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Exodus 30

Exodus 30

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    The Altar of Incense

    “Make an altar of acacia wood for burning incense.
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    Plans for the Incense Altar

    “Then make another altar of acacia wood for burning incense.
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    It is to be square, a cubit long and a cubit wide, and two cubits higha — its horns of one piece with it.
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    Make it 18 inches square and 36 inches high,a with horns at the corners carved from the same piece of wood as the altar itself.
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    Overlay the top and all the sides and the horns with pure gold, and make a gold molding around it.
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    Overlay the top, sides, and horns of the altar with pure gold, and run a gold molding around the entire altar.
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    Make two gold rings for the altar below the molding — two on each of the opposite sides — to hold the poles used to carry it.
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    Make two gold rings, and attach them on opposite sides of the altar below the gold molding to hold the carrying poles.
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    Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
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    Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
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    Put the altar in front of the curtain that shields the ark of the covenant law — before the atonement cover that is over the tablets of the covenant law — where I will meet with you.
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    Place the incense altar just outside the inner curtain that shields the Ark of the Covenant,b in front of the Ark’s cover — the place of atonement — that covers the tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant.c I will meet with you there.
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    “Aaron must burn fragrant incense on the altar every morning when he tends the lamps.
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    “Every morning when Aaron maintains the lamps, he must burn fragrant incense on the altar.
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    He must burn incense again when he lights the lamps at twilight so incense will burn regularly before the Lord for the generations to come.
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    And each evening when he lights the lamps, he must again burn incense in the LORD’s presence. This must be done from generation to generation.
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    Do not offer on this altar any other incense or any burnt offering or grain offering, and do not pour a drink offering on it.
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    Do not offer any unholy incense on this altar, or any burnt offerings, grain offerings, or liquid offerings.
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    Once a year Aaron shall make atonement on its horns. This annual atonement must be made with the blood of the atoning sin offeringb for the generations to come. It is most holy to the Lord.”
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    “Once a year Aaron must purifyd the altar by smearing its horns with blood from the offering made to purify the people from their sin. This will be a regular, annual event from generation to generation, for this is the LORD’s most holy altar.”
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    Atonement Money

    Then the Lord said to Moses,
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    Money for the Tabernacle

    Then the LORD said to Moses,
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    “When you take a census of the Israelites to count them, each one must pay the Lord a ransom for his life at the time he is counted. Then no plague will come on them when you number them.
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    “Whenever you take a census of the people of Israel, each man who is counted must pay a ransom for himself to the LORD. Then no plague will strike the people as you count them.
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    Each one who crosses over to those already counted is to give a half shekel,c according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the Lord.
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    Each person who is counted must give a small piece of silver as a sacred offering to the LORD. (This payment is half a shekel,e based on the sanctuary shekel, which equals twenty gerahs.)
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    All who cross over, those twenty years old or more, are to give an offering to the Lord.
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    All who have reached their twentieth birthday must give this sacred offering to the LORD.
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    The rich are not to give more than a half shekel and the poor are not to give less when you make the offering to the Lord to atone for your lives.
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    When this offering is given to the LORD to purify your lives, making you right with him,f the rich must not give more than the specified amount, and the poor must not give less.
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    Receive the atonement money from the Israelites and use it for the service of the tent of meeting. It will be a memorial for the Israelites before the Lord, making atonement for your lives.”
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    Receive this ransom money from the Israelites, and use it for the care of the Tabernacle.g It will bring the Israelites to the LORD’s attention, and it will purify your lives.”
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    Basin for Washing

    Then the Lord said to Moses,
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    Plans for the Washbasin

    Then the LORD said to Moses,
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    “Make a bronze basin, with its bronze stand, for washing. Place it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it.
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    “Make a bronze washbasin with a bronze stand. Place it between the Tabernacle and the altar, and fill it with water.
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    Aaron and his sons are to wash their hands and feet with water from it.
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    Aaron and his sons will wash their hands and feet there.
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    Whenever they enter the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water so that they will not die. Also, when they approach the altar to minister by presenting a food offering to the Lord,
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    They must wash with water whenever they go into the Tabernacle to appear before the LORD and when they approach the altar to burn up their special gifts to the LORD — or they will die!
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    they shall wash their hands and feet so that they will not die. This is to be a lasting ordinance for Aaron and his descendants for the generations to come.”
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    They must always wash their hands and feet, or they will die. This is a permanent law for Aaron and his descendants, to be observed from generation to generation.”
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    Anointing Oil

    Then the Lord said to Moses,
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    The Anointing Oil

    Then the LORD said to Moses,
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    “Take the following fine spices: 500 shekelsd of liquid myrrh, half as much (that is, 250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekelse of fragrant calamus,
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    “Collect choice spices — 12 1/2 pounds of pure myrrh, 6 1/4 pounds of fragrant cinnamon, 6 1/4 pounds of fragrant calamus,h
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    500 shekels of cassia — all according to the sanctuary shekel — and a hinf of olive oil.
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    and 12 1/2 pounds of cassiai — as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel. Also get one gallon of olive oil.j
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    Make these into a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer. It will be the sacred anointing oil.
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    Like a skilled incense maker, blend these ingredients to make a holy anointing oil.
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    Then use it to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark of the covenant law,
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    Use this sacred oil to anoint the Tabernacle, the Ark of the Covenant,
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    the table and all its articles, the lampstand and its accessories, the altar of incense,
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    the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and all its accessories, the incense altar,
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    the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand.
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    the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the washbasin with its stand.
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    You shall consecrate them so they will be most holy, and whatever touches them will be holy.
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    Consecrate them to make them absolutely holy. After this, whatever touches them will also become holy.
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    “Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them so they may serve me as priests.
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    “Anoint Aaron and his sons also, consecrating them to serve me as priests.
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    Say to the Israelites, ‘This is to be my sacred anointing oil for the generations to come.
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    And say to the people of Israel, ‘This holy anointing oil is reserved for me from generation to generation.
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    Do not pour it on anyone else’s body and do not make any other oil using the same formula. It is sacred, and you are to consider it sacred.
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    It must never be used to anoint anyone else, and you must never make any blend like it for yourselves. It is holy, and you must treat it as holy.
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    Whoever makes perfume like it and puts it on anyone other than a priest must be cut off from their people.’ ”
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    Anyone who makes a blend like it or anoints someone other than a priest will be cut off from the community.’”
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    Incense

    Then the Lord said to Moses, “Take fragrant spices — gum resin, onycha and galbanum — and pure frankincense, all in equal amounts,
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    The Incense

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Gather fragrant spices — resin droplets, mollusk shell, and galbanum — and mix these fragrant spices with pure frankincense, weighed out in equal amounts.
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    and make a fragrant blend of incense, the work of a perfumer. It is to be salted and pure and sacred.
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    Using the usual techniques of the incense maker, blend the spices together and sprinkle them with salt to produce a pure and holy incense.
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    Grind some of it to powder and place it in front of the ark of the covenant law in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be most holy to you.
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    Grind some of the mixture into a very fine powder and put it in front of the Ark of the Covenant,k where I will meet with you in the Tabernacle. You must treat this incense as most holy.
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    Do not make any incense with this formula for yourselves; consider it holy to the Lord.
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    Never use this formula to make this incense for yourselves. It is reserved for the LORD, and you must treat it as holy.
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    Whoever makes incense like it to enjoy its fragrance must be cut off from their people.”
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    Anyone who makes incense like this for personal use will be cut off from the community.”
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