Exodus 30

The Altar of Incense

1 j "You shall make k an altar on which to burn incense; you shall make it of acacia wood. 2 A cubit 1 shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth. It shall be square, and two cubits shall be its height. l Its horns shall be of one piece with it. 3 You shall m overlay it with pure gold, its top and around its sides and its horns. And you shall make a molding of gold around it. 4 And you shall make two golden rings for it. Under its molding on two opposite sides of it you shall make them, and they shall be n holders for poles with which to carry it. 5 You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. 6 And you shall put it in front of the veil that is above the ark of the testimony, in front of the o mercy seat that is above the testimony, where I will meet with you. 7 And Aaron shall p burn fragrant incense on it. Every morning when he q dresses the lamps he shall burn it, 8 and when Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he shall burn it, a regular incense offering before the Lord throughout your generations. 9 You shall not offer r unauthorized incense on it, or a burnt offering, or a grain offering, and you shall not pour a drink offering on it. 10 s Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once a year. With the blood of the t sin offering of atonement he shall make atonement for it once in the year throughout your generations. It is most holy to the Lord."

The Census Tax

11 The Lord said to Moses, 12 u "When you take the census of the people of Israel, then each shall give v a ransom for his life to the Lord when you number them, that there be no plague among them when you number them. 13 Each one who is numbered in the census shall give this: half a shekel 2 according to the w shekel of the sanctuary (the x shekel is twenty gerahs), 3 y half a shekel as an offering to the Lord. 14 Everyone who is numbered in the census, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the Lord's offering. 15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than y the half shekel, when you give the Lord's offering to make atonement for your lives. 16 You shall take the atonement money from the people of Israel and shall z give it for the service of the tent of meeting, that it may bring the people of Israel to a remembrance before the Lord, so as to make atonement for your lives."

The Bronze Basin

17 The Lord said to Moses, 18 "You shall also make a b basin of bronze, with its stand of bronze, for washing. b You shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it, 19 with which Aaron and his sons c shall wash their hands and their feet. 20 When they go into the tent of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister, to burn a food offering 4 to the Lord, they shall wash with water, so that they may not die. 21 They shall wash their hands and their feet, so that they may not die. It shall d be a statute forever to them, even to him and to his offspring throughout their generations."

The Anointing Oil and Incense

22 The Lord said to Moses, 23 "Take the e finest spices: of liquid myrrh 500 shekels, and of sweet-smelling cinnamon half as much, that is, 250, and 250 of f aromatic cane, 24 and 500 of cassia, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a g hin 5 of olive oil. 25 And you shall make of these a sacred anointing oil blended as by the h perfumer; it shall be a i holy anointing oil. 26 j With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony, 27 and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense, 28 and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils and the k basin and its stand. 29 You shall consecrate them, that they may be most holy. l Whatever touches them will become holy. 30 m You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests. 31 And you shall say to the people of Israel, 'This shall be my holy anointing oil throughout your generations. 32 It shall not be poured on the body of an ordinary person, and you shall make no other like it in composition. n It is holy, and it shall be holy to you. 33 o Whoever compounds any like it or whoever puts any of it on an outsider shall be cut off from his people.'"

34 The Lord said to Moses, p "Take sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum, sweet spices with pure frankincense (of each shall there be an equal part), 35 and make an q incense blended as by the r perfumer, s seasoned with salt, pure and holy. 36 You shall beat some of it very small, and put part of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting t where I shall meet with you. u It shall be most holy for you. 37 And the incense that you shall make v according to its composition, you shall not make for yourselves. It shall be for you holy to the Lord. 38 w Whoever makes any like it to use as perfume shall be cut off from his people."

