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.
