~Exodus 30:1 And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: ofacacia wood shalt thou make it.
~Exodus 30:2 A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit thebreadth thereof; foursquare shall it be; and two cubits shall be theheight thereof: the horns thereof shall be of one piece with it.
~Exodus 30:3 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the topthereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; andthou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about.
~Exodus 30:4 And two golden rings shalt thou make for it under thecrown thereof; upon the two ribs thereof, upon the two sides of itshalt thou make them; and they shall be for places for staveswherewith to bear it.
~Exodus 30:5 And thou shalt make the staves of acacia wood, andoverlay them with gold.
~Exodus 30:6 And thou shalt put it before the veil that is by the ark ofthe testimony, before the mercy-seat that is over the testimony, whereI will meet with thee.
~Exodus 30:7 And Aaron shall burn thereon incense of sweet spices:every morning, when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn it.
~Exodus 30:8 And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shallburn it, a perpetual incense before Jehovah throughout yourgenerations.
~Exodus 30:9 Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burntoffering,nor meal-offering; and ye shall pour no drink-offeringthereon.
~Exodus 30:10 And Aaron shall make atonement upon the horns of itonce in the year; with the blood of the sin-offering of atonement oncein the year shall he make atonement for it throughout yourgenerations: it is most holy unto Jehovah.
~Exodus 30:11 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
~Exodus 30:12 When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel,according to those that are numbered of them, then shall they giveevery man a ransom for his soul unto Jehovah, when thou numberestthem; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberestthem.
~Exodus 30:13 This they shall give, every one that passeth over untothem that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of thesanctuary; (the shekel is twenty gerahs;) half a shekel for an offeringto Jehovah.
~Exodus 30:14 Every one that passeth over unto them that arenumbered, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the offeringof Jehovah.
~Exodus 30:15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall notgive less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering ofJehovah, to make atonement for your souls.
~Exodus 30:16 And thou shalt take the atonement money from thechildren of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tent ofmeeting; that it may be a memorial for the children of Israel beforeJehovah, to make atonement for your souls.
~Exodus 30:17 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
~Exodus 30:18 Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and the basethereof of brass, whereat to wash. And thou shalt put it between thetent of meeting and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.
~Exodus 30:19 And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands andtheir feet thereat:
~Exodus 30:20 when they go into the tent of meeting, they shall washwith water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar tominister, to burn an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.
~Exodus 30:21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that theydie not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and tohis seed throughout their generations.
~Exodus 30:22 Moreover Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
~Exodus 30:23 Take thou also unto thee the chief spices: of flowingmyrrh five hundred [shekels], and of sweet cinnamon half so much,even two hundred and fifty, and of sweet calamus two hundred andfifty,
~Exodus 30:24 and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of thesanctuary, and of olive oil a hin.
~Exodus 30:25 And thou shalt make it a holy anointing oil, a perfumecompounded after the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointingoil.
~Exodus 30:26 And thou shalt anoint therewith the tent of meeting,and the ark of the testimony,
~Exodus 30:27 and the table and all the vessels thereof, and thecandlestick and the vessels thereof, and the altar of incense,
~Exodus 30:28 and the altar of burnt-offering with all the vesselsthereof, and the laver and the base thereof.
~Exodus 30:29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be mostholy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.
~Exodus 30:30 And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctifythem, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.
~Exodus 30:31 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel,saying, This shall be a holy anointing oil unto me throughout yourgenerations.
~Exodus 30:32 Upon the flesh of man shall it not be poured, neithershall ye make any like it, according to the composition thereof: it isholy, [and] it shall be holy unto you.
~Exodus 30:33 Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoeverputteth any of it upon a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.
~Exodus 30:34 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweetspices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; sweet spices with purefrankincense: of each shall there be a like weight;
~Exodus 30:35 and thou shalt make of it incense, a perfume after theart of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure [and] holy:
~Exodus 30:36 and thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of itbefore the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet withthee: it shall be unto you most holy.
~Exodus 30:37 And the incense which thou shalt make, according tothe composition thereof ye shall not make for yourselves: it shall beunto thee holy for Jehovah.
~Exodus 30:38 Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereof,he shall be cut off from his people
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