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1 [The LORD continued,] |Build an altar out of acacia wood for burning incense. “You shall make an altar on which to burn incense; you shall make it of acacia wood. “Make an altar of acacia wood for burning incense.
2 Make it 18 inches square and 36 inches high. The horns and altar must be made out of one piece [of wood]. A cubit shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth. It shall be square, and two cubits shall be its height. Its horns shall be of one piece with it. It is to be square, a cubit long and a cubit wide, and two cubits high —its horns of one piece with it.
3 Cover all of it with pure gold-the top, the sides, and the horns. Put a gold molding around it. You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top and around its sides and its horns. And you shall make a molding of gold around it. Overlay the top and all the sides and the horns with pure gold, and make a gold molding around it.
4 Make two gold rings, and put them below the molding on opposite sides to hold the poles for carrying it. 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 holders for poles with which to carry it. Make two gold rings for the altar below the molding—two on each of the opposite sides—to hold the poles used to carry it.
5 Make the poles out of acacia wood, and cover them with gold. You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
6 Put the altar in front of the canopy which [hangs] over the ark containing the words of my promise. I will meet with you there in front of the throne of mercy that is on the ark. And you shall put it in front of the veil that is above the ark of the testimony, in front of the mercy seat that is above the testimony, where I will meet with you. Put the altar in front of the curtain that shields the ark of the covenant law—before the atonement cover that is over the tablets of the covenant law—where I will meet with you.
7 |Aaron must burn sweet-smelling incense on this altar every morning when he takes care of the lamps. And Aaron shall burn fragrant incense on it. Every morning when he dresses the lamps he shall burn it, “Aaron must burn fragrant incense on the altar every morning when he tends the lamps.
8 Also, when Aaron lights the lamps at dusk, he must burn incense. For generations to come an incense offering must burn constantly in the LORD's presence. and when Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he shall burn it, a regular incense offering before the LORD throughout your generations. He must burn incense again when he lights the lamps at twilight so incense will burn regularly before the LORD for the generations to come.
9 |Never burn any unauthorized incense on this altar or any burnt offerings or grain offerings. Never pour a wine offering on it. You shall not offer unauthorized incense on it, or a burnt offering, or a grain offering, and you shall not pour a drink offering on it. Do not offer on this altar any other incense or any burnt offering or grain offering, and do not pour a drink offering on it.
10 Once a year Aaron must make peace with the LORD by putting blood on its horns. Once a year-for generations to come-blood from the offering must be placed on the altar to make peace with the LORD. It is most holy to the LORD.| Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once a year. With the blood of the sin offering of atonement he shall make atonement for it once in the year throughout your generations. It is most holy to the LORD.” Once a year Aaron shall make atonement on its horns. This annual atonement must be made with the blood of the atoning sin offering for the generations to come. It is most holy to the LORD.”
11 Then the LORD said to Moses, The LORD said to Moses, Then the LORD said to Moses,
12 |When you take a census of the Israelites, each person must pay the LORD a ransom for his life when he is counted. Then no plague will happen to them when they are counted. “When you take the census of the people of Israel, then each shall give a ransom for his life to the LORD when you number them, that there be no plague among them when you number them. “When you take a census of the Israelites to count them, each one must pay the LORD a ransom for his life at the time he is counted. Then no plague will come on them when you number them.
13 As each person is counted, he must give one-fifth of an ounce of silver using the standard weight of the holy place. This one-fifth of an ounce of silver is a contribution to the LORD. Each one who is numbered in the census shall give this: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as an offering to the LORD. Each one who crosses over to those already counted is to give a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD.
14 Everyone counted who is at least 20 years old must give this contribution to the LORD. Everyone who is numbered in the census, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the LORD’s offering. All who cross over, those twenty years old or more, are to give an offering to the LORD.
15 The rich must not give more than one-fifth of an ounce of silver, and the poor must not give less. This contribution is given to make peace with the LORD and make your lives acceptable to the LORD. The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when you give the LORD’s offering to make atonement for your lives. The rich are not to give more than a half shekel and the poor are not to give less when you make the offering to the LORD to atone for your lives.
16 Take the money the Israelites give to make peace with the LORD, and use it to pay the expenses of the tent of meeting. It will be a reminder for the Israelites in the LORD's presence that the sins in their lives are removed.| You shall take the atonement money from the people of Israel and shall give it for the service of the tent of meeting, that it may bring the people of Israel to remembrance before the LORD, so as to make atonement for your lives.” Receive the atonement money from the Israelites and use it for the service of the tent of meeting. It will be a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD, making atonement for your lives.”
17 The LORD said to Moses, The LORD said to Moses, Then the LORD said to Moses,
18 |Make a bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. Put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and fill it with water. “You shall also make a basin of bronze, with its stand of bronze, for washing. You shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it, “Make a bronze basin, with its bronze stand, for washing. Place it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it.
