^15 (A)the incense altar, its poles, ^(B)the anointing oil, ^(C)the sweet incense, and the screen for the door at the entrance of the tabernacle;

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.”

Making the Altar of Incense^(A)

^25 (B)He made the incense altar of acacia wood. Its length was a cubit and its width a cubit—it was square—and two cubits was its height. Its horns were of one piece with it. ²⁶ And he overlaid it with pure gold: its top, its sides all around, and its horns. He also made for it a molding of gold all around it. ²⁷ He made two rings of gold for it under its molding, by its two corners on both sides, as holders for the poles with which to bear it. ²⁸ And he ^(C)made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.

³⁷ He also made a ^(A)screen for the tabernacle door, of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, made by a ^[a]weaver, ³⁸ and its five pillars with their hooks. And he overlaid their capitals and their rings with gold, but their five sockets were bronze.

The Holy Anointing Oil^(A)

²² Moreover the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ²³ “Also take for yourself ^(B)quality spices—five hundred shekels of liquid ^(C)myrrh, half as much sweet-smelling cinnamon (two hundred and fifty shekels), two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet-smelling ^(D)cane, ²⁴ five hundred shekels of ^(E)cassia, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a ^(F)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 ^(G)a holy anointing oil. ^26 (H)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; ^(I)whatever touches them must be holy. ^30 (J)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. ^(K)It is holy, and it shall be holy to you. ^33 (L)Whoever ^[a]compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it on an outsider, ^(M)shall be ^[b]cut off from his people.’ ”

The Incense^(N)

³⁴ And the Lord said to Moses: ^(O)“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 ^(P)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 ^(Q)where I will meet with you. ^(R)It shall be most holy to you. ³⁷ But as for the incense which you shall make, ^(S)you shall not make any for yourselves, according to its ^[c]composition. It shall be to you holy for the Lord. ^38 (T)Whoever makes any like it, to smell it, he shall be cut off from his people.”

^36 (A)“You shall make a screen for the door of the tabernacle, woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, made by a weaver. ³⁷ And you shall make for the screen ^(B)five pillars of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold; their hooks shall be gold, and you shall cast five sockets of bronze for them.