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1. "Then make another altar of acacia wood for burning incense.
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1. And thou shalt make H6213 an altar H4196 to burn H4729 incense H7004 upon: of shittim H7848 wood H6086 shalt thou make H6213 it.
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2. Make it 18 inches square and 36 inches high, with horns at the corners carved from the same piece of wood as the altar itself.
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2. A cubit H520 shall be the length H753 thereof , and a cubit H520 the breadth H7341 thereof; foursquare H7251 shall it be H1961 : and two cubits H520 shall be the height H6967 thereof : the horns H7161 thereof shall be of H4480 the same.
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3. Overlay the top, sides, and horns of the altar with pure gold, and run a gold molding around the entire altar.
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3. And thou shalt overlay H6823 it with pure H2889 gold H2091 , H853 the top H1406 thereof , and the sides H7023 thereof round about H5439 , and the horns H7161 thereof ; and thou shalt make H6213 unto it a crown H2213 of gold H2091 round about H5439 .
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4. Make two gold rings, and attach them on opposite sides of the altar below the gold molding to hold the carrying poles.
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4. And two H8147 golden H2091 rings H2885 shalt thou make H6213 to it under H4480 H8478 the crown H2213 of it, by H5921 the two H8147 corners H6763 thereof, upon H5921 the two H8147 sides H6654 of it shalt thou make H6213 it ; and they shall be H1961 for places H1004 for the staves H905 to bear H5375 it withal H1992 .
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5. Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
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5. And thou shalt make H6213 H853 the staves H905 of shittim H7848 wood H6086 , and overlay H6823 them with gold H2091 .
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6. Place the incense altar just outside the inner curtain that shields the Ark of the Covenant, in front of the Ark's cover-- the place of atonement-- that covers the tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant. I will meet with you there.
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6. And thou shalt put H5414 it before H6440 the veil H6532 that H834 is by H5921 the ark H727 of the testimony H5715 , before H6440 the mercy seat H3727 that H834 is over H5921 the testimony H5715 , where H834 H8033 I will meet H3259 with thee.
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7. "Every morning when Aaron maintains the lamps, he must burn fragrant incense on the altar.
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7. And Aaron H175 shall burn H6999 thereon H5921 sweet H5561 incense H7004 every morning H1242 H1242 : when he dresseth H3190 H853 the lamps H5216 , he shall burn incense H6999 upon it.
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8. And each evening when he lights the lamps, he must again burn incense in the LORD's presence. This must be done from generation to generation.
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8. And when Aaron H175 lighteth H5927 H853 the lamps H5216 at H996 even H6153 , he shall burn incense H6999 upon it , a perpetual H8548 incense H7004 before H6440 the LORD H3068 throughout your generations H1755 .
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9. Do not offer any unholy incense on this altar, or any burnt offerings, grain offerings, or liquid offerings.
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9. Ye shall offer H5927 no H3808 strange H2114 incense H7004 thereon H5921 , nor burnt sacrifice H5930 , nor meat offering H4503 ; neither H3808 shall ye pour H5258 drink offering H5262 thereon H5921 .
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10. "Once a year Aaron must purify the altar by smearing its horns with blood from the offering made to purify the people from their sin. This will be a regular, annual event from generation to generation, for this is the LORD's most holy altar."
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10. And Aaron H175 shall make an atonement H3722 upon H5921 the horns H7161 of it once H259 in a year H8141 with the blood H4480 H1818 of the sin offering H2403 of atonements H3725 : once H259 in the year H8141 shall he make atonement H3722 upon H5921 it throughout your generations H1755 : it H1931 is most holy H6944 H6944 unto the LORD H3068 .
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11. Then the LORD said to Moses,
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11. And the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 unto H413 Moses H4872 , saying H559 ,
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12. "Whenever you take a census of the people of Israel, each man who is counted must pay a ransom for himself to the LORD. Then no plague will strike the people as you count them.
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12. When H3588 thou takest H5375 H853 the sum H7218 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 after their number H6485 , then shall they give H5414 every man H376 a ransom H3724 for his soul H5315 unto the LORD H3068 , when thou numberest H6485 them ; that there be H1961 no H3808 plague H5063 among them , when thou numberest H6485 them.
