Exodus 30

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it.	1 "For burning incense you shall make an altar of acacia wood,
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.	2 with a square surface, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high, with horns that spring directly from it.
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.	3 Its grate on top, its walls on all four sides, and its horns you shall plate with pure gold. Put a gold molding around it.
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.	4 Underneath the molding you shall put gold rings, two on one side and two on the opposite side, as holders for the poles used in carrying it.
5 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.	5 Make the poles, too, of acacia wood and plate 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.	6 This altar you are to place in front of the veil that hangs before the ark of the commandments where I will meet you.
7 And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.	7 "On it Aaron shall burn fragrant incense. Morning after morning, when he prepares the lamps,
8 And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.	8 and again in the evening twilight, when he lights the lamps, he shall burn incense. Throughout your generations this shall be the established incense offering before the LORD.
9 Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.	9 On this altar you shall not offer up any profane incense, or any holocaust or cereal offering; nor shall you pour out a libation upon it.
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.	10 Once a year Aaron shall perform the atonement rite on its horns. Throughout your generations this atonement is to be made once a year with the blood of the atoning sin offering. This altar is most sacred to the LORD."
11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,	11 The LORD also said to Moses,
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.	12 "When you take a census of the Israelites who are to be registered, each one, as he is enrolled, shall give the LORD a forfeit for his life, so that no plague may come upon them for being registered.
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.	13 Everyone who enters the registered group must pay a half-shekel, according to the standard of the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel. This payment of a half-shekel is a contribution to 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.	14 Everyone of twenty years or more who enters the registered group must give this contribution to 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.	15 The rich need not give more, nor shall the poor give less, than a half-shekel in this contribution to the LORD to pay the forfeit for their lives.
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.	16 When you receive this forfeit money from the Israelites, you shall donate it to the service of the meeting tent, that there it may be the Israelites' reminder before the LORD, of the forfeit paid for their lives."
17 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,	17 The LORD said to Moses,
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.	18 "For ablutions you shall make a bronze laver with a bronze base. Place it between the meeting tent and the altar, and put water in it.
19 For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:	19 Aaron and his sons shall use it in washing their hands and feet.
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:	20 When they are about to enter the meeting tent, they must wash with water, lest they die. Likewise when they approach the altar in their ministry, to offer an oblation to 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.	21 they must wash their hands and feet, lest they die. This shall be a perpetual ordinance for him and his descendants throughout their generations."
22 Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,	22 The LORD said to Moses,
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,	23 "Take the finest spices: five hundred shekels of free-flowing myrrh; half that amount, that is, two hundred and fifty shekels, of fragrant cinnamon; two hundred and fifty shekels of fragrant cane;
24 And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:	24 five hundred shekels of cassia-all according to the standard of the sanctuary shekel; together with a hin of olive oil;
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.	25 and blend them into sacred anointing oil, perfumed ointment expertly prepared.
26 And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony,	26 With this sacred anointing oil you shall anoint the meeting tent and the ark of the commandments,
27 And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense,	27 the table and all its appurtenances, the lampstand and its appurtenances, the altar of incense
28 And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot.	28 and the altar of holocausts with all its appurtenances, and the laver with its base.
29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.	29 When you have consecrated them, they shall be most sacred; whatever touches them shall be sacred.
30 And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.	30 Aaron and his sons you shall also anoint and consecrate as my priests.
31 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.	31 To the Israelites you shall say: As sacred anointing oil this shall belong to 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.	32 It may not be used in any ordinary anointing of the body, nor may you make any other oil of a like mixture. It is sacred, and shall be treated as sacred by you.
33 Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.	33 Whoever prepares a perfume like this, or whoever puts any of this on a layman, shall be cut off from his kinsmen."
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:	34 The LORD told Moses, "Take these aromatic substances: storax and onycha and galbanum, these and pure frankincense in equal parts;
35 And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:	35 and blend them into incense. This fragrant powder, expertly prepared, is to be salted and so kept pure and sacred.
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.	36 Grind some of it into fine dust and put this before the commandments in the meeting tent where I will meet you. This incense shall be treated as most sacred by you.
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.	37 You may not make incense of a like mixture for yourselves; you must treat it as sacred to the LORD.
38 Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.	38 Whoever makes an incense like this for his own enjoyment of its fragrance, shall be cut off from his kinsmen."