Exodus 30

ve'asita mizbeakh miqtar qetoret atse shittim ta'aseh oto

You shall make an altar for burning incense; make it of acacia wood.

ammah orko ve'ammah rokhbo ravua yihyeh ve'ammatayim qomato mimmennu qarnotayw

It shall be a cubit long and a cubit wide—it shall be square—and two cubits high, its horns of one piece with it.

vetsippita oto zahav tahor et-gaggo ve'et-qirotayw saviv ve'et-qarnotayw ve'asita lo zer zahav saviv

Overlay it with pure gold: its top, its sides round about, and its horns; and make a gold molding for it round about.

ushete tabbe'ot zahav ta'aseh-llo mittakhat lezero al shete tsalotayw ta'aseh al-shene tsiddayw vehayah levattim levaddim laset oto bahemmah

And make two gold rings for it under its molding; make them on its two side walls, on opposite sides. They shall serve as holders for poles with which to carry it.

ve'asita et-habbaddim atse shittim vetsippita otam zahav

Make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.

venatattah oto lifne happarokhet asher al-aron ha'edut lifne hakkapporet asher al-ha'edut asher ivva'ed lekha shammah

Place it in front of the curtain that is over the Ark of the Pact—in front of the cover that is over the Pact—where I will meet with you.

vehiqtir alayw aharon qetoret sammim babboqer babboqer behetivo et-hannerot yaqtirennah

On it Aaron shall burn aromatic incense: he shall burn it every morning when he tends the lamps,

uveha'alot aharon et-hannerot ben ha'arbayim yaqtirennah qetoret tamid lifne Adonai ledorotekhem

and Aaron shall burn it at twilight when he lights the lamps—a regular incense offering before GOD throughout the ages.

lo-ta'alu alayw qetoret zarah ve'olah uminkhah venesekh lo tissekhu alayw

You shall not offer alien incense on it, or a burnt offering or a grain offering; neither shall you pour a libation on it.

vekhipper aharon al-qarnotayw akhat bashanah middam khattat hakkippurim akhat bashanah yekhapper alayw ledorotekhem qodesh-qodashim hu la-Adonai

Once a year Aaron shall perform purification upon its horns with blood of the purgation offering of purification; purification shall be performed upon it once a year throughout the ages. It is most holy to GOD.

vayedabber Adonai el-mosheh lemor

GOD spoke to Moses, saying:

ki tissa et-rosh bene-yisra'el lifqudehem venatenu ish kofer nafsho la-Adonai bifqod otam velo-yihyeh vahem negef bifqod otam

When you take a census of the Israelites according to their army enrollment, each shall pay GOD a ransom for himself on being enrolled, that no plague may come upon them through their being enrolled.

zeh yittenu kol-ha'over al-happequdim makhatsit hasheqel besheqel haqqodesh esrim gerah hasheqel makhatsit hasheqel terumah la-Adonai

This is what everyone who is entered in the records shall pay: a half-shekel by the sanctuary weight—twenty gerahs to the shekel—a half-shekel as an offering to GOD.

kol ha'over al-happequdim mibben esrim shanah vama'elah yitten terumat Adonai

Everyone who is entered in the records, from the age of twenty years up, shall give GOD’s offering:

he'ashir lo-yarbeh vehaddal lo yamit mimmakhatsit hashaqel latet et-terumat Adonai lekhapper al-nafshotekhem

the rich shall not pay more and the poor shall not pay less than half a shekel when giving GOD’s offering as expiation for your persons.

velaqakhta et-kesef hakkippurim me'et bene yisra'el venatatta oto al-avodat ohel mo'ed vehayah livne yisra'el lezikkaron lifne Adonai lekhapper al-nafshotekhem

You shall take the expiation money from the Israelites and assign it to the service of the Tent of Meeting; it shall serve the Israelites as a reminder before GOD, as expiation for your persons.

vayedabber Adonai el-mosheh lemor

GOD spoke to Moses, saying:

ve'asita kiyyor nekhoshet vekhanno nekhoshet lerokhtsah venatatta oto ben-ohel mo'ed uven hammizbeakh venatatta shammah mayim

