Exodus 30
Amplified Bible
The Altar of Incense
30 “You shall make an altar upon which to burn incense; you shall make it of acacia wood. 2 It shall be a cubit long and a cubit wide. It shall be square and it shall be two cubits high. Its horns of one piece with it. 3 You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top and its sides all around, and its horns; and you shall make a gold molding all around it. 4 You shall make two gold rings under its molding, make them on the two side walls—on opposite sides—they shall be holders for the poles with which to carry it. 5 You shall make the poles of acacia wood overlaid with gold. 6 You shall put the altar of incense [in the Holy Place] in front and outside of the veil that screens the ark of the [a]Testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the Testimony, where I will meet with you. 7 Aaron shall burn sweet and fragrant incense on it; he shall burn it every morning when he trims and tends the lamps.(A) 8 When Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he shall burn incense, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations. 9 You shall not offer any strange incense on this altar, or burnt offering or meal offering; you shall not pour out a drink offering on it. 10 Once a year Aaron shall make atonement [for sin] on its horns. 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.”
The Ransom Money
11 Then the Lord said to Moses, 12 “When you take the census of the Israelites, each one shall give a ransom for himself to the Lord when you count them, so that no plague will come on them when you number them.(B) 13 This is what everyone who is counted shall give [as he joins those already counted]: a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel (the shekel is twenty gerahs); a half shekel as a contribution to the Lord. 14 Everyone who is counted, from twenty years old and over, [as he joins those already counted], shall give this contribution to the Lord.(C) 15 The rich shall not give more and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when you give this contribution to the Lord to make atonement for yourselves. 16 You shall take the atonement money from the Israelites and use it [exclusively] for the service of the Tent of Meeting, so that it may be a memorial for the Israelites before the Lord, to make atonement for yourselves.”
The Bronze Basin
17 Then the Lord said to Moses, 18 “You shall also make a basin of bronze, with a base of bronze, for washing. You shall put it [outside in the court] between the Tent of Meeting and the altar [of burnt offering], and you shall put water in it. 19 Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet. 20 When they enter the Tent of Meeting, they shall wash with water, so that they will not die. Also, when they approach the altar to minister, to burn an offering in the fire to the Lord [they shall do the same].(D) 21 They shall wash their hands and their feet, so that they will not die; it shall be a perpetual statute for them, for Aaron and his descendants throughout their generations.”
The Anointing Oil
22 Moreover, the Lord said to Moses, 23 “Take for yourself the best spices: five hundred shekels of liquid myrrh, half as much—two hundred and fifty—of sweet-scented cinnamon, and two hundred and fifty of fragrant cane, 24 and five hundred shekels of cinnamon blossom according to the sanctuary shekel, and a hin of olive oil. 25 You shall make of these a holy anointing oil, a perfume mixture, the work of a perfumer; it shall be a sacred anointing oil. 26 You shall anoint the Tent of Meeting with it, and the ark of the Testimony, 27 and the table [for the bread] and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense, 28 and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin [for cleansing] and its base. 29 You shall consecrate them, that they may be most holy; whatever touches them must be holy (set apart for God). 30 You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may serve as priests to Me. 31 You shall say to the Israelites, ‘This shall be a holy and sacred anointing oil, to Me [alone] throughout your generations.(E) 32 It shall not be poured on anyone’s body, nor shall you make any like it in the same composition. It is holy, and it shall be sacred to you. 33 Whoever prepares any like it or puts any of it on a layman shall be cut off from his people [excluding him from the atonement made for them].’”
The Incense
34 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Take sweet and fragrant spices—stacte, onycha, and galbanum, sweet and fragrant spices with pure frankincense; there shall be an equal amount of each— 35 and make incense with it, a perfume, the work of a perfumer, salted, pure and sacred. 36 You shall crush some of it [into a] very fine [powder], and put some of it before the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you; it shall be most holy to you. 37 The incense which you shall make, you shall not make in the same proportions for yourselves; it shall be holy to you for the Lord. 38 Whoever makes any like it, to use as perfume shall be cut off from his people [excluding him from the atonement made for them].”
Footnotes
- Exodus 30:6 This is a reference to the two stone tablets inscribed by God that will be given to Moses (31:18).
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.
Exodus 30
English Standard Version
The Altar of Incense
30 (A)“You shall make (B)an altar on which to burn incense; you shall make it of acacia wood. 2 A cubit[a] shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth. It shall be square, and two cubits shall be its height. (C)Its horns shall be of one piece with it. 3 You shall (D)overlay it with pure gold, its top and around its sides and its horns. And you shall make a molding of gold around it. 4 And you shall make two golden rings for it. Under its molding on two opposite sides of it you shall make them, and they shall be (E)holders for poles with which to carry it. 5 You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. 6 And you shall put it in front of the veil that is above the ark of the testimony, in front of the (F)mercy seat that is above the testimony, where I will meet with you. 7 And Aaron shall (G)burn fragrant incense on it. Every morning when he (H)dresses the lamps he shall burn it, 8 and when Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he shall burn it, a regular incense offering before the Lord throughout your generations. 9 You shall not offer (I)unauthorized incense on it, or a burnt offering, or a grain offering, and you shall not pour a drink offering on it. 10 (J)Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once a year. With the blood of the (K)sin offering of atonement he shall make atonement for it once in the year throughout your generations. It is most holy to the Lord.”
