1 “ Make an altar for burning special perfume. Make it of acacia wood.

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

2 I t will be as long and as wide as a man’s arm and as high as a man’s waist. Its horns will be of one piece with it.

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 C over its top, all its sides and its horns with pure gold. And make a piece of gold to go around it.

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 T hen make two gold rings for the altar to put under this piece. Put one on each side of the altar so it can hold the long pieces of wood used for carrying it.

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 M ake the long pieces of acacia wood and cover them with gold.

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

6 P ut this altar in front of the curtain that is by the box of the Law, in front of the mercy-seat that is over the box of the Law. There I will meet with you.

You shall put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with you.

7 A aron will burn special perfume on it every morning when he takes care of the lamps.

Aaron shall burn incense of sweet spices on it every morning. When he tends the lamps, he shall burn it.

8 A nd when Aaron takes care of the lamps in the evening, he will burn special perfume. There will be a burning of special perfume before the Lord for all your people for all time.

When Aaron lights the lamps at evening, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before Yahweh throughout your generations.

9 D o not give upon this altar any perfume, burnt gift or grain gift that is not holy. And do not pour out a drink gift on it.

You shall offer no strange incense on it, nor burnt offering, nor meal offering; and you shall pour no drink offering on it.

10 O nce a year Aaron will give a gift for sin on its horns to take away sin. He will give the blood of the sin gift to make it holy once a year for all your people for all time. It is most holy to the Lord.” Tax for the Meeting Tent

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 T he Lord said to Moses,

Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

12 “ When you number the people of Israel, each one of them will pay a price for his life to the Lord. Then no trouble will come upon them when you number them.

“When you take a census of the children of Israel, according to those who are numbered among them, then each man shall give a ransom for his soul to Yahweh, when you number them; that there be no plague among them when you number them.

13 E very one who is numbered will give one piece of silver, by the weight decided upon for the holy place. One piece of silver will be a gift to the Lord.

They shall give this, everyone who passes over to those who are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs ); half a shekel for an offering to Yahweh.

14 E very one who is numbered, twenty years old and older, will give the gift to the Lord.

Everyone who passes over to those who are numbered, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the offering to Yahweh.

15 T he rich will not pay more and the poor will not pay less than one piece of silver. It will be a gift to the Lord so you will be forgiven of sin.

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 R eceive this money from the people of Israel and use it for the work of the meeting tent. Then it will be remembered before the Lord that the people of Israel gave a gift to take away their sin of being numbered.” The Pot of Brass for Washing

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 T he Lord said to Moses,

Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

18 “ Make a pot of brass for washing. Make its base of brass also. Put it between the meeting tent and the altar, and put water in it.

“You shall also make a basin of brass, and its base of brass, in which to wash. You shall put it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it.

19 A aron and his sons will wash their hands and feet with water from it.

Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet in it.

20 W hen they go into the meeting tent, they will wash with water, so they will not die. And they will wash when they go near the altar to give a gift made by fire to the Lord.

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 T hey will wash their hands and their feet, so they will not die. It will always be a law for Aaron and his children forever.” The Holy Oil for Pouring

So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they not die: and it shall be a statute forever to them, even to him and to his descendants throughout their generations.”

22 T he Lord said to Moses,

Moreover Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

23 “ Take the best spices: a heavy weight of flowing myrrh, half that weight of sweet-smelling cinnamon and of sweet-smelling cane,

“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 a nd a heavy weight of cassia, the weight decided upon by the holy place, and a large jar of olive oil.

and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary; and a hin of olive oil.

25 M ix these to make a holy oil for holy use, mixed like perfume made by an able workman. It will be a holy oil for holy use.

You shall make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.

26 P our it on the meeting tent and the box of the Law,

You shall use it to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the testimony,

27 t he table and all its objects, the lamp-stand and all its objects, the altar of special perfume,

the table and all its articles, the lamp stand and its accessories, the altar of incense,

28 t he altar of burnt gifts and all its objects, and the washing pot and its base.

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

29 S et them apart so they may be most holy. Whatever touches them will be holy.

You shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy.

30 P our oil on Aaron and his sons. Set them apart so they may serve as religious leaders for Me.

You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest’s office.

31 S ay to the people of Israel, ‘This will be a holy oil to Me for all your people for all time.

You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘This shall be a holy anointing oil to me throughout your generations.

32 I t will not be poured on the flesh of man. And you will not mix any like it. It is holy. It will be holy to you.

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 W hoever mixes any like it, or puts any of it on a man who is not a religious leader, will be cut off from his people.’”

Whoever compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it on a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.’”

34 T he Lord said to Moses, “Take sweet spices, stacte, onycha and galbanum, spices with pure frankincense. Take the same amount of each.

Yahweh said to Moses, “Take to yourself sweet spices, gum resin, and onycha, and galbanum; sweet spices with pure frankincense: there shall be an equal weight of each;

35 M ix them to make a special perfume, salted, pure and holy, the work of an able workman.

and you shall make incense of it, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy:

36 B eat some of it very fine. And put some of it in front of the special box of the agreement in the meeting tent, where I will meet with you. It will be most holy to you.

and you shall beat some of it very small, and put some of it before the testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be to you most holy.

37 D o not mix this special perfume in the same way for yourselves. It will be holy for you to the Lord.

The incense which you shall make, according to its composition you shall not make for yourselves: it shall be to you holy for Yahweh.

38 W hoever makes any like it to use as perfume will be cut off from his people.”

Whoever shall make any like that, to smell of it, he shall be cut off from his people.”