Make a laver of copper and a stand of copper for it, for washing; and place it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar. Put water in it,

verakhatsu aharon uvanayw mimmennu et-yedehem ve'et-raglehem

and let Aaron and his sons wash their hands and feet [in water drawn] from it.

bevo'am el-ohel mo'ed yirkhatsu-mayim velo yamutu o vegishtam el-hammizbeakh lesharet lehaqtir isheh la-Adonai

When they enter the Tent of Meeting they shall wash with water, that they may not die; or when they approach the altar to serve, to turn into smoke an offering by fire to GOD,

verakhatsu yedehem veraglehem velo yamutu vehayetah lahem khoq-olam lo ulezaro ledorotam

they shall wash their hands and feet, that they may not die. It shall be a law for all time for them—for him and his offspring—throughout the ages.

vayedabber Adonai el-mosheh lemor

GOD spoke to Moses, saying:

ve'attah qakh-lekha besamim rosh mor-deror khamesh me'ot veqinnemon-besem makhatsito khamishim umatayim uqeneh-vosem khamishim umatayim

Next take choice spices: five hundred weight of solidified myrrh, half as much—two hundred and fifty—of fragrant cinnamon, two hundred and fifty of aromatic cane,

veqiddah khamesh me'ot besheqel haqqodesh veshemen zayit hin

five hundred—by the sanctuary weight—of cassia, and a hin of olive oil.

ve'asita oto shemen mishkhat-qodesh roqakh mirqakhat ma'aseh roqeakh shemen mishkhat-qodesh yihyeh

Make of this a sacred anointing oil, a compound of ingredients expertly blended, to serve as sacred anointing oil.

umashakhta vo et-ohel mo'ed ve'et aron ha'edut

With it anoint the Tent of Meeting, the Ark of the Pact,

ve'et-hashulkhan ve'et-kol-kelayw ve'et-hammenorah ve'et-keleha ve'et mizbakh haqqetoret

the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and all its fittings, the altar of incense,

ve'et-mizbakh ha'olah ve'et-kol-kelayw ve'et-hakkiyyor ve'et-kanno

the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the laver and its stand.

veqiddashta otam vehayu qodesh qodashim kol-hannogea bahem yiqdash

Thus you shall consecrate them so that they may be most holy; whatever touches them shall be consecrated.

ve'et-aharon ve'et-banayw timshakh veqiddashta otam lekhahen li

You shall also anoint Aaron and his sons, consecrating them to serve Me as priests.

ve'el-bene yisra'el tedabber lemor shemen mishkhat-qodesh yihyeh zeh li ledorotekhem

And speak to the Israelite people, as follows: This shall be an anointing oil sacred to Me throughout the ages.

al-besar adam lo yisakh uvematkunto lo ta'asu kamohu qodesh hu qodesh yihyeh lakhem

It must not be rubbed on any person’s body, and you must not make anything like it in the same proportions; it is sacred, to be held sacred by you.

ish asher yirqakh kamohu va'asher yitten mimmennu al-zar venikhrat me'ammayw

Anyone who compounds its like, or puts any of it on a lay person, shall be cut off from kin.

vayyomer Adonai el-mosheh qakh-lekha sammim nataf ushekhelet vekhelbenah sammim ulevonah zakkah bad bevad yihyeh

And GOD said to Moses: Take the herbs stacte, onycha, and galbanum—these herbs together with pure frankincense; let there be an equal part of each.

ve'asita otah qetoret roqakh ma'aseh roqeakh memullakh tahor qodesh

Make them into incense, a compound expertly blended, refined, pure, sacred.

veshakhaqta mimmennah hadeq venatattah mimmennah lifne ha'edut be'ohel mo'ed asher ivva'ed lekha shammah qodesh qodashim tihyeh lakhem

Beat some of it into powder, and put some before the Pact in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you; it shall be most holy to you.

vehaqqetoret asher ta'aseh bematkuntah lo ta'asu lakhem qodesh tihyeh lekha la-Adonai

But when you make this incense, you must not make any in the same proportions for yourselves; it shall be held by you sacred to GOD.

ish asher-ya'aseh khamoha lehariakh bah venikhrat me'ammayw

Anyone who makes any like it, to smell of it, shall be cut off from kin.