The Census Tax
11 The Lord said to Moses, 12 (L)“When you take the census of the people of Israel, then each shall give (M)a ransom for his life to the Lord when you number them, that there be no plague among them when you number them. 13 Each one who is numbered in the census shall give this: half a shekel[b] according to the (N)shekel of the sanctuary (the (O)shekel is twenty gerahs),[c] (P)half a shekel as an offering to the Lord. 14 Everyone who is numbered in the census, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the Lord's offering. 15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than (Q)the half shekel, when you give the Lord's offering to make atonement for your lives. 16 You shall take the atonement money from the people of Israel and shall (R)give it for the service of the tent of meeting, that it may bring the people of Israel to (S)remembrance before the Lord, so as to make atonement for your lives.”
The Bronze Basin
17 The Lord said to Moses, 18 “You shall also make a (T)basin of bronze, with its stand of bronze, for washing. (U)You shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it, 19 with which Aaron and his sons (V)shall wash their hands and their feet. 20 When they go into the tent of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister, to burn a food offering[d] to the Lord, they shall wash with water, so that they may not die. 21 They shall wash their hands and their feet, so that they may not die. It shall (W)be a statute forever to them, even to him and to his offspring throughout their generations.”
The Anointing Oil and Incense
22 The Lord said to Moses, 23 “Take the (X)finest spices: of liquid myrrh 500 shekels, and of sweet-smelling cinnamon half as much, that is, 250, and 250 of (Y)aromatic cane, 24 and 500 of cassia, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a (Z)hin[e] of olive oil. 25 And you shall make of these a sacred anointing oil blended as by the (AA)perfumer; it shall be a (AB)holy anointing oil. 26 (AC)With it 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 with all its utensils and the (AD)basin and its stand. 29 You shall consecrate them, that they may be most holy. (AE)Whatever touches them will become holy. 30 (AF)You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests. 31 And you shall say to the people of Israel, ‘This shall be my holy anointing oil throughout your generations. 32 It shall not be poured on the body of an ordinary person, and you shall make no other like it in composition. (AG)It is holy, and it shall be holy to you. 33 (AH)Whoever compounds any like it or whoever puts any of it on an outsider shall be cut off from his people.’”
34 The Lord said to Moses, (AI)“Take sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum, sweet spices with pure frankincense (of each shall there be an equal part), 35 and make an (AJ)incense blended as by the (AK)perfumer, (AL)seasoned with salt, pure and holy. 36 You shall beat some of it very small, and put part of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting (AM)where I shall meet with you. (AN)It shall be most holy for you. 37 And the incense that you shall make (AO)according to its composition, you shall not make for yourselves. It shall be for you holy to the Lord. 38 (AP)Whoever makes any like it to use as perfume shall be cut off from his people.”
Footnotes
- Exodus 30:2 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
- Exodus 30:13 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
- Exodus 30:13 A gerah was about 1/50 ounce or 0.6 gram
- Exodus 30:20 Or an offering by fire
- Exodus 30:24 A hin was about 4 quarts or 3.5 liters
Exodus 30
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Ang Altar na Pagsusunugan ng Insenso(A)
30 “Magpagawa ka ng altar na akasya na pagsusunugan ng insenso. 2 Kailangang kwadrado ito-18 pulgada ang haba at ang lapad, at tatlong talampakan ang taas. Kailangang mayroon itong parang sungay sa mga sulok na kasamang ginawa nang gawin ang altar. 3 Balutin mo ng purong ginto ang ibabaw nito, ang apat na gilid, at ang parang sungay sa mga sulok nito. At lagyan mo ito ng hinulmang ginto sa palibot. 4 Palagyan ng dalawang argolyang ginto sa ilalim ng hinulmang ginto sa magkabilang gilid ng altar, para pagsuksukan ng mga tukod na pambuhat dito. 5 Gumawa ka ng tukod na gawa sa kahoy ng akasya at balutan ito ng ginto. 6 Ilagay ito sa harap ng altar sa telang tumatabing sa Kahon ng Kasunduan. Doon ako makikipagkita sa inyo.
