shall burn incense on it. 8 And when Aaron lights the lamps [b]at twilight, he shall burn incense on it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations. 9 You shall not offer (G)strange incense on it, or a burnt offering, or a grain offering; nor shall you pour a drink offering on it. 10 And (H)Aaron shall make atonement upon its horns once a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonement; once a year he shall make atonement upon it throughout your generations. It is most holy to the Lord.”
The Ransom Money
11 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 12 (I)“When you take the census of the children of Israel for their number, then every man shall give (J)a[c] ransom for himself to the Lord, when you number them, that there may be no (K)plague among them when you number them. 13 (L)This is what everyone among those who are numbered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (M)(a shekel is twenty gerahs). (N)The half-shekel shall be an offering to the Lord. 14 Everyone included among those who are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an [d]offering to the Lord. 15 The (O)rich shall not give more and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when you give an offering to the Lord, to make atonement for yourselves. 16 And you shall take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and (P)shall [e]appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of meeting, that it may be (Q)a memorial for the children of Israel before the Lord, to make atonement for yourselves.”
The Bronze Laver
17 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 18 (R)“You shall also make a [f]laver of bronze, with its base also of bronze, for washing. You shall (S)put it between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar. And you shall put water in it, 19 for Aaron and his sons (T)shall wash their hands and their feet in water from it. 20 When they go into the tabernacle of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to the Lord, they shall wash with water, lest they die. 21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, lest they die. And (U)it shall be a [g]statute forever to them—to him and his descendants throughout their generations.”
The Holy Anointing Oil(V)
22 Moreover the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 23 “Also take for yourself (W)quality spices—five hundred shekels of liquid (X)myrrh, half as much sweet-smelling cinnamon (two hundred and fifty shekels), two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet-smelling (Y)cane, 24 five hundred shekels of (Z)cassia, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a (AA)hin of olive oil. 25 And you shall make from these a holy anointing oil, an ointment compounded according to the art of the perfumer. It shall be (AB)a holy anointing oil. 26 (AC)With it you shall anoint the tabernacle of meeting and the ark of the Testimony; 27 the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense; 28 the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the laver and its base. 29 You shall consecrate them, that they may be most holy; (AD)whatever touches them must be holy. 30 (AE)And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister to Me as priests.
31 “And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘This shall be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations. 32 It shall not be poured on man’s flesh; nor shall you make any other like it, according to its composition. (AF)It is holy, and it shall be holy to you. 33 (AG)Whoever [h]compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it on an outsider, (AH)shall be [i]cut off from his people.’ ”
The Incense(AI)
34 And the Lord said to Moses: (AJ)“Take sweet spices, stacte and onycha and galbanum, and pure frankincense with these sweet spices; there shall be equal amounts of each. 35 You shall make of these an incense, a compound (AK)according to the art of the perfumer, salted, pure, and holy. 36 And you shall beat some of it very fine, and put some of it before the Testimony in the tabernacle of meeting (AL)where I will meet with you. (AM)It shall be most holy to you. 37 But as for the incense which you shall make, (AN)you shall not make any for yourselves, according to its [j]composition. It shall be to you holy for the Lord. 38 (AO)Whoever makes any like it, to smell it, he shall be cut off from his people.”
Footnotes
- Exodus 30:3 border
- Exodus 30:8 Lit. between the two evenings
- Exodus 30:12 the price of a life
- Exodus 30:14 contribution
- Exodus 30:16 give
- Exodus 30:18 basin
- Exodus 30:21 requirement
- Exodus 30:33 mixes
- Exodus 30:33 Put to death
- Exodus 30:37 Lit. proportion
Exodus 30
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 30
The Altar of Incense. 1 “You shall build an altar upon which to burn incense. Make it of acacia wood, 2 one cubit long and one cubit wide. It shall be square, and two cubits high; and its horns shall all be one piece with it. 3 Cover its top, its sides, and its horns with pure gold, and make a gold molding around it. 4 You shall also make two golden rings below its molding on its two sides. Place them on opposite sides. They shall be used to insert poles with which to carry it. 5 You shall make the poles out of acacia wood and cover them with gold. 6 And you shall place the altar in front of the veil that hides the Ark of Testimony, in front of the seat of atonement that is upon it, where I will meet you.
7 “Aaron shall burn fragrant incense upon the altar. He shall burn it each morning when he trims the lamps, 8 and also in the evening when he refills the lamps. There shall be perpetual incense before the Lord throughout all your generations. 9 Do not offer any unholy incense upon it, nor burnt offerings nor sacrifices nor libations. 10 Once a year Aaron shall perform an atonement ritual upon it, upon its horns. He shall make atonement upon it with the blood of your sin offering once a year throughout all your generations. It is something most holy to the Lord.”
