Exodus 30:1–16

And thou shalt make aan altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it. 2 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 bof the same. 3 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 ccrown of gold round about. 4 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 dplaces for the staves to bear it withal. 5 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. 6 And 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. 7 And Aaron shall burn thereon †sweet incense every morning: when fhe dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. 8 And when Aaron ||lighteth the lamps †at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations. 9 Ye shall offer no gstrange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon. 10 And 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.

11 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 12 kWhen 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. 13 This 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. 14 Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the Lord. 15 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 patonement for your souls. 16 And 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.