Exodus 30 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

The Altar of Incense

(Exo 37:25–28 )

“Moreover, you shall make^H6213 an altar^H4196 as a place^H4729 for^H4729 burning^H4729 incense^H7004; you shall make^H6213 it of acacia^H7848 wood^H6086.

Exo 30:2

Exo 30:2“Its length shall be a [fn]cubit, and its width a cubit; it shall be square. And its height shall be two cubits; its horns shall be [fn]of the same piece.

Exo 30:3

Exo 30:3“You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top and its [fn]sides all around, and its horns; and you shall make a gold molding all around for it.

Exo 30:4

Exo 30:4“You shall make two gold rings for it under its molding; you shall make them on its two side walls—on [fn]opposite sides—and [fn]they shall be holders for poles with which to carry it.

Exo 30:5

Exo 30:5“You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

Exo 30:6

Exo 30:6“You shall put [fn]this altar in front of the veil that is [fn]near the ark of the testimony, in front of the [fn]mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with you.

Exo 30:7

Exo 30:7“Aaron shall burn fragrant incense on it; he shall burn it every morning when he trims the lamps.

Exo 30:8

Exo 30:8“When Aaron [fn]trims the lamps [fn]at twilight, he shall burn incense. There shall be continual incense before Yahweh throughout your generations.

Exo 30:9

Exo 30:9“You shall not offer any strange incense on [fn]this altar or burnt offering or grain offering; and you shall not pour out a drink offering on it.

Exo 30:10

Exo 30:10“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 Yahweh.”

The Census and the Atonement Price

Exo 30:11

Yahweh^H3068 also spoke^H1696 to Moses^H4872, saying^H559,

Exo 30:12

Exo 30:12“When you take a [fn]census of the sons of Israel [fn]to number them, then each one of them shall give a price of atonement for [fn]himself to Yahweh when you [fn]number them, so that there will be no plague among them when you [fn]number them.

Exo 30:13

Exo 30:13“This is what everyone who [fn]is numbered shall give: half a [fn]shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty [fn]gerahs), half a shekel as a [fn]contribution to Yahweh.

Exo 30:14

Exo 30:14“Everyone who [fn]is numbered, from twenty years old and over, shall give the [fn]contribution to Yahweh.

Exo 30:15

Exo 30:15“The rich shall not pay more and the poor shall not pay less than the half shekel when you give the [fn]contribution to Yahweh to make atonement for your souls.

Exo 30:16

Exo 30:16“And 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 remembrance for the sons of Israel before Yahweh, to make atonement for your souls.”

The Laver for the Priestly Washing

Exo 30:17

And Yahweh^H3068 spoke^H1696 to Moses^H4872, saying^H559,

Exo 30:18

Exo 30:18“You shall also make a laver of [fn]bronze, with its stand of bronze, for washing; and you shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it.

Exo 30:19

Exo 30:19“And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet from it;

Exo 30:20

Exo 30:20when they come into 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 Yahweh.

Exo 30:21

Exo 30:21“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 [fn]Aaron and his seed throughout their generations.”

The Holy Anointing Oil

(Exo 37:29 )

Exo 30:22

Moreover, Yahweh^H3068 spoke^H1696 to Moses^H4872, saying^H559,

Exo 30:23

Exo 30:23“But as for you, take for yourself the finest of spices: of flowing myrrh 500 shekels, and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, 250, and of fragrant cane 250,

Exo 30:24

Exo 30:24and of cassia 500, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a [fn]hin.

Exo 30:25

Exo 30:25“And you shall make [fn]of these a holy anointing oil, a perfume mixture, the work of a perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.

Exo 30:26

Exo 30:26“And with it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony,

Exo 30:27

Exo 30:27and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense,

Exo 30:28

Exo 30:28and the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the laver and its stand.

Exo 30:29

Exo 30:29“You shall also set them apart as holy, that they may be most holy; whatever touches them shall be holy.

Exo 30:30

Exo 30:30“And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and you shall set them apart as holy, that they may minister as priests to Me.

Exo 30:31

Exo 30:31“And you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘This shall be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations.

Exo 30:32

Exo 30:32‘It shall not be poured on [fn]anyone’s body, nor shall you make any like it in [fn]the same specifications; it is holy, and it shall be holy to you.

Exo 30:33

Exo 30:33‘Whoever shall mix any like it or whoever puts any of it on a [fn]layman [fn]shall be cut off from his people.’”

The Incense

(Exo 37:29 )

Exo 30:34

Then Yahweh^H3068 said^H559 to Moses^H4872, “Take^H3947 for yourself fragrances^H5561, stacte^H5198 and onycha^H7827 and galbanum^H2464, fragrances^H5561 with pure^H2134 frankincense^H3828; there shall be an equal part^H905 of each^H905.

Exo 30:35

Exo 30:35“With it you shall make incense, a perfume, the work of a perfumer, salted, pure, and holy.

Exo 30:36

Exo 30:36“You shall beat some of it very fine, and you shall 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.

Exo 30:37