“Tell the Israelites: This will be My holy anointing oil throughout your generations.

Anyone who blends something like it or puts some of it on an unauthorized person must be cut off from his people.”

It must not be used for ordinary anointing on a person’s body, and you must not make anything like it using its formula. It is holy, and it must be holy to you.

The Lord said to Moses: “Take fragrant spices: stacte, onycha, and galbanum; the spices and pure frankincense are to be in equal measures.

“Take for yourself the finest spices: 12½ pounds of liquid myrrh, half as much (6¼ pounds) of fragrant cinnamon, 6¼ pounds of fragrant cane,

“You are to make an altar for the burning of incense; make it of acacia wood.

The Lord spoke to Moses:

The Lord spoke to Moses:

“Once a year Aaron is to perform the purification rite on the horns of the altar. Throughout your generations he is to perform the purification rite for it once a year, with the blood of the sin offering for atonement. The altar is especially holy to the Lord.”

Everyone who is registered must pay half a shekel according to the sanctuary shekel (20 gerahs to the shekel). This half shekel is a contribution to the Lord.

Grind some of it into a fine powder and put some in front of the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with you. It must be especially holy to you.

“When you take a census of the Israelites to register them, each of the men must pay a ransom for himself to the Lord as they are registered. Then no plague will come on them as they are registered.

Prepare expertly blended incense from these; it is to be seasoned with salt, pure and holy.

Aaron must burn fragrant incense on it; he must burn it every morning when he tends the lamps.

The Lord spoke to Moses:

As for the incense you are making, you must not make any for yourselves using its formula. It is to be regarded by you as sacred to the Lord.

Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them to serve Me as priests.

Prepare from these a holy anointing oil, a scented blend, the work of a perfumer; it will be holy anointing oil.

“Make a bronze basin for washing and a bronze stand for it. Set it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it.

When Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he must burn incense. There is to be an incense offering before the Lord throughout your generations.

Anyone who makes something like it to smell its fragrance must be cut off from his people.”

“With it you are to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony,

You must not offer unauthorized incense on it, or a burnt or grain offering; you are not to pour a drink offering on it.

The wealthy may not give more and the poor may not give less than half a shekel when giving the contribution to the Lord to atone for your lives.

“You are to place the altar in front of the veil by the ark of the testimony—in front of the mercy seat that is over the testimony—where I will meet with you.

It must be square, 18 inches long and 18 inches wide; it must be 36 inches high. Its horns must be of one piece.

Take the atonement money from the Israelites and use it for the service of the tent of meeting. It will serve as a reminder for the Israelites before the Lord to atone for your lives.”

12½ pounds of cassia (by the sanctuary shekel), and one gallon of olive oil.

Whenever they enter the tent of meeting or approach the altar to minister by burning up an offering to the Lord, they must wash with water so that they will not die.

Each man who is registered, 20 years old or more, must give this contribution to the Lord.

Consecrate them and they will be especially holy. Whatever touches them will be consecrated.

Aaron and his sons must wash their hands and feet from the basin.

They must wash their hands and feet so that they will not die; this is to be a permanent statute for them, for Aaron and his descendants throughout their generations.”

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

Make two gold rings for it under the molding on two of its sides; put these on opposite sides of it to be holders for the poles to carry it with.

Overlay its top, all around its sides, and its horns with pure gold; make a gold molding all around it.

Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

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