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title: Exodus 30
slug: kjv/exodus-30
createdAt: 2024-07-31T02:56:50.443Z
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**1 **And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: *of* shittim wood shalt thou make it. **2 **A cubit *shall be* the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits *shall be* the height thereof: the horns thereof *shall be* of the same. **3 **And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about. **4 **And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make *it*; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal. **5 **And thou shalt make the staves *of* shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. **6 **And thou shalt put it before the vail that *is* by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that *is* over the testimony, where I will meet with thee. **7 **And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. **8 **And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations. **9 **Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon. **10 **And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it *is* most holy unto the LORD.

**11 **And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, **12 **When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when *thou* numberest them. **13 **This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel *is* twenty gerahs:) an half shekel *shall be* the offering of the LORD. **14 **Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD. **15 **The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when *they* give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls. **16 **And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.

**17 **And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, **18 **Thou shalt also make a laver *of* brass, and his foot *also of* brass, to wash *withal*: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein. **19 **For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat: **20 **When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD: **21 **So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, *even* to him and to his seed throughout their generations.

**22 **Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, **23 **Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred *shekels*, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, *even* two hundred and fifty *shekels*, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty *shekels*, **24 **And of cassia five hundred *shekels*, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin: **25 **And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil. **26 **And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony, **27 **And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense, **28 **And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot. **29 **And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy. **30 **And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that *they* may minister unto me in the priest's office. **31 **And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations. **32 **Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make *any other* like it, after the composition of it: it *is* holy, *and* it shall be holy unto you. **33 **Whosoever compoundeth *any* like it, or whosoever putteth *any* of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.

**34 **And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; *these* sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like *weight*: **35 **And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure *and* holy: **36 **And thou shalt beat *some* of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy. **37 **And *as for* the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the LORD. **38 **Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.