1 “And you shall make an altar to burn incense on, make it of acacia wood,
2 an ammah long and an ammah wide – it is a square – and two ammah high, its horns of the same.
3 “And you shall overlay its top, and its sides all around, and its horns with clean gold. And you shall make for it a moulding of gold all around.
4 “And make two gold rings for it, under the moulding on both its sides. Make them on its two sides, and they shall be holders for the poles to lift it with.
5 “And you shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
6 “And you shall put it before the veil that is before the ark of the Witness, before the lid of atonement that is over the Witness, where I am to meet with you.
7 “And Aharon shall burn on it sweet incense, morning by morning. As he tends the lamps, he shall burn incense on it.
8 “And when Aharon lights the lamps between the evenings, he shall burn incense on it – a continual incense before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 throughout your generations.
9 “Do not offer strange incense on it, or a burnt offering, or a grain offering, and do not pour a drink offering on it.
10 “And Aharon shall make atonement upon its horns once a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonement – once a year he makes atonement upon it throughout your generations. It is most qodesh to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄.”
11 And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 spoke to Mosheh, saying,
12 “When you take the census of the children of Yisra’ĕl, to register them, then each one shall give an atonement for his life to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, when you register them, so that there is no plague among them when you register them.
13 “Everyone among those who are registered is to give this: half a sheqel according to the sheqel of the qodesh place, twenty gĕrahs being a sheqel. The half-sheqel is the contribution to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄.
14 “Everyone passing over to be registered, from twenty years old and above, gives a contribution to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄.
15 “The rich does not give more and the poor does not give less than half a sheqel, when you give a contribution to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, to make atonement for yourselves.
16 “And you shall take the silver for the atonement from the children of Yisra’ĕl, and give it for the service of the Tent of Appointment. And it shall be to the children of Yisra’ĕl for a remembrance before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, to make atonement for yourselves.”
17 And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 spoke to Mosheh, saying,
18 “And you shall make a basin of bronze, with its stand also of bronze, for washing. And you shall put it between the Tent of Appointment and the altar, and shall put water in it.
19 “And Aharon and his sons shall wash from it their hands and their feet.
20 “When they go into the Tent of Appointment, or when they come near the altar to attend, to burn an offering made by fire to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, they wash with water, lest they die.
21 “And they shall wash their hands and their feet, lest they die. And it shall be a Law forever to them, to him and his seed throughout their generations.”
22 And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 spoke to Mosheh, saying,
23 “And take for yourself choice spices, five hundred of liquid myrrh, and half as much – two hundred and fifty – of sweet-smelling cinnamon, and two hundred and fifty of sweet-smelling cane,
24 and five hundred of cassia, according to the sheqel of the qodesh place, and a hin of olive oil.
25 “And you shall make from these a qodesh anointing oil, a compound, blended, the work of a perfumer. It is a qodesh anointing oil.
26 “And with it you shall anoint the Tent of Appointment and the ark of the Witness,
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 basin and its stand.
29 “And you shall qadosh them, and they shall be most qodesh. Whatever touches them is to be qodesh.
30 “And you shall anoint Aharon and his sons, and qadosh them, to serve as kohenim to Me.
31 “And speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, saying, ‘This is a qodesh anointing oil to Me throughout your generations.
32 ‘It shall not be poured on the flesh of a man, and make no other like it, according to its composition. It is qodesh, it is qodesh to you.
33 “Whoever compounds like it, or whoever puts any of it on a stranger, shall be cut off from his people.’ ”
34 And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 said to Mosheh, “Take sweet spices, fragrant gum and cinnamon and galbanam, and clear frankincense with these sweet spices, all in equal amounts.
35 “Then you shall make of these an incense, a compound, work of a perfumer, salted, clean, qodesh.
36 “And you shall beat some of it very fine, and put some of it before the Witness in the Tent of Appointment where I meet with you, it is most qodesh to you.
37 “And the incense which you make, do not make any for yourselves, according to its composition, it is qodesh to you for 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄.
38 “Whoever makes like it, to smell it, he shall be cut off from his people.”