Thematic Bible
Exodus 30:1 (show verse)
Build an altar out of acacia wood for burning incense.
Exodus 30:2 (show verse)
Make it eighteen inches square and thirty-six inches high. The horns that extend out of it and the altar should be made out of one piece of wood.
Exodus 30:3 (show verse)
Cover it all with pure gold, the top, the sides, and the horns. Put a gold molding around it.
Exodus 30:4 (show verse)
Make two gold rings. Place them below the molding on opposite sides to hold the poles for carrying it.
Exodus 30:5 (show verse)
Make the poles out of acacia wood. Cover them with gold.
Exodus 30:6 (show verse)
Place the altar in front of the canopy that hangs over the ark containing the words of my covenant I will meet with you there in front of the throne of mercy that is on the ark.
Exodus 30:7 (show verse)
Aaron must burn sweet incense on this altar every morning when he takes care of the lamps.
Exodus 30:8 (show verse)
When Aaron lights the lamps at dusk he must burn incense. An incense offering must burn (smoke) constantly in Jehovah's presence for generations to come.
Exodus 30:9 (show verse)
Do not burn any unauthorized incense on this altar or any burnt offerings or grain offerings. Do not pour a wine offering on it.
Exodus 30:10 (show verse)
Once a year Aaron must make atonement with Jehovah by putting blood on its horns. Once a year for generations to come blood from the offering must be placed on the altar to make atonement with Jehovah. It is most holy to Jehovah.
Exodus 30:11 (show verse)
Jehovah again spoke to Moses:
Exodus 30:12 (show verse)
When you take a census of the people of Israel, each man is to pay me a price for his life. This to insure that no disaster will come on him while the census is being taken.
Exodus 30:13 (show verse)
Everyone included in the census must pay the required amount of money. It should be weighed according to the official standard. Everyone must pay this as an offering to me.
Exodus 30:14 (show verse)
Every man being counted in the census who is twenty years old or older is to pay me this amount.
Exodus 30:15 (show verse)
The rich man is not to pay more. The poor man is not to pay less, when they pay this amount for their lives.
Exodus 30:16 (show verse)
Collect this money from the people of Israel and spend it for the upkeep of the tent of meeting. This tax will be the payment for their lives. I will remember to protect them.
Exodus 30:17 (show verse)
Jehovah said to Moses:
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Exodus 30:18 (show verse)
Make a copper basin with a bronze stand for washing. Put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and fill it with water.
Exodus 30:19 (show verse)
Aaron and his sons will use it for washing their hands and feet.
Exodus 30:20 (show verse)
Before they go into the tent of meeting, they must wash so that they will not die. Before they come near the altar to serve as priests and burn an offering by fire to Jehovah.
Exodus 30:21 (show verse)
They must wash their hands and feet, so that they will not die. This is a long lasting rule that they and their descendants are to observe.
Exodus 30:22 (show verse)
Jehovah said to Moses:
Exodus 30:23 (show verse)
Take top quality spices: twelve pounds of liquid myrrh, six pounds of sweet-smelling cinnamon, six pounds of sweet-smelling cane,
Exodus 30:24 (show verse)
and twelve pounds of cassia, according to the official standard. Add one gallon of olive oil,
Exodus 30:25 (show verse)
and make sacred anointing oil, mixed like perfume.
Exodus 30:26 (show verse)
This is for dedicating the tent and chest,
Exodus 30:27 (show verse)
the table with its equipment, the lamp stand with its equipment, the incense altar with all its utensils,
Exodus 30:28 (show verse)
the altar for sacrifices, and the large bowl with its stand.
Exodus 30:29 (show verse)
You will make them so holy that anyone who even touches them will become holy when you dedicate them this way.
Exodus 30:30 (show verse)
Sprinkle Aaron and his sons with this oil when you ordain them as my priests.
Exodus 30:31 (show verse)
Say this to the people of Israel: 'This oil must always be used in the ordination service of a priest. It is holy because it is dedicated to Jehovah.
Exodus 30:32 (show verse)
So treat it as holy! Do not use it for everyday purposes or mix any for yourselves.
Exodus 30:33 (show verse)
If you do, you will no longer belong to Jehovah's people.'
Exodus 30:34 (show verse)
Jehovah said to Moses: Take one part fragrant spices and two kinds of gum resin and aromatic mollusk shells, and mix them with one part pure frankincense.
Exodus 30:35 (show verse)
Have a perfumer make it into fragrant incense, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.
Exodus 30:36 (show verse)
Grind some of it into a fine powder. Put it in front of the ark containing the words of my covenant in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with you. You must treat it as most holy.
Exodus 30:37 (show verse)
Do not make any incense for yourselves using this formula. Treat it as holy to Jehovah.
Exodus 30:38 (show verse)
Anyone who prepares anything like it for his own enjoyment must be excluded from his people.