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"Now you shall make an altar as a place for burning incense; you shall make it of acacia wood.

And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it.

"Its length shall be a cubit, and its width a cubit; it shall be square, and its height shall be two cubits; its horns shall be of one piece with it.

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.

"You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top and its sides all around, and its horns; and you shall make a gold molding all around for it.

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.

"You shall also make two gold rings for it under its molding; you shall make them on its two sides—on opposite sides—and they shall be holders for poles with which to carry it.

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.

"And you shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

"You shall put this altar in front of the veil that is near the ark of the testimony, in front of the atoning cover that is over the ark of the testimony, where I will meet with you.

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.

"Aaron shall burn fragrant incense on it; he shall burn it every morning when he trims the lamps.

And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.

"And when Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he shall burn incense. There shall be perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.

And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations.

"You shall not offer any strange incense on this altar, or burnt offering, or meal offering; and you shall not pour out a drink offering on it.

Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.

"However, Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once a year; he shall make atonement on it with the blood of the sin offering of atonement once a year throughout your generations. It is most holy to the LORD."

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 .

The LORD also spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

"When you take a census of the sons of Israel to count them, then each one of them shall give a ransom for himself to the LORD, when you count them, so that there will be no plague among them when you count them.

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.

"This is what everyone who is counted shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as a contribution to the LORD.

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 .

"Everyone who is counted, from twenty years old and over, shall give the contribution to the LORD.

Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the Lord .

"The rich shall not pay more, and the poor shall not pay less, than the half shekel, when you give the contribution to the LORD to make atonement for yourselves.

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.

"And you shall take the atonement money from the sons of Israel and give it for the service of the tent of meeting, so that it may be a memorial for the sons of Israel before the LORD, to make atonement for yourselves."

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.

Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

"You shall also make a basin of bronze, with its base of bronze, for washing; and you shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it.

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.

"Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet from it;

For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:

when they enter the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, so that they do not die; or when they approach the altar to minister, by offering up in smoke a fire sacrifice to the LORD.

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 :

"So they shall wash their hands and their feet, so that they do not die; and it shall be a permanent statute for them, for Aaron and his descendants throughout their generations."

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.

Moreover, the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Moreover the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

"Take also for yourself the finest of spices: of liquid myrrh five hundred shekels, and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, 250, and of fragrant cane 250,

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,

and of cassia 500, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin.

And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:

"You shall make from these a holy anointing oil, a fragrant mixture of ointments, the work of a perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.

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.

"And you shall anoint the tent of meeting with it, and the ark of the testimony,

And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony,

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

And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense,

and the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the basin and its stand.

And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot.

"You shall also consecrate them, so that they may be most holy; whatever touches them shall be holy.

And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.

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

And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.

"Furthermore, you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'This shall be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations.

And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.

'It shall not be poured on anyone's body, nor shall you make any like it in the same proportions; it is holy, and it shall be holy to you.

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.

'Whoever mixes any like it or whoever puts any of it on a layman shall be cut off from his people.'"

Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.

Then the LORD said to Moses, "Take for yourself spices—stacte, onycha, and galbanum, spices and pure frankincense; there shall be an equal part of each.

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:

"You shall make incense from it all, a skillful mixture, the work of a perfumer, salted, pure, and holy.

And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:

"And you shall crush some of it very fine, and put part of it in front of the testimony in the tent of meeting where I will meet with you; it shall be most holy to you.

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.

"And the incense which you shall make, you shall not make in the same proportions for yourselves; it shall be holy to you for the LORD.

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 .

"Whoever makes any like it, to use as perfume, shall be cut off from his people."

Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.