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30:1  “You are to make an altar for the burning of incense; make it of acacia wood.
30:2  It must be square, eighteen inches long and eighteen inches wide; it must be thirty-six inches high. Its horns must be of one piece with it.
30:3  Overlay its top, all around its sides, and its horns with pure gold; make a gold molding all around it.
30:4  Make two gold rings for it under the molding on two of its sides; put these on opposite sides of it to be holders for the poles to carry it with.
30:5  Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
30:6  “You are to place the altar in front of the curtain by the ark of the testimony—in front of the mercy seat that is over the testimony—where I will meet with you.
30:7  Aaron must burn fragrant incense on it; he must burn it every morning when he tends the lamps.
30:8  When Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he must burn incense. There is to be an incense offering before the Lord throughout your generations.
30:9  You must not offer unauthorized incense on it, or a burnt or grain offering; you are not to pour a drink offering on it.
30:10  “Once a year Aaron is to perform the atonement ceremony for the altar. Throughout your generations he is to perform the atonement ceremony for it once a year, with the blood of the sin offering for atonement on the horns. The altar is especially holy to the Lord.”
30:11  The Lord spoke to Moses:
30:12  “When you take a census of the Israelites to register them, each of the men must pay a ransom for his life to the Lord as they are registered. Then no plague will come on them as they are registered.
30:13  Everyone who is registered must pay half a shekel according to the sanctuary shekel (twenty gerahs to the shekel). This half shekel is a contribution to the Lord.
30:14  Each man who is registered, twenty years old or more, must give this contribution to the Lord.
30:15  The wealthy may not give more and the poor may not give less than half a shekel when giving the contribution to the Lord to atone for your lives.
30:16  Take the atonement price from the Israelites and use it for the service of the tent of meeting. It will serve as a reminder for the Israelites before the Lord to atone for your lives.”
30:17  The Lord spoke to Moses:
30:18  “Make a bronze basin for washing and a bronze stand for it. Set it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it.
30:19  Aaron and his sons must wash their hands and feet from the basin.
30:20  Whenever they enter the tent of meeting or approach the altar to minister by burning a food offering to the Lord, they must wash with water so that they will not die.
30:21  They must wash their hands and feet so that they will not die; this is to be a permanent statute for them, for Aaron and his descendants throughout their generations.”
30:22  The Lord spoke to Moses:
30:23  “Take for yourself the finest spices: 12½ pounds of liquid myrrh, half as much (6¼ pounds) of fragrant cinnamon, 6¼ pounds of fragrant cane,
30:24  12½ pounds of cassia (by the sanctuary shekel), and a gallon of olive oil.
30:25  Prepare from these a holy anointing oil, a scented blend, the work of a perfumer; it will be holy anointing oil.
30:26  “With it you are to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony,
30:27  the table with all its utensils, the lampstand with its utensils, the altar of incense,
30:28  the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin with its stand.
30:29  Consecrate them and they will be especially holy. Whatever touches them will be consecrated.
30:30  Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them to serve me as priests.
30:31  “Tell the Israelites: This will be my holy anointing oil throughout your generations.
30:32  It must not be used for ordinary anointing on a person’s body, and you must not make anything like it using its formula. It is holy, and it must be holy to you.
30:33  Anyone who blends something like it or puts some of it on an unauthorized person must be cut off from his people.”
30:34  The Lord said to Moses, “Take fragrant spices: stacte, onycha, and galbanum; the spices and pure frankincense are to be in equal measures.
30:35  Prepare expertly blended incense from these; it is to be seasoned with salt, pure and holy.
30:36  Grind some of it into a fine powder and put some in front of the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with you. It must be especially holy to you.
30:37  As for the incense you are making, you must not make any for yourselves using its formula. It is to be regarded by you as holy—belonging to the Lord.
30:38  Anyone who makes something like it to smell its fragrance must be cut off from his people.”