The Altar of Incense (Exodus 37:25–29)
1 UDB "Tell the skilled workers to make an altar from acacia wood for burning incense. BSB BSB: “You are also to make an altar of acacia wood for the burning of incense.
2 UDB It is to be square, one-half meter on each side. It is to be one meter high. Tell them to make a projection that looks like a horn on each of the top corners. The projections must be carved from the same block of wood from which the altar is made. BSB BSB: It is to be square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high. Its horns must be of one piece.
3 UDB They must cover the top and the four sides, including the projections, with pure gold. Put a gold border around the altar near the top. BSB BSB: Overlay with pure gold the top and all the sides and horns, and make a molding of gold around it.
4 UDB They must make two gold rings for carrying the altar. They must attach them to the altar below the border, one on each side of the altar. These rings are for the poles for carrying the altar. BSB BSB: And make two gold rings below the molding on opposite sides to hold the poles used to carry it.
5 UDB Tell them to make these two poles from acacia wood and cover them with gold. BSB BSB: Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
6 UDB They must put this incense altar outside the curtain that hangs in front of the sacred chest and its lid. That is the place where I will talk with you. BSB BSB: Place the altar in front of the veil that is before the ark of the Testimony—before the mercy seat that is over the Testimony—where I will meet with you.
7 UDB Aaron must burn sweet-smelling incense on this altar. He must burn some every morning when he takes care of the lamps, BSB BSB: And Aaron is to burn fragrant incense on it every morning when he tends the lamps.
8 UDB and he must burn some in the evening when he lights the lamps. The incense must always be burning throughout all future generations. BSB BSB: When Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he must burn the incense perpetually before the LORD for the generations to come.
9 UDB The priests must not burn on the altar any incense that I have not told you to burn, or burn any animal on it, nor any flour offering for me, nor pour any wine on it as an offering. BSB BSB: On this altar you must not offer unauthorized incense or a burnt offering or grain offering; nor are you to pour a drink offering on it.
10 UDB One time every year Aaron must perform the ritual for making this altar pure. He must do it by putting on its four projections some of the blood from the animal that was sacrificed to cover people's sins. Aaron and his descendants must do this ritual throughout all future generations. This altar must be dedicated to me, Yahweh." BSB BSB: Once a year Aaron shall make atonement on the horns of the altar. Throughout your generations he shall make atonement on it annually with the blood of the sin offering of atonement. The altar is most holy to the LORD.”
The Census Offering (2 Samuel 24:1–9; 1 Chronicles 21:1–6)
11 UDB Yahweh said to Moses, BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Moses,
12 UDB "When your leaders take a census of the Israelite people, each man who is counted must pay to me a price to save his life. They must do this in order that no disaster will happen to them while the people are being counted. BSB BSB: “When you take a census of the Israelites to number them, each man must pay the LORD a ransom for his life when he is counted. Then no plague will come upon them when they are numbered.
13 UDB Every man who is counted must pay to me six grams of silver. They must use the official standard of the tabernacle when they weigh the silver. This silver is to be an offering to Yahweh. BSB BSB: Everyone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD.
14 UDB All the men who are at least twenty years old must pay this amount to me when the people are counted. BSB BSB: Everyone twenty years of age or older who crosses over must give this offering to the LORD.
15 UDB Rich men must not pay more than this amount, and poor men must not pay less than this amount when they pay this money to save their lives. BSB BSB: In making the offering to the LORD to atone for your lives, the rich shall not give more than a half shekel, nor shall the poor give less.
16 UDB Your leaders must collect this money from the Israelite people and give it to those who will take care of the sacred tent. You Israelites will see the leaders collect this money and remember that you need to make payment to me so you can live." BSB BSB: Take the atonement money from the Israelites and use it for the service of the Tent of Meeting. It will serve as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD to make atonement for your lives.”
The Bronze Basin (Exodus 38:8)
17 UDB Yahweh said to Moses, BSB BSB: And the LORD said to Moses,
18 UDB "Tell the skilled workers to make a bronze washbasin and a bronze base for it. They must put it between the sacred tent and the altar and must fill it with water. BSB BSB: “You are to make a bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. Set it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it,
19 UDB Aaron and his sons must wash their hands and their feet with this water BSB BSB: with which Aaron and his sons are to wash their hands and feet.