  1. Cross References
    Exodus 30:1 - 5
    You shall make an altar on which to burn incense; you shall make it of acacia wood.
    Exodus 37:25 - 28
    He made the altar of incense of acacia wood. Its length was a cubit, and its breadth was a cubit. It was square, and two cubits was its height. Its horns were of one piece with it.
  2. Cross References
    Exodus 40:5
    And you shall put the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and set up the screen for the door of the tabernacle.
    Leviticus 4:7
    And the priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense before the Lord that is in the tent of meeting, and all the rest of the blood of the bull he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering that is at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
    Revelation 8:3
    And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar before the throne.
  3. Cross References
    Exodus 27:2
    And you shall make horns for it on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze.
  4. Cross References
    Exodus 39:38
    The golden altar, the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and the screen for the entrance of the tent.
    Exodus 40:5
    And you shall put the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and set up the screen for the door of the tabernacle.
    Exodus 40:26
    He put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil.
    Numbers 4:11
    And over the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue and cover it with a covering of goatskin, and shall put in its poles.
  5. Cross References
    Exodus 25:27
    Close to the frame the rings shall lie, as holders for the poles to carry the table.
  6. Cross References
    Exodus 25:21 - 22
    And you shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you.
  7. Cross References
    Exodus 30:34
    The Lord said to Moses, "Take sweet spices, sta...
    Exodus 31:11
    And the anointing oil and the fragrant incense ...
    Exodus 37:29
    He made the holy anointing oil also, and the pu...
    Exodus 40:27
    And burned fragrant incense on it, as the Lord ...
    1 Samuel 2:28
    Did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israe...
    1 Chronicles 23:13
    The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron was s...
    2 Chronicles 2:4
    Behold, I am about to build a house for the nam...
    2 Chronicles 29:11
    My sons, do not now be negligent, for the Lord ...
    Luke 1:9
    According to the custom of the priesthood, he w...
  8. Cross References
    Exodus 27:20 - 21
    You shall command the people of Israel that they bring to you pure beaten olive oil for the light, that a lamp may regularly be set up to burn.
  9. Cross References
    Leviticus 10:1
    Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it and laid incense on it and offered unauthorized fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded them.
  10. Cross References
    Leviticus 16:18
    Then he shall go out to the altar that is before the Lord and make atonement for it, and shall take some of the blood of the bull and some of the blood of the goat, and put it on the horns of the altar all around.
    Leviticus 23:27
    Now on the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. It shall be for you a time of holy convocation, and you shall afflict yourselves and present a food offering to the Lord.
  11. Cross References
    Exodus 29:36
    And every day you shall offer a bull as a sin offering for atonement. Also you shall purify the altar, when you make atonement for it, and shall anoint it to consecrate it.
  12. Cross References
    Numbers 1:2 - 4
    Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, by clans, by fathers' houses, according to the number of names, every male, head by head.
    Numbers 26:2
    "Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers' houses, all in Israel who are able to go to war."
    2 Samuel 24:2
    So the king said to Joab, the commander of the army, who was with him, "Go through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and number the people, that I may know the number of the people.
  13. Cross References
    Exodus 21:30
    If a ransom is imposed on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is imposed on him.
    Numbers 31:50
    And we have brought the Lord 's offering, what each man found, articles of gold, armlets and bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and beads, to make atonement for ourselves before the Lord.
    Psalms 49:7
    Truly no man can ransom another, or give to God the price of his life.
  14. Cross References
    Exodus 38:24
    All the gold that was used for the work, in all the construction of the sanctuary, the gold from the offering, was twenty-nine talents and 730 shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary.
    Leviticus 5:15
    If anyone commits a breach of faith and sins unintentionally in any of the holy things of the Lord, he shall bring to the Lord as his compensation, a ram without blemish out of the flock, valued in silver shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for a guilt offering.
    Leviticus 27:3
    Then the valuation of a male from twenty years old up to sixty years old shall be fifty shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.
    Leviticus 27:25
    Every valuation shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall make a shekel.
  15. Cross References
    Leviticus 27:25
    Every valuation shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall make a shekel.
    Numbers 3:47
    You shall take five shekels per head; you shall take them according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel of twenty gerahs).
    Numbers 18:16
    And their redemption price (at a month old you shall redeem them) you shall fix at five shekels in silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.
    Ezekiel 45:12
    The shekel shall be twenty gerahs; twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels shall be your mina.
  16. Cross References
    Exodus 38:26
    A beka a head (that is, half a shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary), for everyone who was listed in the records, from twenty years old and upward, for 603,550 men.
    Matthew 17:24
    When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax went up to Peter and said, "Does your teacher not pay the tax?
    Genesis 24:22
    When the camels had finished drinking, the man took a gold ring weighing a half shekel, and two bracelets for her arms weighing ten gold shekels.
  17. Cross References
    Exodus 30:13
    Each one who is numbered in the census shall give this: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as an offering to the Lord.
