Thematic Bible




Exodus 30:1 (show verse)

“Moreover, you shall make an altar as a place for burning incense; you shall make it of acacia wood.

Exodus 30:2 (show verse)

Its length shall be a cubit, and its width a cubit, it shall be square, and its height shall be two cubits; its horns shall be of one piece with it.

Exodus 30:3 (show verse)

You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top and its sides all around, and its horns; and you shall make a gold molding all around for it.

Exodus 30:4 (show verse)

You shall make two gold rings for it under its molding; you shall make them on its two side walls—on opposite sides—and they shall be holders for poles with which to carry it.

Exodus 30:5 (show verse)

You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

Exodus 30:6 (show verse)

You shall put this altar in front of the veil that is near the ark of the testimony, in front of the mercy seat that is over the ark of the testimony, where I will meet with you.

Exodus 30:7 (show verse)

Aaron shall burn fragrant incense on it; he shall burn it every morning when he trims the lamps.

Exodus 30:8 (show verse)

When Aaron trims the lamps at twilight, he shall burn incense. There shall be perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations.

Exodus 30:9 (show verse)

You shall not offer any strange incense on this altar, or burnt offering or meal offering; and you shall not pour out a drink offering on it.

Exodus 30:10 (show verse)

Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once a year; he shall make atonement on it with the blood of the sin offering of atonement once a year throughout your generations. It is most holy to the Lord.”

Exodus 30:11 (show verse)

The Lord also spoke to Moses, saying,

Exodus 30:12 (show verse)

“When you take a census of the sons of Israel to number them, then each one of them shall give a ransom for himself to the Lord, when you number them, so that there will be no plague among them when you number them.

Exodus 30:13 (show verse)

This is what everyone who is numbered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as a contribution to the Lord.

Exodus 30:14 (show verse)

Everyone who is numbered, from twenty years old and over, shall give the contribution to the Lord.

Exodus 30:15 (show verse)

The rich shall not pay more and the poor shall not pay less than the half shekel, when you give the contribution to the Lord to make atonement for yourselves.

Exodus 30:16 (show verse)

You shall take the atonement money from the sons of Israel and shall give it for the service of the tent of meeting, that it may be a memorial for the sons of Israel before the Lord, to make atonement for yourselves.”

Exodus 30:17 (show verse)

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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Exodus 30:18 (show verse)

“You shall also make a laver of bronze, with its base of bronze, for washing; and you shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it.

Exodus 30:19 (show verse)

Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet from it;

Exodus 30:20 (show verse)

when they enter the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, so that they will not die; or when they approach the altar to minister, by offering up in smoke a fire sacrifice to the Lord.

Exodus 30:21 (show verse)

So they shall wash their hands and their feet, so that they will not die; and it shall be a perpetual statute for them, for Aaron and his descendants throughout their generations.”

Exodus 30:22 (show verse)

Moreover, the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Exodus 30:23 (show verse)

“Take also for yourself the finest of spices: of flowing myrrh five hundred shekels, and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, two hundred and fifty, and of fragrant cane two hundred and fifty,

Exodus 30:24 (show verse)

and of cassia five hundred, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin.

Exodus 30:25 (show verse)

You shall make of these a holy anointing oil, a perfume mixture, the work of a perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.

Exodus 30:26 (show verse)

With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony,

Exodus 30:27 (show verse)

and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense,

Exodus 30:28 (show verse)

and the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the laver and its stand.

Exodus 30:29 (show verse)

You shall also consecrate them, that they may be most holy; whatever touches them shall be holy.

Exodus 30:30 (show verse)

You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister as priests to Me.

Exodus 30:31 (show verse)

You shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘This shall be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations.

Exodus 30:32 (show verse)

It shall not be poured on anyone’s body, nor shall you make any like it in the same proportions; it is holy, and it shall be holy to you.

Exodus 30:33 (show verse)

Whoever shall mix any like it or whoever puts any of it on a layman shall be cut off from his people.’”

Exodus 30:34 (show verse)

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Take for yourself spices, stacte and onycha and galbanum, spices with pure frankincense; there shall be an equal part of each.

Exodus 30:35 (show verse)

With it you shall make incense, a perfume, the work of a perfumer, salted, pure, and holy.

Exodus 30:36 (show verse)

You shall beat some of it very fine, and put part of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting where I will meet with you; it shall be most holy to you.

Exodus 30:37 (show verse)

The incense which you shall make, you shall not make in the same proportions for yourselves; it shall be holy to you for the Lord.

Exodus 30:38 (show verse)

Whoever shall make any like it, to use as perfume, shall be cut off from his people.”