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And thou
shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of
shittim wood shalt thou make it.
02 A cubit shall be the length thereof, and
a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it
be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof:
the horns thereof shall be of the same.
03 And thou shalt overlay it with pure
gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof
round about, and the horns thereof; and thou
shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about.
04 And two golden rings shalt thou make to
it under the crown of it, by the two corners
thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make
it; and they shall be for places for the staves
to bear it withal.
05 And thou shalt make the staves of
shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
06 And thou shalt put it before the vail
that is by the ark of the testimony, before the
mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I
will meet with thee.
07 And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet
incense every morning: when he dresseth the
lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
08 And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at
even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual
incense before the Lord throughout your
generations.
09 Ye shall offer no strange incense
thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering;
neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.
10 And Aaron shall make an atonement upon
the horns of it once in a year with the blood of
the sin offering of atonements: once in the year
shall he make atonement upon it throughout your
generations: it is most holy unto the Lord.
11 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
12 When thou takest the sum of the children
of Israel after their number, then shall they
give every man a ransom for his soul unto the
Lord, when thou numberest them; that there be no
plague among them, when thou numberest them.
13 This they shall give, every one that
passeth among them that are numbered, half a
shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a
shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be
the offering of the Lord.
14 Every one that passeth among them that
are numbered, from twenty years old and above,
shall give an offering unto the Lord.
15 The rich shall not give more, and the
poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when
they give an offering unto the Lord, to make an
atonement for your souls.
16 And thou shalt take the atonement money
of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it
for the service of the tabernacle of the
congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the
children of Israel before the Lord, to make an
atonement for your souls.
17 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
18 Thou shalt also make a laver of brass,
and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and
thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the
congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put
water therein.
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19 For Aaron and his sons shall wash their
hands and their feet thereat:
20 When they go into the tabernacle of the
congregation, they shall wash with water, that
they die not; or when they come near to the altar
to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto
the Lord:
21 So they shall wash their hands and their
feet, that they die not: and it shall be a
statute for ever to them, even to him and to his
seed throughout their generations.
22 Moreover the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying,
23 Take thou also unto thee principal
spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and
of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred
and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two
hundred and fifty shekels,
24 And of cassia five hundred shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil
olive an hin:
25 And thou shalt make it an oil of holy
ointment, an ointment compound after the art of
the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing
oil.
26 And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of
the congregation therewith, and the ark of the
testimony,
27 And the table and all his vessels, and
the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of
incense,
28 And the altar of burnt offering with all
his vessels, and the laver and his foot.
29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that they
may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall
be holy.
30 And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his
sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister
unto me in the priest's office.
31 And thou shalt speak unto the children
of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy
anointing oil unto me throughout your
generations.
32 Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured,
neither shall ye make any other like it, after
the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall
be holy unto you.
33 Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or
whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger,
shall even be cut off from his people.
34 And the Lord said unto Moses, Take unto
thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and
galbanum; these sweet spices with pure
frankincense: of each shall there be a like
weight:
35 And thou shalt make it a perfume, a
confection after the art of the apothecary,
tempered together, pure and holy:
36 And thou shalt beat some of it very
small, and put of it before the testimony in the
tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet
with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.
37 And as for the perfume which thou shalt
make, ye shall not make to yourselves according
to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee
holy for the Lord.
38 Whosoever shall make like unto that, to
smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his
people.
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