KJV Easy Read Bible The Altar of Incense 1And you shall make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shall you make it. acacia 2A 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. 3And you shall overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and you shall make to it a crown of gold round about. molding 4And two golden rings shall you make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shall you make it; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal. poles; with 5And you shall make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. acacia 6And you shall put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with you. 7And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresses the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. 8And when Aaron lights the lamps at evening, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout yourp generations. 9Youp shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burned sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall youp pour drink offering thereon. 10And 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 yourp generations: it is most holy to the Lord. The Ransom Money 11And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 12When you take the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul to the Lord, when you number them; that there be no plague among them, when you number them. 13This they shall give, every one that passes among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) a half shekel shall be the offering of the Lord. 14Every one that passes among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering to the Lord. 15The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering to the Lord, to make an atonement for yourp souls. 16And you shall take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shall appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial to the children of Israel before the Lord, to make an atonement for yourp souls. The Bronze Laver 17And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 18You shall also make a laver of brass, and its foot also of brass, to wash with: and you shall put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and you shall put water therein. basin; stand 19For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat: 20When 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 to the Lord: 21So 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. descendants The Holy Anointing Oil 22Moreover the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 23Take you also to you 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, 24And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive a hin: 25And you shall make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be a holy anointing oil. perfumer 26And you shall anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony, 27And the table and all its vessels, and the candlestick and its vessels, and the altar of incense, utensils 28And the altar of burned offering with all its vessels, and the laver and its foot. 29And you shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever touches them shall be holy. 30And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister to Me in the priest’s office. 31And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, This shall be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout youp generations. 32Upon man’s flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall youp make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy to youp. 33Whosoever compounds any like it, or whosoever puts any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people. mixes; exiled The Incense 34And the Lord said to Moses, Take to you sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight: equal part 35And you shall make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy: 36And you shall beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with you: it shall be to youp most holy. 37And as for the perfume which you shall make, youp shall not make to yourselvesp according to the composition thereof: it shall be to you holy for the Lord. 38Whosoever shall make like to that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.
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