Exodus 30:7-38
New American Standard Bible 1995
7 Aaron shall burn fragrant incense on it; he shall burn it every morning when he trims the lamps. 8 When Aaron [a]trims the lamps at [b]twilight, he shall burn incense. There shall be perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations. 9 You shall not offer any strange incense on [c]this altar, or burnt offering or meal offering; and you shall not pour out a drink offering on it. 10 Aaron shall (A)make atonement on its horns once a year; he shall make atonement on it with the blood of the sin offering of atonement once a year throughout your generations. It is most holy to the Lord.”
11 The Lord also spoke to Moses, saying, 12 “When you take (B)a [d]census of the sons of Israel [e]to number them, then each one of them shall give (C)a ransom for [f]himself to the Lord, when you [g]number them, so that there will be no plague among them when you [h]number them. 13 This is what everyone who [i]is numbered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary ((D)the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as a [j]contribution to the Lord. 14 Everyone who [k]is numbered, from twenty years old and over, shall give the [l]contribution to the Lord. 15 The rich shall not pay more and the poor shall not pay less than the half shekel, when you give the [m]contribution to the Lord to make atonement for [n]yourselves. 16 You shall take the atonement money from the sons of Israel and shall give it for the service of the tent of meeting, that it may be a memorial for the sons of Israel before the Lord, to make atonement for [o]yourselves.”
17 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 18 “You shall also make (E)a laver of [p]bronze, with its base of bronze, for washing; and you shall (F)put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it. 19 Aaron and his sons shall (G)wash their hands and their feet from it; 20 when they enter the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, so that they will not die; or when they approach the altar to minister, by offering up in smoke a fire sacrifice to the Lord. 21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, so that they will not die; and (H)it shall be a perpetual statute for them, for [q]Aaron and his [r]descendants throughout their generations.”
The Anointing Oil
22 Moreover, the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 23 “Take also for yourself the finest of spices: of flowing myrrh five hundred shekels, and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, two hundred and fifty, and of fragrant cane two hundred and fifty, 24 and of cassia five hundred, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin. 25 You shall make [s]of these a holy anointing oil, a perfume mixture, the work of a perfumer; it shall be (I)a holy anointing oil. 26 With it (J)you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony, 27 and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense, 28 and the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the laver and its stand. 29 You shall also consecrate them, that they may be most holy; whatever touches them shall be holy. 30 (K)You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister as priests to Me. 31 You shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘This shall be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations. 32 It shall not be poured on [t]anyone’s body, nor shall you make any like it in [u]the same proportions; (L)it is holy, and it shall be holy to you. 33 (M)Whoever shall mix any like it or whoever puts any of it on a [v]layman [w](N)shall be cut off from his people.’”
The Incense
34 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Take for yourself spices, stacte and onycha and galbanum, spices with pure frankincense; there shall be an equal part of each. 35 With it you shall make incense, a perfume, the work of a perfumer, salted, pure, and holy. 36 You shall beat some of it very fine, and put part of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting (O)where I will meet with you; it shall be most holy to you. 37 The incense which you shall make, (P)you shall not make in [x]the same proportions for yourselves; it shall be holy to you for the Lord. 38 (Q)Whoever shall make any like it, to [y]use as perfume, [z]shall be cut off from his people.”
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- Exodus 30:8 Lit causes to ascend
- Exodus 30:8 Lit between the two evenings
- Exodus 30:9 Lit it
- Exodus 30:12 Lit sum
- Exodus 30:12 Lit for their being mustered
- Exodus 30:12 Lit his soul
- Exodus 30:12 Lit muster
- Exodus 30:12 Lit muster
- Exodus 30:13 Lit passes over to those who are mustered
- Exodus 30:13 Lit heave offering
- Exodus 30:14 V 13, note 1
- Exodus 30:14 Lit heave offering of the Lord
- Exodus 30:15 Lit heave offering of the Lord
- Exodus 30:15 Lit your souls
- Exodus 30:16 Lit your souls
- Exodus 30:18 Or copper
- Exodus 30:21 Lit him
- Exodus 30:21 Lit seed
- Exodus 30:25 Lit it
- Exodus 30:32 Lit the flesh of man
- Exodus 30:32 Lit its proportion
- Exodus 30:33 Lit stranger
- Exodus 30:33 Lit even he shall
- Exodus 30:37 Lit its proportion
- Exodus 30:38 Lit smell of it
- Exodus 30:38 Lit even he shall
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