Exodus 30:1–10

Thou shalt make also an altar to burn incense, of setim wood.

²It shall be a cubit in length, and another in breadth, that is, four square, and two in height. Horns shall go out of the same.

³And thou shalt overlay it with the purest gold, as well the grate thereof, as the walls round about, and the horns. And thou shalt make to it a crown of gold round about,

⁴And two golden rings under the crown on either side, that the bars may be put into them, and the altar be carried.

⁵And thou shalt make the bars also of setim wood, and shalt overlay them with gold.

⁶And thou shalt set the altar over against the veil, that hangeth before the ark of the testimony before the propitiatory wherewith the testimony is covered, where I will speak to thee.

⁷And Aaron shall burn sweet smelling incense upon it in the morning. When he shall dress the lamps, he shall burn it:

⁸And when he shall place them in the evening, he shall burn an everlasting incense before the Lord throughout your generations.

⁹You shall not offer upon it incense of another composition, nor oblation, and victim, neither shall you offer libations.

¹⁰And Aaron shall pray upon the horns thereof once a year, with the blood of that which was offered for sin; and shall make atonement upon it in your generations. It shall be most holy to the Lord.