Exodus 30 NIV NLT Parallel

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1"Make an altar of acacia wood for burning incense.

1“Then make another altar of acacia wood for burning incense.

2It is to be square, a cubit long and a cubit wide, and two cubits high --its horns of one piece with it.

2Make it 18 inches square and 36 inches high, with horns at the corners carved from the same piece of wood as the altar itself.

3Overlay the top and all the sides and the horns with pure gold, and make a gold molding around it.

3Overlay the top, sides, and horns of the altar with pure gold, and run a gold molding around the entire altar.

4Make two gold rings for the altar below the molding--two on each of the opposite sides--to hold the poles used to carry it.

4Make two gold rings, and attach them on opposite sides of the altar below the gold molding to hold the carrying poles.

5Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

6Put 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.

6Place the incense altar just outside the inner curtain that shields the Ark of the Covenant, in front of the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement—that covers the tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant. I will meet with you there.

7"Aaron must burn fragrant incense on the altar every morning when he tends the lamps.

7“Every morning when Aaron maintains the lamps, he must burn fragrant incense on the altar.

8He must burn incense again when he lights the lamps at twilight so incense will burn regularly before the LORD for the generations to come.

8And each evening when he lights the lamps, he must again burn incense in the LORD’s presence. This must be done from generation to generation.

9Do not offer on this altar any other incense or any burnt offering or grain offering, and do not pour a drink offering on it.

9Do not offer any unholy incense on this altar, or any burnt offerings, grain offerings, or liquid offerings.

10Once 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."

10“Once a year Aaron must purify the altar by smearing its horns with blood from the offering made to purify the people from their sin. This will be a regular, annual event from generation to generation, for this is the LORD’s most holy altar.” Money for the Tabernacle

11Then the LORD said to Moses,

12"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.

12“Whenever you take a census of the people of Israel, each man who is counted must pay a ransom for himself to the LORD. Then no plague will strike the people as you count them.

13Each 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.

13Each person who is counted must give a small piece of silver as a sacred offering to the LORD. (This payment is half a shekel, based on the sanctuary shekel, which equals twenty gerahs.)

14All who cross over, those twenty years old or more, are to give an offering to the LORD.

14All who have reached their twentieth birthday must give this sacred offering to the LORD.

15The 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.

15When this offering is given to the LORD to purify your lives, making you right with him, the rich must not give more than the specified amount, and the poor must not give less.

16Receive 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."

16Receive this ransom money from the Israelites, and use it for the care of the Tabernacle. It will bring the Israelites to the LORD’s attention, and it will purify your lives.” Plans for the Washbasin

17Then the LORD said to Moses,

18"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.

18“Make a bronze washbasin with a bronze stand. Place it between the Tabernacle and the altar, and fill it with water.

19Aaron and his sons are to wash their hands and feet with water from it.

19Aaron and his sons will wash their hands and feet there.

20Whenever 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,

20They must wash with water whenever they go into the Tabernacle to appear before the LORD and when they approach the altar to burn up their special gifts to the LORD—or they will die!

21they 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."

21They must always wash their hands and feet, or they will die. This is a permanent law for Aaron and his descendants, to be observed from generation to generation.” The Anointing Oil

22Then the LORD said to Moses,

23"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,

23“Collect choice spices—12 1/2 pounds of pure myrrh, 6 1/4 pounds of fragrant cinnamon, 6 1/4 pounds of fragrant calamus,

24500 shekels of cassia--all according to the sanctuary shekel--and a hin of olive oil.

24and 12 1/2 pounds of cassia —as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel. Also get one gallon of olive oil.

25Make these into a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer. It will be the sacred anointing oil.

25Like a skilled incense maker, blend these ingredients to make a holy anointing oil.

26Then use it to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark of the covenant law,

26Use this sacred oil to anoint the Tabernacle, the Ark of the Covenant,

27the table and all its articles, the lampstand and its accessories, the altar of incense,

27the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and all its accessories, the incense altar,

28the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand.

28the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the washbasin with its stand.

29You shall consecrate them so they will be most holy, and whatever touches them will be holy.

29Consecrate them to make them absolutely holy. After this, whatever touches them will also become holy.

30"Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them so they may serve me as priests.

30“Anoint Aaron and his sons also, consecrating them to serve me as priests.

31Say to the Israelites, 'This is to be my sacred anointing oil for the generations to come.

31And say to the people of Israel, ‘This holy anointing oil is reserved for me from generation to generation.

32Do 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.

32It must never be used to anoint anyone else, and you must never make any blend like it for yourselves. It is holy, and you must treat it as holy.

33Whoever makes perfume like it and puts it on anyone other than a priest must be cut off from their people.'"

33Anyone who makes a blend like it or anoints someone other than a priest will be cut off from the community.’” The Incense

34Then the LORD said to Moses, "Take fragrant spices--gum resin, onycha and galbanum--and pure frankincense, all in equal amounts,

34Then the LORD said to Moses, “Gather fragrant spices—resin droplets, mollusk shell, and galbanum—and mix these fragrant spices with pure frankincense, weighed out in equal amounts.

35and make a fragrant blend of incense, the work of a perfumer. It is to be salted and pure and sacred.

35Using the usual techniques of the incense maker, blend the spices together and sprinkle them with salt to produce a pure and holy incense.

36Grind 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.

36Grind some of the mixture into a very fine powder and put it in front of the Ark of the Covenant, where I will meet with you in the Tabernacle. You must treat this incense as most holy.

37Do not make any incense with this formula for yourselves; consider it holy to the LORD.

37Never use this formula to make this incense for yourselves. It is reserved for the LORD, and you must treat it as holy.

38Whoever makes incense like it to enjoy its fragrance must be cut off from their people."

38Anyone who makes incense like this for personal use will be cut off from the community.”

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