Exodus 30 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

Exo 30:1And thou shalt make the altar of incense of incorruptible wood.

Exo 30:2And thou shalt make it a cubit in length, and a cubit in breadth: it shall be square; and the height of it shall be of two cubits, its horns shall be [fn]of the same piece.

Exo 30:3

Exo 30:3And thou shalt gild its grate with pure gold, and its sides round about, and its horns; and thou shalt make for it a wreathen border of gold round-about.

Exo 30:4

Exo 30:4And thou shalt make under its wreathen border two rings of pure gold; thou shalt make it to the two corners on the two sides, and they shall be bearings for the staves, so as to bear it with them.

Exo 30:5

Exo 30:5And thou shalt make the staves of incorruptible wood, and shalt gild them with gold.

Exo 30:6

Exo 30:6And thou shalt set it before the veil that is over the ark of the testimonies, wherein I will make myself known to thee from thence.

Exo 30:7

Exo 30:7And Aaron shall burn upon it fine compound incense every morning; whensoever he trims the lamps he shall burn incense upon it.

Exo 30:8

Exo 30:8And when Aaron lights the lamps in the evening, he shall burn incense upon it; a constant incense-offering always before the Lord for their generations.

Exo 30:9

Exo 30:9And thou shalt not offer strange incense upon it, nor an offering made by fire, nor a sacrifice; and thou shalt not pour a drink-offering upon it.

Exo 30:10

Exo 30:10And once in the year Aaron shall make atonement [fn]on its horns, he shall purge it with the blood of purification for their generations: it is most holy to the Lord.

Exo 30:11

Exo 30:11And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Exo 30:12

Exo 30:12If thou take account of the children of Israel in the surveying of them, and they shall give every one a ransom for his soul to the Lord, then there shall not be among them a [fn]destruction in the visiting of them.

Exo 30:13

Exo 30:13And this is what they shall give, as many as pass the survey, half a didrachm which is according to the didrachm of the sanctuary: twenty oboli go to the didrachm, but the half of the didrachm is the offering to the Lord.

Exo 30:14

Exo 30:14Every one that passes the survey from twenty years old and upwards shall give the offering to the Lord.

Exo 30:15

Exo 30:15The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than the half didrachm in giving the offering to the Lord, to make atonement for your souls.

Exo 30:16

Exo 30:16And thou shalt take the money of the offering from the children of Israel, and shalt give it for the service of the tabernacle of testimony; and it shall be to the children of Israel a memorial before the Lord, to make atonement for your souls.

Exo 30:17

Exo 30:17And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Exo 30:18

Exo 30:18Make a brazen laver, and a brazen base for it, [fn]for washing; and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of witness and the altar, and thou shalt pour forth water into it.

Exo 30:19

Exo 30:19And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet with water from it.

Exo 30:20

Exo 30:20Whensoever they shall go into the tabernacle of witness, they shall wash themselves with water, so they shall not die, whensoever they advance to the altar to do service and to offer the whole burnt-offerings to the Lord.

Exo 30:21

Exo 30:21They shall wash their hands and feet with water, whensoever they shall go into the tabernacle of witness; they shall wash themselves with water, that they die not; and it shall be for them a perpetual statute, for him and his [fn]posterity after him.

Exo 30:22

Exo 30:22And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Exo 30:23

Exo 30:23Do thou also take sweet herbs, the flower of choice myrrh five hundred shekels, and the half of this two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet-smelling cinnamon, and two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet-smelling calamus,

Exo 30:24

Exo 30:24and of [fn]cassia five hundred shekels of the sanctuary, and a hin of olive oil.

Exo 30:25

Exo 30:25And thou shalt make it a holy anointing oil, a perfumed ointment tempered by the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.

Exo 30:26

Exo 30:26And thou shalt anoint with it the tabernacle of witness, and the ark of the tabernacle of witness,

Exo 30:27

Exo 30:27and all its furniture, and the candlestick and all its furniture, and the altar of incense,

Exo 30:28

Exo 30:28and the altar of whole burnt-offerings and all its furniture, and the table and all its furniture, and the laver.

Exo 30:29

Exo 30:29And thou shalt sanctify them, and they shall be most holy: every one that touches them shall be hallowed.

Exo 30:30

Exo 30:30And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them that they may minister to me as priests.

Exo 30:31

Exo 30:31And thou shalt speak to the children of Israel, saying, This shall be to you a holy anointing oil throughout your generations.

Exo 30:32

Exo 30:32On man's flesh it shall not be poured, and ye shall not make any for yourselves according to this composition: it is holy, and shall be holiness to you.

Exo 30:33

Exo 30:33Whosoever shall make it in like manner, and whosoever shall give of it to a stranger, shall be destroyed from among his people.

Exo 30:34

Exo 30:34And the Lord said to Moses, Take for thyself sweet herbs, stacte, onycha, sweet galbanum, and transparent frankincense; there shall be [fn]an equal weight of each.

Exo 30:35

Exo 30:35And they shall make with it perfumed incense, tempered with the art of a perfumer, a pure holy work.

Exo 30:36

Exo 30:36And of these thou shalt beat some small, and thou shalt put it before the testimonies in the tabernacle of testimony, whence I will make myself known to thee: it shall be to you a most holy incense.

Exo 30:37

Exo 30:37Ye shall not make any for yourselves according to this composition; it shall be to you a holy thing for the Lord.

Exo 30:38

Exo 30:38Whosoever shall make any in like manner, so as [fn]to smell it, shall perish from his people.