30: 2 A 268cubit 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 one piece with it.
268The common cubit is about 44.45 cm long. It was reckoned as the length from elbow to fingertip. See footnote on ch. 25:10.
30: 3 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the 269top thereof, and the 270sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a 271crown of gold round about.
269Hb. גג gag, roof
270Hb. (ריק) תוריק qiyr oth, walls
271Or, rim or, moulding
30: 4 And two golden rings shalt thou make for it under the crown thereof; upon the two ribs thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make them; and they shall be for places for staves wherewith to bear it.
30: 5 And thou shalt make the staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
30: 6 And thou shalt put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy-seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.
30: 7 And Aaron shall burn thereon incense of sweet spices: every morning, when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn it.
30: 8 And when Aaron 272lighteth the lamps 273between the two evenings, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before Jehovah throughout your generations.
272Or, setteth up Hb. causeth to ascend
273Or, at twilight, Here the time is contrasted with morning. See footnote on Ex 12:6.
30: 9 Ye shall offer 274no strange incense thereon, nor burnt-offering, nor meal-offering; and ye shall pour no drink-offering thereon.
274Exodus gives instructions for the tabernacle, while Leviticus tells what was done. A contrary practice to this instruction is related in Lv 10.
30: 10 And Aaron shall make atonement 275upon the horns of it once in the year; with the blood of the sin-offering of atonements once in the year shall he make atonement 276for it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto Jehovah.
275Or, for
276Or, upon
30: 11 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
30: 12 When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel, according to those that are numbered of them, then shall they give every man a payment for his soul unto Jehovah, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.
30: 13 This they shall give, every one that passeth over unto them that are numbered: half a shekel after the shekel of 277the Holy (the 278shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel for an offering to Jehovah.
277Or, the sanctuary And in vs. 24, and ch. 38:24-26.
2781 shekel ≈ 12 gram. See R.B.Y. Scott, p. 357 in The Biblical Archaeologist Reader 3 (1970).
30: 14 Every one that passeth over unto them that are numbered, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the offering of Jehovah.
30: 15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.
30: 16 And thou shalt take the atonements money from the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tent of meeting; that it may be a memorial for the children of Israel before Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.
30: 17 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
30: 18 Thou shalt also make a laver of 279copper, and the base thereof of copper, whereat to wash. And thou shalt put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.
279Or, bronze, or, brass, And so everywhere.
30: 19 And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:
30: 20 when they go into the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.
30: 21 So 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.
30: 22 Moreover Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
30: 23 Take thou also unto thee the chief spices: of flowing myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred fifty, and of sweet calamus two hundred fifty,
30: 24 and of 280cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the Holy, and of olive oil a hin;
280Or, costus
30: 25 and thou shalt make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.
30: 26 And thou shalt anoint therewith the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony,
30: 27 and the table and all the vessels thereof, and the lampstand and the vessels thereof, and the altar of incense,
30: 28 and the altar of burnt-offering with all the vessels thereof, and the laver and the base thereof.
30: 29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: 281whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.
281Or, whosoever
30: 30 And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.
30: 31 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be a holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.
30: 32 Upon the flesh of man shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any like it, according to the composition thereof: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you.
30: 33 Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.
30: 34 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, 282stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight;
282Or, opobalsam, (So the Rabbins, per Wm. Wilson)
30: 35 and thou shalt make of it incense, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, 283seasoned with salt, pure and holy:
283Or, tempered together with salt,
30: 36 and thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.
30: 37 And the incense which thou shalt make, according to the composition thereof ye shall not make for yourselves: it shall be unto thee holy for Jehovah.
30: 38 Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereof, he shall be cut off from his people.