11 The Temple Tax. The Lord spoke to Moses and said, 12 “When you take a census of the number of the children of Israel, each man will offer a ransom for his life to the Lord, when you number them, lest there be a plague among them when you number them. 13 Each person counted in the census will give half a shekel according to the measure of the shekel of the sanctuary (a shekel is twenty gerahs). The half shekel will be an offering to the Lord. 14 Everyone who is counted in the census, from twenty years old and up, will give the Lord’s offering. 15 The rich will not give more and the poor will not give less than half a shekel, when you give the Lord’s offering, in order to ransom your life. 16 You shall take the money of this ransom of the children of Israel and designate it for the needs of the meeting tent. It shall be a memorial before the Lord for the children of Israel, for the ransom of your lives.”
17 The Basin for Washing. The Lord said to Moses, 18 “You shall make a basin out of bronze, with a base of bronze, for ablutions. Place it between the meeting tent and the altar and fill it with water. 19 Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet in it.[a] 20 When they enter the meeting tent, they shall perform an ablution with water, lest they die. Thus, whenever they approach the altar to minister, to burn an offering unto the Lord with fire, 21 they shall wash their hands and their feet so that they might not die. This shall be a perpetual statute for him and his sons, for all their generations.”
22 The Anointing Oil. The Lord said to Moses, 23 “Take the finest spices: five hundred shekels of flowing myrrh, half that amount of sweet-smelling cinnamon, namely two hundred and fifty shekels of it, two hundred and fifty shekels of aromatic cane, 24 five hundred shekels of cassia, all according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a hin of olive oil. 25 Make a holy anointing oil out of them using the craft of the perfumer who blends oils. It shall be a holy anointing oil. 26 With it you are to anoint the meeting tent, the Ark of Testimony, 27 the table and all its accessories, the lampstand and its accessories, the altar of incense, 28 the altar of burnt offerings and all of its accessories, and the basin and its base. 29 You shall consecrate these things, and they shall become most holy. Whatever touches them will be holy.
30 “You shall also anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them so that they may serve me as priests. 31 Say to the children of Israel: ‘This shall be my holy anointing oil for all your generations. 32 You shall not pour it out on anyone’s body, nor shall you make anything else like it. It is holy, and it shall be holy to you.’
33 “Anyone who makes anything like it, or who pours it on an outsider, shall be cut off from his people.”
34 The Incense. The Lord said to Moses, “Gather sweet spices, gum of stacte, onycha, resin of galbanum, equal measures of sweet spices and pure frankincense, 35 and make an incense using the skill of the perfumer. It is to be salted, pure and holy. 36 Beat some of it very fine and put it before the Testimony in the meeting tent where I shall meet with you. It shall be most holy to you.
37 “You shall not make for yourselves anything like this incense according to its composition. You shall consider it to be holy to the Lord. 38 Whoever makes anything like it to use for its sweet odor shall be cut off from his people.”
Footnotes
- Exodus 30:19 Cleansing before worship was so important that failure to be properly washed before entering the tent was tantamount to a death sentence for priests. We can take from this the necessity of preparing ourselves (i.e., confessing our sin), before we celebrate Eucharist. We do this as a community with the Penitential Act.
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.
Önnur bók Móse 30
Icelandic Bible
30 Þú skalt gjöra altari til að brenna á reykelsi. Það skalt þú búa til af akasíuviði.
2 Það skal vera álnarlangt og álnarbreitt, ferhyrnt, tveggja álna hátt og horn þess áföst við það.
3 Þú skalt leggja það skíru gulli, bæði að ofan og á hliðunum allt í kring, svo og horn þess, og þú skalt gjöra brún af gulli á því allt í kring.
4 Þú skalt gjöra á því tvo hringa af gulli fyrir neðan brúnina báðumegin. Þú skalt gjöra þá á báðum hliðum þess, þeir skulu vera til að smeygja í stöngum til að bera það á.
5 Og þú skalt gjöra stengurnar af akasíuviði og gullleggja þær.
6 Þú skalt setja það fyrir framan fortjaldið, sem er fyrir sáttmálsörkinni, fyrir framan lokið, sem er yfir sáttmálinu, þar sem ég vil eiga samfundi við þig.
7 Og Aron skal brenna ilmreykelsi á því, hann skal brenna því á hverjum morgni, þegar hann tilreiðir lampana.
8 Þegar Aron setur upp lampana um sólsetur, skal hann og brenna reykelsi. Það skal vera stöðug reykelsisfórn frammi fyrir Drottni hjá yður frá kyni til kyns.
9 Þér skuluð ekki fórna annarlegu reykelsi á því, né heldur brennifórn eða matfórn, og eigi megið þér dreypa dreypifórn á því.