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13. Each person who is counted must give a small piece of silver as a sacred offering to the LORD. (This payment is half a shekel, based on the sanctuary shekel, which equals twenty gerahs.)
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13. This H2088 they shall give H5414 , every one H3605 that passeth H5674 among H5921 them that are numbered H6485 , half H4276 a shekel H8255 after the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary H6944 : (a shekel H8255 is twenty H6242 gerahs H1626 :) a half H4276 shekel H8255 shall be the offering H8641 of the LORD H3068 .
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14. All who have reached their twentieth birthday must give this sacred offering to the LORD.
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14. Every one H3605 that passeth H5674 among H5921 them that are numbered H6485 , from twenty H6242 years H8141 old H4480 H1121 and above H4605 , shall give H5414 an offering H8641 unto the LORD H3068 .
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15. When this offering is given to the LORD to purify your lives, making you right with him, the rich must not give more than the specified amount, and the poor must not give less.
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15. The rich H6223 shall not H3808 give more H7235 , and the poor H1800 shall not H3808 give less H4591 than half H4480 H4276 a shekel H8255 , when they give H5414 H853 an offering H8641 unto the LORD H3068 , to make an atonement H3722 for H5921 your souls H5315 .
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16. Receive this ransom money from the Israelites, and use it for the care of the Tabernacle. It will bring the Israelites to the LORD's attention, and it will purify your lives."
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16. And thou shalt take H3947 H853 the atonement H3725 money H3701 of H4480 H854 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , and shalt appoint H5414 it for H5921 the service H5656 of the tabernacle H168 of the congregation H4150 ; that it may be H1961 a memorial H2146 unto the children H1121 of Israel H3478 before H6440 the LORD H3068 , to make an atonement H3722 for H5921 your souls H5315 .
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17. Then the LORD said to Moses,
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17. And the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 unto H413 Moses H4872 , saying H559 ,
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18. "Make a bronze washbasin with a bronze stand. Place it between the Tabernacle and the altar, and fill it with water.
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18. Thou shalt also make H6213 a laver H3595 of brass H5178 , and his foot H3653 also of brass H5178 , to wash H7364 withal : and thou shalt put H5414 it between H996 the tabernacle H168 of the congregation H4150 and the altar H4196 , and thou shalt put H5414 water H4325 therein H8033 .
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19. Aaron and his sons will wash their hands and feet there.
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19. For Aaron H175 and his sons H1121 shall wash H7364 H853 their hands H3027 and their feet H7272 thereat H4480 :
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20. They must wash with water whenever they go into the Tabernacle to appear before the LORD and when they approach the altar to burn up their special gifts to the LORD-- or they will die!
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20. When they go H935 into H413 the tabernacle H168 of the congregation H4150 , they shall wash H7364 with water H4325 , that they die H4191 not H3808 ; or H176 when they come near H5066 to H413 the altar H4196 to minister H8334 , to burn H6999 offering made by fire H801 unto the LORD H3068 :
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21. They must always wash their hands and feet, or they will die. This is a permanent law for Aaron and his descendants, to be observed from generation to generation."
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21. So they shall wash H7364 their hands H3027 and their feet H7272 , that they die H4191 not H3808 : and it shall be H1961 a statute H2706 forever H5769 to them, even to him and to his seed H2233 throughout their generations H1755 .
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22. Then the LORD said to Moses,
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22. Moreover the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 unto H413 Moses H4872 , saying H559 ,
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23. "Collect choice spices-- 12-1/2 pounds of pure myrrh, 6-1/4 pounds of fragrant cinnamon, 6-1/4 pounds of fragrant calamus,
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23. Take H3947 thou H859 also unto thee principal H7218 spices H1314 , of pure H1865 myrrh H4753 five H2568 hundred H3967 shekels , and of sweet H1314 cinnamon H7076 half so much H4276 , even two hundred H3967 and fifty H2572 shekels , and of sweet H1314 calamus H7070 two hundred H3967 and fifty H2572 shekels ,
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24. and 12-1/2 pounds of cassia-- as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel. Also get one gallon of olive oil.
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24. And of cassia H6916 five H2568 hundred H3967 shekels , after the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary H6944 , and of oil H8081 olive H2132 a hin H1969 :
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25. Like a skilled incense maker, blend these ingredients to make a holy anointing oil.
