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Exodus 30 :: New International Version (NIV)

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The Altar of Incense

(Exo 37:25–28 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:1 - “Make an altar of acacia wood for burning incense.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:2 - It is to be square, a cubit long and a cubit wide, and two cubits high[fn]—its horns of one piece with it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:3 - Overlay the top and all the sides and the horns with pure gold, and make a gold molding around it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:4 - Make two gold rings for the altar below the molding—two on each of the opposite sides—to hold the poles used to carry it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:5 - Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:6 - Put the altar in front of the curtain that shields the ark of the covenant law—before the atonement cover that is over the tablets of the covenant law—where I will meet with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:7 - “Aaron must burn fragrant incense on the altar every morning when he tends the lamps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:8 - He must burn incense again when he lights the lamps at twilight so incense will burn regularly before the LORD for the generations to come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:9 - Do not offer on this altar any other incense or any burnt offering or grain offering, and do not pour a drink offering on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:10 - Once a year Aaron shall make atonement on its horns. This annual atonement must be made with the blood of the atoning sin offering[fn] for the generations to come. It is most holy to the LORD.”

Atonement Money

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:11 - Then the LORD said to Moses,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:12 - “When you take a census of the Israelites to count them, each one must pay the LORD a ransom for his life at the time he is counted. Then no plague will come on them when you number them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:13 - Each one who crosses over to those already counted is to give a half shekel,[fn] according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:14 - All who cross over, those twenty years old or more, are to give an offering to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:15 - The rich are not to give more than a half shekel and the poor are not to give less when you make the offering to the LORD to atone for your lives.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:16 - Receive the atonement money from the Israelites and use it for the service of the tent of meeting. It will be a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD, making atonement for your lives.”

Basin for Washing

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:17 - Then the LORD said to Moses,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:18 - “Make a bronze basin, with its bronze stand, for washing. Place it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:19 - Aaron and his sons are to wash their hands and feet with water from it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:20 - Whenever they enter the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water so that they will not die. Also, when they approach the altar to minister by presenting a food offering to the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:21 - they shall wash their hands and feet so that they will not die. This is to be a lasting ordinance for Aaron and his descendants for the generations to come.”

Anointing Oil

(Exo 37:29 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:22 - Then the LORD said to Moses,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:23 - “Take the following fine spices: 500 shekels[fn] of liquid myrrh, half as much (that is, 250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels[fn] of fragrant calamus,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:24 - 500 shekels of cassia—all according to the sanctuary shekel—and a hin[fn] of olive oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:25 - Make these into a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer. It will be the sacred anointing oil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:26 - Then use it to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark of the covenant law,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:27 - the table and all its articles, the lampstand and its accessories, the altar of incense,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:28 - the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:29 - You shall consecrate them so they will be most holy, and whatever touches them will be holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:30 - “Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them so they may serve me as priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:31 - Say to the Israelites, ‘This is to be my sacred anointing oil for the generations to come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:32 - Do not pour it on anyone else’s body and do not make any other oil using the same formula. It is sacred, and you are to consider it sacred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:33 - Whoever makes perfume like it and puts it on anyone other than a priest must be cut off from their people.’ ”

Incense

(Exo 37:29 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:34 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Take fragrant spices—gum resin, onycha and galbanum—and pure frankincense, all in equal amounts,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:35 - and make a fragrant blend of incense, the work of a perfumer. It is to be salted and pure and sacred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:36 - Grind some of it to powder and place it in front of the ark of the covenant law in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be most holy to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:37 - Do not make any incense with this formula for yourselves; consider it holy to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:38 - Whoever makes incense like it to enjoy its fragrance must be cut off from their people.”
See the NIV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NIV Footnotes
That is, about 1 1/2 feet long and wide and 3 feet high or about 45 centimeters long and wide and 90 centimeters high
Or purification offering
That is, about 1/5 ounce or about 5.8 grams; also in verse 15
That is, about 12 1/2 pounds or about 5.8 kilograms; also in verse 24
That is, about 6 1/4 pounds or about 2.9 kilograms
That is, probably about 1 gallon or about 3.8 liters
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