Exodus

Exodus 30

1The altar of incense. 11The ransom of souls. 17The brasen laver. 22The holy anointing oil. 34The composition of the perfume.

1AND thou shalt make ^aan altar to burn incense upon: of ^b*shittim wood shalt thou make it.

a ch. 37.25-28; 40.5. 1Ki. 7.48. v.10. Le. 4.7,18. Re. 8.3. Ps. 141.2. Jn. 16.23. 2Ch. 30.27. b Is. 41.19. Nu. 25.1. ch. 25.3,10,23; 27.1; 30.1.

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 of the same.

3And thou shalt overlay it with ^cpure gold, the ¹top thereof, and the ²sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a ³crown of gold round about.

c ch. 25.11,24. He. 4.14. Col. 2.9. Re. 8.3.

4And ^dtwo golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two ⁴corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it ; and they shall be for ^eplaces for the ^*staves to ^fbear it ^*withal.

d ch. 25.12,26; 27.4. Ac. 9.15. Ep. 3.8. Ro. 15.19. 2Th. 3.1. e ch. 25.27. f Ac. 9.15. Ep. 3.8. 2Th. 3.1.

5And thou shalt ^gmake the ^*staves of ^*shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

g ch. 25.13,27; 27.6.

6And thou shalt put it ^hbefore the ^*vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before ⁱthe mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.

h ch. 26.35; 40.5,26. v.36. i ch. 25.17,21,22.

7And Aaron shall burn thereon ⁵sweet incense every morning: when he ^jdresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.

j ch. 27.11,21. Le. 24.3,4. Nu. 8.2,3. 1Sa. 3.3.

8And when Aaron ⁶lighteth the lamps ⁷at even, he shall burn incense upon it, ^ka perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.

k He. 7.25. Ro. 8.34. 1Th. 5.17.

9Ye shall offer ^lno strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.

l v.34-36. Le. 1; 2; 10.1. Ga. 1.8,9.

10And Aaron shall ^mmake an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood ⁿof 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.

m Le. 16.18,29,30; 23.27. Nu. 29.7. Ro. 8.34. He. 1.3; 9.12,24,28. n ch. 29.36.

11¶And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

12When ^othou takest the sum of the children of Israel ⁸after their number, then shall they give every man a ^pransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, ^qwhen thou numberest them.

o ch. 38.25,26. Nu. 1; 26; 31.50. p v.13. 2Ki. 11.16. 2Ch. 24.6. 1Ti. 2.6. Mat. 20.28. Nu. 31.50. Ps. 49.7. q 2Sa. 24.9,15. 1Ch. 21.1-15; 27.24.

13This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are ^rnumbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD.

r Ge. 23.15. 1Ch. 23.29. Mat. 17.24. Le. 27.25. Nu. 3.47. Eze. 45.10,12. ch. 38.26.

14Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD.

15The ^srich shall not ⁹give more, and the poor shall not ¹⁰give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an ^tatonement for your souls.

s Job34.19. Ga. 3.28. Col. 3.11. t v.16.

16And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt ^uappoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a ^vmemorial unto the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.

u ch. 38.25-31. v ch. 28.12,29; 39.7. Le. 2.9,16; 5.12; 6.15; 24.7. Nu. 10.10; 16.40; 31.54. Zec. 6.14.

17¶And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

18Thou shalt also make ^wa ^*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.

w ch. 38.8. 1Ki. 7.23-39. 2Ch. 4.2-6,14,15. Zec. 13.1. 1Jn. 1.7. Eze. 36.25,26.

19For Aaron and his sons shall ^xwash their hands and their feet thereat:

x Re. 4.6; 15.2; 1.5. Ps. 26.6. Tit. 3.5. Jn. 13.8,10. He. 10.22. Is. 52.11,15. ch. 40.31,32.

20When ^ythey 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:

y Le. 10.1,3. ch. 12.15. He. 12.28,29. Ps. 89.7. Ec. 5.1. v.19.

21So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute ^zfor ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.

z ch. 12.14,17; 28.43. Le. 6.18; 7.34,36; 10.9,15; 16.31; 17.7; 23.14,21,31,41. Nu. 18.11,19,23; 10.10.

22¶Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

23Take thou also unto thee ^aprincipal 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,

a Ps. 45.8. Ca. 1.13; 4.14. Eze. 27.19,22.

24And of ^bcassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive ^can hin:

b Ca. 4.14. Eze. 27.19. c ch. 29.40. Le. 19.36; 23.13. Nu. 15.4-6,9; 28.14. Eze. 4.11; 45.24; 46.5,7,11,14.

25And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the ¹¹apothecary: it shall be an ^dholy anointing oil.

d 1Jn. 2.20,27. Mat. 25.4. Ro. 8.9.

26And thou shalt ^eanoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony,

e Le. 8.10. Nu. 7.10. Is. 61.1. Jn. 3.34. Ac. 10.38. Ps. 45.7,8. Ca. 3.6. 2Co. 1.21,22. Eze. 36.27. Jn. 14.26; 15.26; 16.9-14. ch. 40.9. Nu. 7.1.

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: ^fwhatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.

f ch. 29.37. Hag. 2.13. He. 9.14. Mat. 7.6.

30And thou shalt ^ganoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.

g ch. 40.15; 29.7. Le. 4.3,5,16; 8.12,30; 16.32; 21.10. Is. 11.2,3; 61.1. Jn. 3.34. Eze. 36.27. Ps. 45.7. Ca. 3.6. 2Co. 1.21,22. v.26.

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 ^hflesh shall it not be poured, ⁱneither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you.

h Le. 21.10. Mat. 7.6. Jude19. i v.33,37,38. 1Ki. 12.31-33. Mat. 15.9. 2Ti. 3.5.

33Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a ^jstranger, ^kshall even be cut off from his people.

j Le. 22.10,12,13. Nu. 1.51; 3.10; 18.4,7. k v.38. Ge. 17.14. Job 34.19,20. ch. 12.15. Le. 7.20,21,25,27.

34¶And the LORD said unto Moses, ^lTake unto thee sweet spices, ^*stacte, and ^*onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure ^*frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight :

l v.7. ch. 25.6; 37.29.

35And thou shalt make it a ^mperfume, a confection ⁿafter the art of the ^*apothecary, ^12*tempered together, pure and holy:

m ch. 25.6; 37.29. Ca. 3.6. Re. 8.3. He. 7.25. n v.25.

36And thou shalt ^obeat some of it very small, and put of it ^pbefore the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where ^qI will meet with thee: ^rit shall be unto you most holy.

o Le. 16.12. He. 5.7. Ho. 5.15. Ps. 51.17. p v.6. q ch. 25.22; 29.37,42. Le. 1.1; 16.2. 2Co. 5.19. r v.10,29. ch. 40.10.

37And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ^sye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the LORD.

s v.32,33.

38^tWhosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even ^ube cut off from his people.

t v.33. u Ge. 17.14. ch. 31.14. Le. 7.20-27; 17.4,9; 19.8; 23.29; 18; 20. Nu. 15.30,31; 19.13,20.