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1“You shall make an altar to burn incense on; you shall make it of acacia wood.

1“You shall make an altar on which to burn incense; you shall make it of acacia wood.

2A cubit shall be its length and a cubit its width—it shall be square—and two cubits shall be its height. Its horns shall be of one piece with it.

2A 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.

3And you shall overlay its top, its sides all around, and its horns with pure gold; and you shall make for it a molding of gold all around.

3You 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.

4Two gold rings you shall make for it, under the molding on both its sides. You shall place them on its two sides, and they will be holders for the poles with which to bear it.

4And 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.

5You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.

5You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

6And you shall put it before the veil that is before the ark of the Testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the Testimony, where I will meet with you.

6And 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.

7“Aaron shall burn on it sweet incense every morning; when he tends the lamps, he shall burn incense on it.

7And Aaron shall burn fragrant incense on it. Every morning when he dresses the lamps he shall burn it,

8And when Aaron lights the lamps at twilight, he shall burn incense on it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.

8and when Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he shall burn it, a regular incense offering before the LORD throughout your generations.

9You shall not offer strange incense on it, or a burnt offering, or a grain offering; nor shall you pour a drink offering on it.

9You 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.

10And Aaron shall make atonement upon its horns once a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonement; once a year he shall make atonement upon it throughout your generations. It is most holy to the LORD.”

10Aaron 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.”

11Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

11The LORD said to Moses,

12“When you take the census of the children of Israel for their number, then every man shall give a ransom for himself to the LORD, when you number them, that there may be no plague among them when you number them.

12“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.

13This is what everyone among those who are numbered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (a shekel is twenty gerahs). The half-shekel shall be an offering to the LORD.

13Each 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.

14Everyone included among those who are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering to the LORD.

14Everyone who is numbered in the census, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the LORD’s offering.

15The rich shall not give more and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when you give an offering to the LORD, to make atonement for yourselves.

15The 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.

16And you shall take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shall appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of meeting, that it may be a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD, to make atonement for yourselves.”

16You 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.”

17Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

17The LORD said to Moses,

18“You shall also make a laver of bronze, with its base also of bronze, for washing. You shall put it between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar. And you shall put water in it,

18“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,

19for Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet in water from it.

19with which Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet.

20When they go into the tabernacle of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to the LORD, they shall wash with water, lest they die.

20When 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.

21So they shall wash their hands and their feet, lest they die. And it shall be a statute forever to them—to him and his descendants throughout their generations.”

21They 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.”

22Moreover the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

22The LORD said to Moses,

23“Also take for yourself quality spices—five hundred shekels of liquid myrrh, half as much sweet-smelling cinnamon (two hundred and fifty shekels), two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet-smelling cane,

23“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,

24five hundred shekels of cassia, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a hin of olive oil.

24and 500 of cassia, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a hin of olive oil.

25And you shall make from these a holy anointing oil, an ointment compounded according to the art of the perfumer. It shall be a holy anointing oil.

25And you shall make of these a sacred anointing oil blended as by the perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.

26With it you shall anoint the tabernacle of meeting and the ark of the Testimony;

26With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony,

27the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense;

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

28the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the laver and its base.

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

29You shall consecrate them, that they may be most holy; whatever touches them must be holy.

29You shall consecrate them, that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them will become holy.

30And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister to Me as priests.

30You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests.

31“And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘This shall be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations.

31And you shall say to the people of Israel, ‘This shall be my holy anointing oil throughout your generations.

32It shall not be poured on man’s flesh; nor shall you make any other like it, according to its composition. It is holy, and it shall be holy to you.

32It 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.

33Whoever compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it on an outsider, shall be cut off from his people.’ ”

33Whoever compounds any like it or whoever puts any of it on an outsider shall be cut off from his people.’”

34And the LORD said to Moses: “Take sweet spices, stacte and onycha and galbanum, and pure frankincense with these sweet spices; there shall be equal amounts of each.

34The 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),

35You shall make of these an incense, a compound according to the art of the perfumer, salted, pure, and holy.

35and make an incense blended as by the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.

36And you shall beat some of it very fine, and put some of it before the Testimony in the tabernacle of meeting where I will meet with you. It shall be most holy to you.

36You 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.

37But as for the incense which you shall make, you shall not make any for yourselves, according to its composition. It shall be to you holy for the LORD.

37And 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.

38Whoever makes any like it, to smell it, he shall be cut off from his people.”

38Whoever makes any like it to use as perfume shall be cut off from his people.”

The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.

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