20 UDB before they enter the sacred tent and before they come to the altar to burn offerings as sacrifices. If they wash, they will obey my instructions and will not die. BSB BSB: Whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister by presenting a food offering to the LORD, they must wash with water so that they will not die.
21 UDB They must wash their hands and their feet in order that they will not die. They and the males descended from them must obey this ritual throughout all generations." BSB BSB: Thus they are to wash their hands and feet so that they will not die; this shall be a permanent statute for Aaron and his descendants for the generations to come.”
The Anointing Oil 22 UDB Yahweh said to Moses, BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Moses,
23 UDB "Tell the people to collect some of the finest spices—six kilograms of liquid myrrh, three kilograms of sweet-smelling cinnamon, three kilograms of a sweet-smelling cane, BSB BSB: “Take the finest spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half that amount (250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels of fragrant cane,
24 UDB and six kilograms of cassia. Be sure that they use the official standard when they weigh these things. BSB BSB: 500 shekels of cassia—all according to the sanctuary shekel—and a hin of olive oil.
25 UDB Tell an expert perfumer to mix these with four liters of olive oil to make sacred oil for anointing. BSB BSB: Prepare from these a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer; it will be a sacred anointing oil.
26 UDB Use this oil for anointing the sacred tent, the sacred chest, BSB BSB: Use this oil to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the Testimony,
27 UDB the table and all the things that are used with it, the lampstand and all the things that are used to take care of it, the altar for burning incense, BSB BSB: the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and its utensils, the altar of incense,
28 UDB and the altar for offering sacrifices that the priests will burn, along with all the things that are used with it, and the basin and its stand. BSB BSB: the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand.
29 UDB Dedicate them by anointing them in order that they will be reserved for me. If any person or thing that is not allowed to do so touches the altar, no one will be allowed to touch that person or thing. BSB BSB: You are to consecrate them so that they will be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy.
30 UDB Anoint Aaron and his sons. By doing that, you will dedicate them to serve me by being priests. BSB BSB: Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them to serve Me as priests.
31 UDB Tell the Israelite people, 'This oil will be my special oil that must be used throughout all future generations. BSB BSB: And you are to tell the Israelites, ‘This will be My sacred anointing oil for the generations to come.
32 UDB You must not pour it on the bodies of people who are not priests, and you must not make other oil to be like it by mixing those same things. This oil is reserved for me, and you must consider it to be such. BSB BSB: It must not be used to anoint an ordinary man, and you must not make anything like it with the same formula. It is holy, and it must be holy to you.
33 UDB Yahweh will view anyone who makes ointment like this for any other purpose, or anyone who puts any of this ointment on someone who is not a priest, as no longer belonging to his people.'" BSB BSB: Anyone who mixes perfume like it or puts it on an outsider shall be cut off from his people.’”
The Incense 34 UDB Yahweh also said to Moses, "Have an expert perfumer take equal parts of several sweet spices: stacte—a resin from certain gum plants, onycha—from certain shellfish or mollusks, galbanum—another kind of gum resin, and pure frankincense—yet another sort of gum resin. BSB BSB: The LORD also said to Moses, “Take fragrant spices—gum resin, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense—in equal measures,
35 UDB Have him mix them together to make some perfume and add some salt to keep it pure and special for me. BSB BSB: and make a fragrant blend of incense, the work of a perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.
36 UDB Have him beat some of it into a fine powder. Then I want you to take some of it into the sacred tent and sprinkle it in front of the sacred chest. You all must consider this incense to be completely reserved for me. BSB BSB: Grind some of it into fine powder and place it in front of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be most holy to you.
37 UDB The people must not mix the same spices to make incense for themselves. This incense must be dedicated to me, Yahweh. BSB BSB: You are never to use this formula to make incense for yourselves; you shall regard it as holy to the LORD.
38 UDB I will view anyone who makes incense like this to use it for perfume as no longer belonging to my people." BSB BSB: Anyone who makes something like it to enjoy its fragrance shall be cut off from his people.”
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