Shemoth (Exodus) 30

Exod 30:1 “And you shall make an altar to burn incense on, make it of
acacia wood,
Exod 30:2 a cubit long and a cubit wide – it is a square – and two cubits
high, its horns of the same.
Exod 30:3 “And you shall overlay its top, and its sides all around, and its
horns with clean gold. And you shall make for it a moulding of gold all
around.
Exod 30:4 “And make two gold rings for it, under the moulding on both its
sides. Make them on its two sides, and they shall be holders for the poles to
lift it with.
Exod 30:5 “And you shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them
with gold.
Exod 30:6 “And you shall put it before the veil that is before the ark of the
Witness, before the lid of atonement that is over the Witness, where I am to
meet with you.
Exod 30:7 “And Aharon shall burn on it sweet incense, morning by morning.
As he tends the lamps, he shall burn incense on it.
Exod 30:8 “And when Aharon lights the lamps between the evenings, he
shall burn incense on it – a continual incense before יהוה throughout your
generations.
Exod 30:9 “Do not offer strange incense on it, or a burnt offering, or a grain
offering, and do not pour a drink offering on it.
Exod 30:10 “And Aharon shall make atonement upon its horns once a year
with the blood of the sin offering of atonement – once a year he makes
atonement upon it throughout your generations. It is most set-apart to יהוה.”
Exod 30:11 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,
Exod 30:12 “When you take the census of the children of Yisra’ĕl, to
register them, then each one shall give an atonement for his life to יהוה, when
you register them, so that there is no plague among them when you register
them.
Exod 30:13 “Everyone among those who are registered is to give this: half a
sheqel according to the sheqel of the set-apart place, twenty gĕrahs being a
sheqel. The half-sheqel is the contribution to יהוה.
Exod 30:14 “Everyone passing over to be registered, from twenty years old
and above, gives a contribution to יהוה.
Exod 30:15 “The rich does not give more and the poor does not give less
than half a sheqel, when you give a contribution to יהוה, to make atonement
for yourselves.
Exod 30:16 “And you shall take the silver for the atonement from the
children of Yisra’ĕl, and give it for the service of the Tent of Meeting. And it
shall be to the children of Yisra’ĕl for a remembrance before יהוה, to make
atonement for yourselves.”
Exod 30:17 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,
Exod 30:18 “And you shall make a basin of bronze, with its stand also of
bronze, for washing. And you shall put it between the Tent of Meeting and the
altar, and shall put water in it.
Exod 30:19 “And Aharon and his sons shall wash from it their hands and
their feet.
Exod 30:20 “When they go into the Tent of Meeting, or when they come near
the altar to attend, to burn an offering made by fire to יהוה, they wash with
water, lest they die.
Exod 30:21 “And they shall wash their hands and their feet, lest they die.
And it shall be a law forever to them, to him and his seed throughout their
generations.”
Exod 30:22 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,
Exod 30:23 “And take for yourself choice spices, five hundred sheqels of
liquid myrrh, and half as much – two hundred and fifty – of sweet-smelling
cinnamon, and two hundred and fifty of sweet-smelling cane,
Exod 30:24 and five hundred of cassia, according to the sheqel of the set-
apart place, and a hin of olive oil.
Exod 30:25 “And you shall make from these a set-apart anointing oil, a
compound, blended, the work of a perfumer. It is a set-apart anointing oil.
Exod 30:26 “And with it you shall anoint the Tent of Meeting and the ark of
the Witness,
Exod 30:27 and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its
utensils, and the altar of incense,
Exod 30:28 and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin
and its stand.
Exod 30:29 “And you shall set them apart, and they shall be most set-apart.
Whatever touches them is to be set-apart.
Exod 30:30 “And you shall anoint Aharon and his sons, and set them apart,
to serve as priests to Me.
Exod 30:31 “And speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, saying, ‘This is a set-
apart anointing oil to Me throughout your generations.
Exod 30:32 ‘It shall not be poured on the flesh of a man, and make no other
like it, according to its composition. It is set-apart, it is set-apart to you.
Exod 30:33 ‘Whoever compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it on a
stranger, shall be cut off from his people.’ ”
Exod 30:34 And יהוה said to Mosheh, “Take sweet spices, fragrant gum and
cinnamon and galbanam, and clear frankincense with these sweet spices, all
in equal amounts.
Exod 30:35 “Then you shall make of these an incense, a compound, work of
a perfumer, salted, clean, set-apart.
Exod 30:36 “And you shall beat some of it very fine, and put some of it
before the Witness in the Tent of Meeting where I meet with you, it is most
set-apart to you.
Exod 30:37 “And the incense which you make, do not make any for
yourselves, according to its composition, it is set-apart to you for יהוה.
Exod 30:38 “Whoever makes any like it, to smell it, he shall be cut off from
his people.”