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

`And thou hast made an altar making perfume; shittim wood thou dost make it;

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.

a cubit its length, and a cubit its breadth, (it is square), and two cubits its height; its horns of the same.

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

`And thou hast overlaid it with pure gold, its top, and its sides round about, and its horns; and thou hast made to it a crown of gold round about;

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.

and two rings of gold thou dost make to it under its crown; on its two ribs thou dost make, on its two sides, and they have become places for staves, to bear it with them.

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

`And thou hast made the staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid 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.

and thou hast put it before the vail, which by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy-seat which over the testimony, whither I am met with thee.

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

`And Aaron hath made perfume on it, perfume of spices, morning by morning; in his making the lamps right he doth perfume 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.

and in Aaron's causing the lamps to go up between the evenings, he doth perfume it; a continual perfume before Jehovah to 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.

`Ye do not cause strange perfume to go up upon it, and burnt-offering, and present, and libation ye do not pour out 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

and Aaron hath made atonement on its horns, once in a year, by the blood of the sin-offering of atonements; once in a year doth he make atonement for it, to your generations; it most holy to Jehovah.'

11 T he Lord said to Moses,

And Jehovah speaketh unto 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 thou takest up the sum of the sons of Israel for their numbers, then they have given each an atonement his soul to Jehovah in their being numbered, and there is no plague among them in their being numbered.

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.

`This they do give, every one passing over unto those numbered, half a shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel twenty gerahs); half a shekel the heave-offering to Jehovah;

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

every one passing over unto those numbered, from a son of twenty years and upwards, doth give the heave-offering of Jehovah;

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 doth not multiply, and the poor doth not diminish from the half-shekel, to give the heave-offering of Jehovah, 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

`And thou hast taken the atonement-money from the sons of Israel, and hast given it for the service of the tent of meeting; and it hath been to the sons of Israel for a memorial before Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.'

17 T he Lord said to Moses,

And Jehovah speaketh unto 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.

`And thou hast made a laver of brass (and its base of brass), for washing; and thou hast put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and hast put water there;

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

and Aaron and his sons have washed at it their hands and their feet,

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.

in their going in unto the tent of meeting they wash water, and die not; or in their drawing nigh unto the altar to minister, to perfume a fire-offering to Jehovah,

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

then they have washed their hands and their feet, and they die not, and it hath been to them a statute age-during, to him and to his seed to their generations.'

22 T he Lord said to Moses,

And Jehovah speaketh unto 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,

`And thou, take to thyself principal spices, wild honey five hundred; and spice-cinnamon, the half of that, two hundred and fifty; and spice-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 cassia five hundred, by the shekel of the sanctuary, and olive oil a hin;

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.

and thou hast made it a holy anointing oil, a compound mixture, work of a compounder; it is a holy anointing oil.

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

`And thou hast anointed with it the tent of meeting, and 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,

and the table and all its vessels, and the candlestick and its vessels, and the altar of perfume,

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

and the altar of burnt-offering and all its vessels, and the laver and its base;

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

and thou hast sanctified them, and they have been most holy; all that is coming against them is holy;

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

and Aaron and his sons thou dost anoint, and hast sanctified them for being priests to Me.

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

`And unto the sons of Israel thou dost speak, saying, A holy anointing oil is this to Me, to 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.

on flesh of man it is not poured, and with its proper proportion ye make none like it; it holy; it is 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.’”

a man who compoundeth like it, or who putteth of it on a stranger -- hath even been 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.

And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Take to thee spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum, spices and pure frankincense; they are part for part;

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

and thou hast made it a perfume, a compound, work of a compounder, salted, pure, 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 thou hast beaten of it small, and hast put of it before the testimony, in the tent of meeting, whither I am met with thee; most holy it is to you.

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

`As to the perfume which thou makest, with its proper proportion ye do not make to yourselves, holy it is to thee to Jehovah;

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

a man who maketh like it -- to be refreshed by it -- hath even been cut off from his people.'