10 Aron skal friðþægja fyrir horn þess einu sinni á ári. Með blóðinu úr syndafórn friðþægingarinnar skal hann friðþægja fyrir það einu sinni á ári hjá yður frá kyni til kyns. Það er háheilagt fyrir Drottni."
11 Drottinn talaði við Móse og sagði:
12 "Þegar þú tekur manntal meðal Ísraelsmanna við liðskönnun, þá skulu þeir hver um sig greiða Drottni gjald til lausnar lífi sínu, þegar þeir eru kannaðir, svo að engin plága komi yfir þá vegna liðskönnunarinnar.
13 Þetta skal hver sá gjalda, sem talinn er í liðskönnun: hálfan sikil eftir helgidómssikli _ tuttugu gerur í sikli, _ hálfan sikil sem fórnargjöf til Drottins.
14 Hver sem talinn er í liðskönnun, tvítugur og þaðan af eldri, skal greiða Drottni fórnargjöf.
15 Hinn ríki skal eigi greiða meira og hinn fátæki ekki minna en hálfan sikil, er þér færið Drottni fórnargjöf til þess að friðþægja fyrir sálir yðar.
16 Og þú skalt taka þetta friðþægingargjald af Ísraelsmönnum og leggja það til þjónustu samfundatjaldsins. Það skal vera Ísraelsmönnum til minningar frammi fyrir Drottni, að það friðþægi fyrir sálir yðar."
17 Drottinn talaði við Móse og sagði:
18 "Þú skalt gjöra eirker með eirstétt til þvottar, og þú skalt setja það milli samfundatjaldsins og altarisins og láta vatn í það,
19 og skulu þeir Aron og synir hans þvo hendur sínar og fætur úr því.
20 Þegar þeir ganga inn í samfundatjaldið, skulu þeir þvo sér úr vatni, svo að þeir deyi ekki; eða þegar þeir ganga að altarinu til þess að embætta, til þess að brenna eldfórn Drottni til handa,
21 þá skulu þeir þvo hendur sínar og fætur, svo að þeir deyi ekki. Þetta skal vera þeim ævarandi lögmál fyrir hann og niðja hans frá kyni til kyns."
22 Drottinn talaði við Móse og sagði:
23 "Tak þér hinar ágætustu kryddjurtir, fimm hundruð sikla af sjálfrunninni myrru, hálfu minna, eða tvö hundruð og fimmtíu sikla, af ilmandi kanelberki og tvö hundruð og fimmtíu sikla af ilmreyr,
24 og fimm hundruð sikla af kanelviði eftir helgidómssikli og eina hín af olífuberjaolíu.
25 Af þessu skalt þú gjöra heilaga smurningarolíu, ilmsmyrsl, til búin að hætti smyrslara. Skal það vera heilög smurningarolía.
26 Með þessu skalt þú smyrja samfundatjaldið og sáttmálsörkina,
27 borðið með öllum áhöldum þess, ljósastikuna með öllum áhöldum hennar og reykelsisaltarið,
28 brennifórnaraltarið með öllum áhöldum þess, kerið og stétt þess.
29 Og skalt þú vígja þau, svo að þau verði háheilög. Hver sem snertir þau, skal vera helgaður.
30 Þú skalt og smyrja Aron og sonu hans og vígja þá til að þjóna mér í prestsembætti.
31 Þú skalt tala til Ísraelsmanna og segja: ,Þetta skal vera mér heilög smurningarolía hjá yður frá kyni til kyns.`
32 Eigi má dreypa henni á nokkurs manns hörund, og með sömu gerð skuluð þér eigi til búa nein smyrsl. Helg er hún, og helg skal hún yður vera.
33 Hver sem býr til sams konar smyrsl eða ber nokkuð af þeim á óvígðan mann, skal upprættur verða úr þjóð sinni."
34 Drottinn sagði við Móse: "Tak þér ilmjurtir, balsam, marnögl og galbankvoðu, ilmjurtir ásamt hreinu reykelsi. Skal vera jafnt af hverju.
35 Og þú skalt búa til úr því ilmreykelsi að hætti smyrslara, salti kryddað, hreint og heilagt.
36 Og nokkuð af því skalt þú mylja smátt og leggja það fyrir framan sáttmálið í samfundatjaldinu, þar sem ég vil eiga samfundi við þig. Það skal vera yður háheilagt.
37 Reykelsi, eins og þú til býr með þessari gerð, megið þér ekki búa til handa yður sjálfum. Skalt þú meta það sem Drottni helgað.
38 Skyldi einhver búa til nokkuð þvílíkt til þess að gæða sér með ilm þess, skal hann upprættur verða úr þjóð sinni."
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