Exodus 30–31

30And thou shalt make ^aan altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it. ²A 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 ^bof the same. ³And 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 ^ccrown of gold round about. ⁴And 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 ^dplaces for the staves to bear it withal. ⁵And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. ⁶And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the ^emercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee. ⁷And Aaron shall burn thereon ^†sweet incense every morning: when ^fhe dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. ⁸And when Aaron ^||lighteth the lamps ^†at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations. ⁹Ye shall offer no ^gstrange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon. ¹⁰And ^hAaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood ⁱof 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.

¹¹And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, ^12kWhen thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after ^†their number, then shall they give every man ^la ransom for his soul unto the Lord, when thou numberest them; that there be no ^mplague among them, when thou numberest them. ¹³This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: ⁿ(a shekel is twenty gerahs:) ^oan half shekel shall be the offering of the Lord. ¹⁴Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the Lord. ¹⁵The 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 ^patonement for your souls. ¹⁶And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and ^qshalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be ^ra memorial unto the children of Israel before the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.

¹⁷And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, ^18sThou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt ^tput it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein. ¹⁹For Aaron and his sons ^ushall wash their hands and their feet thereat: ²⁰When 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: ²¹So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and ^wit shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.

²²Moreover the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, ²³Take thou also unto thee ^xprincipal spices, of pure ^ymyrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet ^zcinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet ^acalamus two hundred and fifty shekels, ²⁴And of ^acassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an ^bhin: ²⁵And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the ^||apothecary: it shall be ^can holy anointing oil. ^26dAnd thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony, ²⁷And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense, ²⁸And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot. ²⁹And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: ^ewhatsoever toucheth them shall be holy. ^30fAnd thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office. ³¹And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations. ³²Upon man’s flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it: ^git is holy, and it shall be holy unto you. ^33hWhosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, ⁱshall even be cut off from his people. ³⁴And the Lord said unto Moses, ^kTake unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight: ³⁵And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection ^lafter the art of the apothecary, ^†tempered together, pure and holy: ³⁶And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, ^mwhere I will meet with thee: ⁿit shall be unto you most holy. ³⁷And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ^oye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the Lord. ^38pWhosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.

31And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, ²See, I have called by name ^aBezaleel the son of Uri, the son of ^bHur, of the tribe of Judah: ³And I have ^cfilled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, ⁴To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, ⁵And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship. ⁶And I, behold, I have given with him ^dAholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are ^ewise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee; ^7fThe tabernacle of the congregation, and ^gthe ark of the testimony, and ^hthe mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the ^†furniture of the tabernacle, ⁸And ⁱthe table and his ^†furniture, and ^kthe pure candlestick with all his ^†furniture, and ^lthe altar of incense, ⁹And ^mthe altar of burnt offering with all his ^†furniture, and ⁿthe laver and his foot, ¹⁰And ^othe cloths of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office, ^11pAnd the anointing oil, and ^qsweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.

¹²And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, ¹³Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, ^rVerily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you. ¹⁴Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for ^swhosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. ^15tSix days may work be done; but in the ^useventh is the sabbath of rest, ^†holy to the Lord: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. ¹⁶Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. ¹⁷It is ^xa sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for ^yin six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. ¹⁸And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, ^ztwo tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.