Exodus 30:8-10

Contemporary English Version

^7-8 From now on, when Aaron takes care of the lamps each morning and evening, he must burn sweet-smelling incense to me on the altar. ⁹ Burn only the proper incense on the altar and never use it for grain sacrifices or animal sacrifices or drink offerings. ^10 (A) Once a year Aaron must purify the altar by smearing on its four corners^[a] the blood of an animal sacrificed for sin, and this practice must always be followed. The altar is sacred because it is dedicated to me.