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25. And thou shalt make H6213 it an oil H8081 of holy H6944 ointment H4888 , an ointment H7545 compound H4842 after the art H4639 of the apothecary H7543 : it shall be H1961 a holy H6944 anointing H4888 oil H8081 .
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26. Use this sacred oil to anoint the Tabernacle, the Ark of the Covenant,
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26. And thou shalt anoint H4886 H853 the tabernacle H168 of the congregation H4150 therewith , and the ark H727 of the testimony H5715 ,
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27. the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and all its accessories, the incense altar,
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27. And the table H7979 and all H3605 his vessels H3627 , and the candlestick H4501 and his vessels H3627 , and the altar H4196 of incense H7004 ,
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28. the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the washbasin with its stand.
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28. And the altar H4196 of burnt offering H5930 with all H3605 his vessels H3627 , and the laver H3595 and his foot H3653 .
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29. Consecrate them to make them absolutely holy. After this, whatever touches them will also become holy.
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29. And thou shalt sanctify H6942 them , that they may be H1961 most holy H6944 H6944 : whatsoever H3605 toucheth H5060 them shall be holy H6942 .
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30. "Anoint Aaron and his sons also, consecrating them to serve me as priests.
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30. And thou shalt anoint H4886 Aaron H175 and his sons H1121 , and consecrate H6942 them , that they may minister unto me in the priest's office H3547 .
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31. And say to the people of Israel, 'This holy anointing oil is reserved for me from generation to generation.
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31. And thou shalt speak H1696 unto H413 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , saying H559 , This H2088 shall be H1961 a holy H6944 anointing H4888 oil H8081 unto me throughout your generations H1755 .
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32. It must never be used to anoint anyone else, and you must never make any blend like it for yourselves. It is holy, and you must treat it as holy.
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32. Upon H5921 man H120 's flesh H1320 shall it not H3808 be poured H3251 , neither H3808 shall ye make H6213 any other like it H3644 , after the composition H4971 of it: it H1931 is holy H6944 , and it shall be H1961 holy H6944 unto you.
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33. Anyone who makes a blend like it or anoints someone other than a priest will be cut off from the community.'"
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33. Whosoever H376 H834 compoundeth H7543 any like it H3644 , or whosoever H834 putteth H5414 any of H4480 it upon H5921 a stranger H2114 , shall even be cut off H3772 from his people H4480 H5971 .
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34. Then the LORD said to Moses, "Gather fragrant spices-- resin droplets, mollusk shell, and galbanum-- and mix these fragrant spices with pure frankincense, weighed out in equal amounts.
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34. And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 Moses H4872 , Take H3947 unto thee sweet spices H5561 , stacte H5198 , and onycha H7827 , and galbanum H2464 ; these sweet spices H5561 with pure H2134 frankincense H3828 : of each H905 shall there be H1961 a like H905 weight :
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35. Using the usual techniques of the incense maker, blend the spices together and sprinkle them with salt to produce a pure and holy incense.
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35. And thou shalt make H6213 it a perfume H7004 , a confection H7545 after the art H4639 of the apothecary H7543 , tempered together H4414 , pure H2889 and holy H6944 :
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36. Grind some of the mixture into a very fine powder and put it in front of the Ark of the Covenant, where I will meet with you in the Tabernacle. You must treat this incense as most holy.
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36. And thou shalt beat H7833 some of H4480 it very small H1854 , and put H5414 of H4480 it before H6440 the testimony H5715 in the tabernacle H168 of the congregation H4150 , where H834 H8033 I will meet H3259 with thee : it shall be H1961 unto you most holy H6944 H6944 .
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37. Never use this formula to make this incense for yourselves. It is reserved for the LORD, and you must treat it as holy.
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37. And as for the perfume H7004 which H834 thou shalt make H6213 , ye shall not H3808 make H6213 to yourselves according to the composition H4971 thereof : it shall be H1961 unto thee holy H6944 for the LORD H3068 .
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38. Anyone who makes incense like this for personal use will be cut off from the community."
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38. Whosoever H376 H834 shall make H6213 like unto that H3644 , to smell H7306 thereto , shall even be cut off H3772 from his people H4480 H5971 .
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