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Exodus 30 (WEBP)

[1] “You shall make an altar to burn incense on. You shall make it of acacia wood.
[2] Its length shall be a cubit, and its width a cubit. It shall be square, and its height shall be two cubits. Its horns shall be of one piece with it.
[3] You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top, its sides around it, and its horns; and you shall make a gold molding around it.
[4] You shall make two golden rings for it under its molding; on its two ribs, on its two sides you shall make them; and they shall be for places for poles with which to bear it.
[5] You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
[6] You shall put it before the veil that is by the ark of the covenant, before the mercy seat that is over the covenant, where I will meet with you.
[7] Aaron shall burn incense of sweet spices on it every morning. When he tends the lamps, he shall burn it.
[8] When Aaron lights the lamps at evening, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before Yahweh throughout your generations.
[9] You shall offer no strange incense on it, nor burnt offering, nor meal offering; and you shall pour no drink offering on it.
[10] Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once in the year; with the blood of the sin offering of atonement once in the year he shall make atonement for it throughout your generations. It is most holy to Yahweh.”
[11] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
[12] “When you take a census of the children of Israel, according to those who are counted among them, then each man shall give a ransom for his soul to Yahweh when you count them, that there be no plague among them when you count them.
[13] They shall give this, everyone who passes over to those who are counted, half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs); half a shekel for an offering to Yahweh.
[14] Everyone who passes over to those who are counted, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the offering to Yahweh.
[15] The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of Yahweh, to make atonement for your souls.
[16] You shall take the atonement money from the children of Israel, and shall appoint it for the service of the Tent of Meeting; that it may be a memorial for the children of Israel before Yahweh, to make atonement for your souls.”
[17] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
[18] “You shall also make a basin of bronze, and its base of bronze, in which to wash. You shall put it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it.
[19] Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet in it.
[20] When they go into the Tent of Meeting, they shall wash with water, that they not die; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
[21] So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they not die. This shall be a statute forever to them, even to him and to his descendants throughout their generations.”
[22] Moreover Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
[23] “Also take fine spices: of liquid myrrh, five hundred shekels; and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, even 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 a hin of olive oil.
[25] You shall make it into a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.
[26] You shall use it to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the covenant,
[27] the table and all its articles, the lamp stand and its accessories, the altar of incense,
[28] the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin with its base.
[29] You shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy.
[30] You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest’s office.
[31] You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘This shall be a holy anointing oil to me throughout your generations.
[32] It shall not be poured on man’s flesh, and do not make any like it, according to its composition. It is holy. It shall be holy to you.
[33] Whoever compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it on a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.’ ”
[34] Yahweh said to Moses, “Take to yourself sweet spices, gum resin, onycha, and galbanum: sweet spices with pure frankincense. There shall be an equal weight of each.
[35] You shall make incense of it, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.
[36] You shall beat some of it very small, and put some of it before the covenant in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be to you most holy.
[37] You shall not make this incense, according to its composition, for yourselves: it shall be to you holy for Yahweh.
[38] Whoever shall make any like that, to smell of it, he shall be cut off from his people.”

Exodus 30:2 A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
Exodus 30:13a A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
Exodus 30:13b a gerah is about 0.5 grams or about 7.7 grains
Exodus 30:15 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
Exodus 30:23 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 500 shekels is about 5 kilograms or about 11 pounds.
Exodus 30:24 A hin is about 6.5 liters or 1.7 gallons.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Exodus 30 (KJVS)

[1] 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 .

Young’s Literal Translation

Exodus 30 (YLT)

[1] ‘And thou hast made an altar for making perfume; of shittim wood thou dost make it;
[2] a cubit its length, and a cubit its breadth, (it is square), and two cubits its height; its horns are of the same.
[3] ‘And thou hast overlaid it with pure gold, its top, and its sides round about, and its horns; and thou hast made to it a crown of gold round about;
[4] and two rings of gold thou dost make to it under its crown; on its two ribs thou dost make them, on its two sides, and they have become places for staves, to bear it with them.
[5] ‘And thou hast made the staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them with gold;
[6] and thou hast put it before the vail, which is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy-seat which is over the testimony, whither I am met with thee.
[7] ‘And Aaron hath made perfume on it, perfume of spices, morning by morning; in his making the lamps right he doth perfume it,
[8] and in Aaron’s causing the lamps to go up between the evenings, he doth perfume it; a continual perfume before Jehovah to your generations.
[9] ‘Ye do not cause strange perfume to go up upon it, and burnt-offering, and present, and libation ye do not pour out on it;
[10] and Aaron hath made atonement on its horns, once in a year, by the blood of the sin-offering of atonements; once in a year doth he make atonement for it, to your generations; it is most holy to Jehovah.’
[11] And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
[12] ‘When thou takest up the sum of the sons of Israel for their numbers, then they have given each an atonement for his soul to Jehovah in their being numbered, and there is no plague among them in their being numbered.
[13] ‘This they do give, every one passing over unto those numbered, half a shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs); half a shekel is the heave-offering to Jehovah;
[14] every one passing over unto those numbered, from a son of twenty years and upwards, doth give the heave-offering of Jehovah;
[15] the rich doth not multiply, and the poor doth not diminish from the half-shekel, to give the heave-offering of Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.
[16] ‘And thou hast taken the atonement-money from the sons of Israel, and hast given it for the service of the tent of meeting; and it hath been to the sons of Israel for a memorial before Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.’
[17] And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
[18] ‘And thou hast made a laver of brass (and its base of brass), for washing; and thou hast put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and hast put water there;
[19] and Aaron and his sons have washed at it their hands and their feet,
[20] in their going in unto the tent of meeting they wash with water, and die not; or in their drawing nigh unto the altar to minister, to perfume a fire-offering to Jehovah,
[21] then they have washed their hands and their feet, and they die not, and it hath been to them a statute age-during, to him and to his seed to their generations.’
[22] And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
[23] ‘And thou, take to thyself principal spices, wild honey five hundred shekels; and spice-cinnamon, the half of that, two hundred and fifty; and spice-cane two hundred and fifty;
[24] and cassia five hundred, by the shekel of the sanctuary, and olive oil a hin;
[25] and thou hast made it a holy anointing oil, a compound mixture, work of a compounder; it is a holy anointing oil.
[26] ‘And thou hast anointed with it the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony,
[27] and the table and all its vessels, and the candlestick and its vessels, and the altar of perfume,
[28] and the altar of burnt-offering and all its vessels, and the laver and its base;
[29] and thou hast sanctified them, and they have been most holy; all that is coming against them is holy;
[30] and Aaron and his sons thou dost anoint, and hast sanctified them for being priests to Me.
[31] ‘And unto the sons of Israel thou dost speak, saying, A holy anointing oil is this to Me, to your generations;
[32] on flesh of man it is not poured, and with its proper proportion ye make none like it; it is holy; it is holy to you;
[33] a man who compoundeth any like it, or who putteth of it on a stranger-hath even been cut off from his people.’
[34] And Jehovah saith unto Moses, ‘Take to thee spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum, spices and pure frankincense; they are part for part;
[35] and thou hast made it a perfume, a compound, work of a compounder, salted, pure, holy;
[36] and thou hast beaten some of it small, and hast put of it before the testimony, in the tent of meeting, whither I am met with thee; most holy it is to you.
[37] ‘As to the perfume which thou makest, with its proper proportion ye do not make to yourselves, holy it is to thee to Jehovah;
[38] a man who maketh any like it-to be refreshed by it-hath even been cut off from his people.’