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

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

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

A 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.

3 ` 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;

And 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.

4 a nd 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.

Two 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.

5 ` And thou hast made the staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them with gold;

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

6 a nd 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.

And 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.

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

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

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

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

9 ` 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;

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

10 a nd 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.'

And 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.” The Ransom Money

11 A nd Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

12 ` 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.

“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.

13 ` 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;

This 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.

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

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

15 t he 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.

The 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.

16 ` 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.'

And 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.” The Bronze Laver

17 A nd Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

18 ` 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;

“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,

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

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

20 i n 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,

When 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.

21 t hen 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.'

So 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.” The Holy Anointing Oil

22 A nd Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

Moreover the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

23 ` 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;

“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,

24 a nd cassia five hundred, by the shekel of the sanctuary, and olive oil a hin;

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

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

And 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.

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

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

27 a nd the table and all its vessels, and the candlestick and its vessels, and the altar of perfume,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

32 o n flesh of man it is not poured, and with its proper proportion ye make none like it; it holy; it is holy to you;

It 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.

33 a man who compoundeth like it, or who putteth of it on a stranger -- hath even been cut off from his people.'

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

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

And 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.

35 a nd thou hast made it a perfume, a compound, work of a compounder, salted, pure, holy;

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

36 a nd 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.

And 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.

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

But 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.

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

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