  18. Cross References
    Exodus 38:25 - 31
    The silver from those of the congregation who were recorded was a hundred talents and 1,775 shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary:
  19. Cross References
    Exodus 28:12
    And you shall set the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel. And Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord on his two shoulders for remembrance.
    Exodus 39:7
    And he set them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod to be stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
    Numbers 16:40
    To be a reminder to the people of Israel, so that no outsider, who is not of the descendants of Aaron, should draw near to burn incense before the Lord, lest he become like Korah and his company - as the Lord said to him through Moses.
  20. Cross References
    Exodus 40:7
    And place the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it.
    Exodus 40:30
    He set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it for washing.
    1 Kings 7:38
    And he made ten basins of bronze. Each basin held forty baths, each basin measured four cubits, and there was a basin for each of the ten stands.
  21. Cross References
    Exodus 40:7
    And place the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it.
    Exodus 40:30
    He set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it for washing.
    1 Kings 7:38
    And he made ten basins of bronze. Each basin held forty baths, each basin measured four cubits, and there was a basin for each of the ten stands.
  22. Cross References
    Exodus 40:31 - 32
    With which Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet.
    Psalms 26:6
    I wash my hands in innocence and go around your altar, O Lord.
    Isaiah 52:11
    Depart, depart, go out from there; touch no unclean thing; go out from the midst of her; purify yourselves, you who bear the vessels of the Lord.
    Hebrews 10:22
    Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
  23. Cross References
    Exodus 27:21
    In the tent of meeting, outside the veil that is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening to morning before the Lord. It shall be a statute forever to be observed throughout their generations by the people of Israel.
  24. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 4:14
    Nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense, myrrh and aloes, with all choice spices -
    Ezekiel 27:22
    The traders of Sheba and Raamah traded with you; they exchanged for your wares the best of all kinds of spices and all precious stones and gold.
  25. Cross References
    Ezekiel 27:19
    And casks of wine from Uzal they exchanged for your wares; wrought iron, cassia, and calamus were bartered for your merchandise.
  26. Cross References
    Exodus 29:40
    And with the first lamb a tenth seah of fine flour mingled with a fourth of a hin of beaten oil, and a fourth of a hin of wine for a drink offering.
  27. Cross References
    Exodus 37:29
    He made the holy anointing oil also, and the pure fragrant incense, blended as by the perfumer.
  28. Cross References
    Exodus 37:29
    He made the holy anointing oil also, and the pure fragrant incense, blended as by the perfumer.
    Numbers 35:25
    And the congregation shall rescue the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge to which he had fled, and he shall live in it until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.
    Psalms 89:20
    I have found David, my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him.
    Psalms 133:2
    It is like the precious oil on the head, running down on the beard, on the beard of Aaron, running down on the collar of his robes!
  29. Cross References
    Exodus 40:9
    Then you shall take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and consecrate it and all its furniture, so that it may become holy.
    Leviticus 8:10
    Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and consecrated them.
    Numbers 7:1
    On the day when Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle and had anointed and consecrated it with all its furnishings and had anointed and consecrated the altar with all its utensils.
  30. Cross References
    Exodus 40:11
    You shall also anoint the basin and its stand, and consecrate it.
  31. Cross References
    Exodus 29:37
    Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it, and the altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches the altar shall become holy.
  32. Cross References
    Exodus 29:7
    You shall take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him.
  33. Cross References
    Exodus 30:25
    And you shall make of these a sacred anointing oil blended as by the perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.
    Exodus 30:37
    And the incense that you shall make according to its composition, you shall not make for yourselves. It shall be for you holy to the Lord.
  34. Cross References
    Exodus 30:38
    Whoever makes any like it to use as perfume shall be cut off from his people.
  35. Cross References
    Exodus 30:7
    And Aaron shall burn fragrant incense on it. Every morning when he dresses the lamps he shall burn it.
    Exodus 25:6
    Oil for the lamps, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense.
    Exodus 37:29
    He made the holy anointing oil also, and the pure fragrant incense, blended as by the perfumer.
  36. Cross References
    Exodus 30:25
    And you shall make of these a sacred anointing oil blended as by the perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.
  37. Cross References
    Exodus 30:25
    And you shall make of these a sacred anointing oil blended as by the perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.
  38. Cross References
    Leviticus 2:13
    You shall season all your grain offerings with salt. You shall not let the salt of the covenant with your God be missing from your grain offering; with all your offerings you shall offer salt.
  39. Cross References
    Exodus 25:22
    There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will give you in commandment for the people of Israel.
  40. Cross References
    Exodus 40:10
    You shall also anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar, so that the altar may become most holy.
  41. Cross References
    Exodus 30:32
    It shall not be poured on the body of an ordinary person, and you shall make no other like it in composition. It is holy, and it shall be holy to you.
  42. Cross References
    Exodus 30:33
    Whoever compounds any like it or whoever puts any of it on an outsider shall be cut off from his people.'
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