19 Aaron and his sons will use it for washing their hands and feet. with which Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet. Aaron and his sons are to wash their hands and feet with water from it.
20 Before they go into the tent of meeting, they must wash so that they will not die. Before they come near the altar to serve as priests and burn an offering by fire to the LORD, When they go into the tent of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister, to burn a food offering to the LORD, they shall wash with water, so that they may not die. Whenever 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 by presenting a food offering to the LORD,
21 they will wash their hands and feet so that they will not die. This will be a permanent law for him and his descendants for generations to come.| They shall wash their hands and their feet, so that they may not die. It shall be a statute forever to them, even to him and to his offspring throughout their generations.” they shall wash their hands and feet so that they will not die. This is to be a lasting ordinance for Aaron and his descendants for the generations to come.”
22 The LORD said to Moses, The LORD said to Moses, Then the LORD said to Moses,
23 |Take the finest spices: 12 1/2 pounds of powdered myrrh; half as much, that is, 61/4 pounds of fragrant cinnamon; 61/4 pounds of fragrant cane; “Take the finest spices: of liquid myrrh 500 shekels, and of sweet-smelling cinnamon half as much, that is, 250, and 250 of aromatic cane, “Take the following fine spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half as much (that is, 250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels of fragrant calamus,
24 12 1/2 pounds of cassia-all weighed using the standard weight of the holy place-and 4 quarts of olive oil. and 500 of cassia, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a hin of olive oil. 500 shekels of cassia—all according to the sanctuary shekel—and a hin of olive oil.
25 Have a perfumer make these into a holy oil, a fragrant mixture, used only for anointing. This will be the holy oil used for anointing. And you shall make of these a sacred anointing oil blended as by the perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil. Make these into a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer. It will be the sacred anointing oil.
26 |Use it to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark containing the words of my promise, With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony, Then use it to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark of the covenant law,
27 the table and all the dishes, the lamp stand and all the utensils, the altar for incense, and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense, the table and all its articles, the lampstand and its accessories, the altar of incense,
28 the altar for burnt offerings and all its accessories, and the basin with its stand. and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils and the basin and its stand. the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand.
29 In this way you will dedicate them for their holy purpose. Then they will be most holy, and anything that touches them will become holy. You shall consecrate them, that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them will become holy. You shall consecrate them so they will be most holy, and whatever touches them will be holy.
30 Anoint Aaron and his sons as well. In this way you will set them apart for their holy duties of serving me as priests. You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests. “Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them so they may serve me as priests.
31 |Say to the Israelites, 'For generations to come, this will be my holy oil used only for anointing. And you shall say to the people of Israel, ‘This shall be my holy anointing oil throughout your generations. Say to the Israelites, ‘This is to be my sacred anointing oil for the generations to come.
32 It must never be poured on the bodies of other people. Never make any perfumed oil using this formula. It is holy, and you must treat it as holy. It shall not be poured on the body of an ordinary person, and you shall make no other like it in composition. It is holy, and it shall be holy to you. Do not pour it on anyone else’s body and do not make any other oil using the same formula. It is sacred, and you are to consider it sacred.
33 Whoever prepares a perfume like this or puts it on anyone who is not a priest must be excluded from the people.'| Whoever compounds any like it or whoever puts any of it on an outsider shall be cut off from his people.’” Whoever makes perfume like it and puts it on anyone other than a priest must be cut off from their people.’”
34 The LORD said to Moses, |Take one part fragrant spices (two kinds of gum resin and aromatic mollusk shells), and mix them with one part pure frankincense. The LORD said to Moses, “Take sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum, sweet spices with pure frankincense (of each shall there be an equal part), Then the LORD said to Moses, “Take fragrant spices—gum resin, onycha and galbanum—and pure frankincense, all in equal amounts,
35 Have a perfumer make it into fragrant incense, seasoned with salt, pure and holy. and make an incense blended as by the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy. and make a fragrant blend of incense, the work of a perfumer. It is to be salted and pure and sacred.
36 Grind some of it into a fine powder, and put it in front of [the ark containing] the words of my promise in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with you. You must treat it as most holy. You shall beat some of it very small, and put part of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting where I shall meet with you. It shall be most holy for you. Grind some of it to powder and place it in front of the ark of the covenant law in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be most holy to you.
37 Never make any incense for yourselves using this formula. Treat it as holy to the LORD. And the incense that you shall make according to its composition, you shall not make for yourselves. It shall be for you holy to the LORD. Do not make any incense with this formula for yourselves; consider it holy to the LORD.
38 Whoever prepares anything like it for his own enjoyment must be excluded from his people.| Whoever makes any like it to use as perfume shall be cut off from his people.” Whoever makes incense like it to enjoy its fragrance must be cut off from their people.”
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