Chapter 30

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

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  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.  

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  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.  

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  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.  

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

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  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.  

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

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

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

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  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.  

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  And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,  

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  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.  

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  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.  

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

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  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.  

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  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.  

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  And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,  

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

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  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:  

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  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.  

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  Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,  

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  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],  

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

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  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.  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  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.  

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

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  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]:  

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

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  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.  

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  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.  

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

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