1And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it. 2A 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. 3And 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 . 4And 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 . 5And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood , and overlay them with gold . 6And 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. 7And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning : when he dresseth the lamps , he shall burn incense upon it. 8And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even , he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations . 9Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice , nor meat offering ; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon. 10And 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 .
The Atonement Money
11And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , 12When 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. 13This 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 . 14Every one that passeth among them that are numbered , from twenty years old and above , shall give an offering unto the LORD . 15The 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 . 16And 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 .
The Bronze Basin
17And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , 18Thou 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. 19For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat: 20When 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 : 21So 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 .
The Anointing Oil and Incense
22Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , 23Take 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 , 24And of cassia five hundred shekels , after the shekel of the sanctuary , and of oil olive an hin : 25And 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 . 26And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony , 27And the table and all his vessels , and the candlestick and his vessels , and the altar of incense , 28And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels , and the laver and his foot . 29And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy : whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy . 30And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons , and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office . 31And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel , saying , This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations . 32Upon 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. 33Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger , shall even be cut off from his people . 34And 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: 35And thou shalt make it a perfume , a confection after the art of the apothecary , tempered together, pure and holy : 36And 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 . 37And 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 . 38Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people .