7 “Tuwing umaga, kapag mag-aasikaso si Aaron ng mga ilaw, magsusunog siya ng mabangong insenso sa nasabing altar. 8 At sa hapon, kapag magsisindi siya ng ilaw, magsusunog siyang muli ng insenso. Dapat itong gawin araw-araw sa aking presensya ng susunod pang mga henerasyon. 9 Huwag kayong mag-aalay sa altar na ito ng ibang insenso, o kahit anong handog na sinusunog, o handog para sa mabuting relasyon, o handog na inumin. 10 Isang beses sa bawat taon, kailangang linisin ni Aaron ang altar sa pamamagitan ng pagpapahid ng dugo sa parang mga sungay na sulok nito. Ang dugong ipapahid ay galing sa handog sa paglilinis. Dapat itong gawin bawat taon ng susunod pang mga henerasyon, dahil ang altar na ito ay napakabanal para sa akin.”
11 Pagkatapos, sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, 12 “Kapag isesensus mo ang mga mamamayan ng Israel, ang bawat mabibilang ay magbabayad sa akin para sa buhay niya, para walang kapahamakang dumating sa kanya habang binibilang mo sila. 13 Ang ibabayad ng bawat isang mabibilang mo ay anim na gramong pilak ayon sa bigat ng pilak sa timbangang ginagamit ng mga pari. Ibibigay nila ito bilang handog sa akin. 14 Ang lahat ng may edad na 20 pataas ang maghahandog nito sa akin. 15 Hindi magbabayad ng sobra ang mga mayayaman, at hindi magbabayad ng kulang ang mga mahihirap. 16 Gamitin mo ang pera para sa mga pangangailangan sa Toldang Tipanan. Bayad ito ng mga Israelita para sa kanilang buhay, at sa pamamagitan nitoʼy aalalahanin ko sila.”
Ang Plangganang Hugasan(B)
17 Sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, 18 “Gumawa ka ng tansong planggana na tanso rin ang patungan, para gamiting hugasan. Ilagay mo ito sa gitna ng Toldang Tipanan at ng altar, at lagyan ito ng tubig. 19 Ito ang gagamitin ni Aaron at ng mga anak niya sa paghuhugas ng mga kamay at paa nila, 20-21 bago sila pumasok sa Toldang Tipanan, at bago sila lumapit sa altar para mag-alay sa akin ng mga handog sa pamamagitan ng apoy. Kailangan nilang hugasan ang mga kamay at paa nila para hindi sila mamatay. Dapat sundin ni Aaron at ng mga angkan niya ang mga tuntuning ito hanggang sa susunod pang mga henerasyon.”
Ang Langis na Pamahid
22 Sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, 23 “Kumuha ka ng pinakamainam na mga sangkap: anim na kilong mira, tatlong kilo ng mabangong sinamon, tatlong kilong asukal, 24 anim na kilong kasia (kailangan ang bigat nitoʼy ayon sa timbangang ginagamit ng mga pari) at isang galong langis ng olibo. 25 Sa pamamagitan nito, makakagawa ka ng banal na mabangong langis na pamahid. 26-28 Pahiran mo ng langis na ito ang Toldang Tipanan, ang Kahon ng Kasunduan, ang mesa at ang lahat ng kagamitan nito, ang lalagyan ng ilaw at ang lahat ng kagamitan nito, ang altar na pagsusunugan ng insenso, ang altar na pinagsusunugan ng mga handog na sinusunog at ang lahat ng kagamitan nito, at ang planggana at ang patungan nito. 29 Italaga mo ang mga bagay na ito para maging napakabanal nito. Ibubukod ang sinumang makakahawak nito.[a]
30 “Pahiran mo rin ng langis si Aaron at ang mga anak niya bilang pag-oordina sa kanila, para makapaglingkod sila sa akin bilang mga pari. 31 Sabihin mo sa mga Israelita na ito ang banal kong langis ang dapat gamiting pamahid hanggang sa mga susunod pang mga henerasyon. 32 Huwag nʼyo itong ipapahid sa ordinaryong mga tao, at huwag nʼyo rin itong gawin para sa mga sarili nʼyo lang. Banal ito, kaya ituring nʼyo rin itong banal. 33 Ang sinumang gagawa ng langis na ito o gagamit nito sa sinumang hindi pari ay huwag na ninyong ituring na kababayan.”
Ang Insenso
34 Sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, “Kumuha ka ng pare-parehong dami ng mababangong sangkap: estakte, onika, galbano at purong kamangyan. 35 Sa pamamagitan ng mga ito, gumawa ka ng napakabangong insenso. Pagkatapos, lagyan mo ng asin para maging puro ito at banal. 36 Dikdikin nang pino ang iba sa mga ito at iwisik sa harap ng Kahon ng Kasunduan na nasa Toldang Tipanan, kung saan ako makikipagkita sa iyo. Dapat mo itong ituring na pinakabanal. 37 Huwag kayong gagawa ng mga insensong ito para sa inyong sarili. Ituring nʼyo itong banal para sa Panginoon. 38 Ang sinumang gagawa nito para gagamiting pabango ay huwag na ninyong ituring na kababayan.”
Footnotes
- 30:29 Ibubukod … makakahawak nito: Tingnan ang Lev. 6:18 at ang “footnote” nito.
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