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The
Altar of Incense |
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| Exodus 30:1 |
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"Moreover, you shall make an altar as a place
for burning incense; you shall make it of acacia wood. |
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| Exodus 30:2 |
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"Its length shall be a cubit, and its width
a cubit, it shall be square, and its height shall be two cubits; its horns shall
be of one piece with it. |
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| Exodus 30:3 |
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"You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top
and its sides all around, and its horns; and you shall make a gold molding all
around for it. |
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| Exodus 30:4 |
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"You shall make two gold rings for it under
its molding; you shall make them on its two side walls--on opposite sides--and
they shall be holders for poles with which to carry it. |
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| Exodus 30:5 |
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"You shall make the poles of acacia wood and
overlay them with gold. |
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| Exodus 30:6 |
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"You shall put this altar in front of the veil
that is near the ark of the testimony, in front of the mercy seat that is over
the ark of the testimony, where I will meet with you. |
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| Exodus 30:7 |
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"Aaron shall burn fragrant incense on it; he
shall burn it every morning when he trims the lamps. |
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| Exodus 30:8 |
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"When Aaron trims the lamps at twilight, he
shall burn incense. There shall be perpetual incense before the LORD throughout
your generations. |
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| Exodus 30:9 |
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"You shall not offer any strange incense on
this altar, or burnt offering or meal offering; and you shall not pour out a drink
offering on it. |
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| Exodus 30:10 |
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"Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once
a year; he shall make atonement on it with the blood of the sin offering of atonement
once a year throughout your generations. It is most holy to the LORD." |
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| Exodus 30:11 |
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The LORD also spoke to Moses, saying, |
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| Exodus 30:12 |
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"When you take a census of the sons of Israel
to number them, then each one of them shall give a ransom for himself to the LORD,
when you number them, so that there will be no plague among them when you number
them. |
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| Exodus 30:13 |
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"This is what everyone who is numbered shall
give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty
gerahs), half a shekel as a contribution to the LORD. |
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| Exodus 30:14 |
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"Everyone who is numbered, from twenty years
old and over, shall give the contribution to the LORD. |
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| Exodus 30:15 |
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"The rich shall not pay more and the poor shall
not pay less than the half shekel, when you give the contribution to the LORD
to make atonement for yourselves. |
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| Exodus 30:16 |
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"You shall take the atonement money from the
sons of Israel and shall give it for the service of the tent of meeting, that
it may be a memorial for the sons of Israel before the LORD, to make atonement
for yourselves." |
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| Exodus 30:17 |
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The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, |
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| Exodus 30:18 |
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"You shall also make a laver of bronze, with
its base of bronze, for washing; and you shall put it between the tent of meeting
and the altar, and you shall put water in it. |
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| Exodus 30:19 |
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"Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and
their feet from it; |
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| Exodus 30:20 |
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when they enter the tent of meeting, they shall
wash with water, so that they will not die; or when they approach the altar to
minister, by offering up in smoke a fire sacrifice to the LORD. |
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| Exodus 30:21 |
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"So they shall wash their hands and their feet,
so that they will not die; and it shall be a perpetual statute for them, for Aaron
and his descendants throughout their generations." |
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The
Anointing Oil |
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| Exodus 30:22 |
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"Whoever shall make any like it, to use as perfume,
shall be cut off from his people." |
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| Exodus 30:23 |
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"Take also for yourself the finest of spices:
of flowing myrrh five hundred shekels, and of fragrant cinnamon half as much,
two hundred and fifty, and of fragrant cane two hundred and fifty, |
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| Exodus 30:24 |
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and of cassia five hundred, according to the
shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin. |
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| Exodus 30:25 |
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"You shall make of these a holy anointing oil,
a perfume mixture, the work of a perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil. |
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| Exodus 30:26 |
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"With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting
and the ark of the testimony, |
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| Exodus 30:27 |
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and the table and all its utensils, and the
lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense, |
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| Exodus 30:28 |
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and the altar of burnt offering and all its
utensils, and the laver and its stand. |
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| Exodus 30:29 |
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"You shall also consecrate them, that they may
be most holy; whatever touches them shall be holy. |
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| Exodus 30:30 |
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"You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate
them, that they may minister as priests to Me. |
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| Exodus 30:31 |
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"You shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying,
'This shall be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations. |
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| Exodus 30:32 |
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'It shall not be poured on anyone's body, nor
shall you make any like it in the same proportions; it is holy, and it shall be
holy to you. |
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| Exodus 30:33 |
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'Whoever shall mix any like it or whoever puts
any of it on a layman shall be cut off from his people.'" |
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The
Incense |
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| Exodus 30:34 |
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Then the LORD said to Moses, "Take for yourself
spices, stacte and onycha and galbanum, spices with pure frankincense; there shall
be an equal part of each. |
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| Exodus 30:35 |
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"With it you shall make incense, a perfume,
the work of a perfumer, salted, pure, and holy. |
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| Exodus 30:36 |
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"You shall beat some of it very fine, and put
part of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting where I will meet with
you; it shall be most holy to you. |
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| Exodus 30:37 |
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"The incense which you shall make, you shall
not make in the same proportions for yourselves; it shall be holy to you for the
LORD. |
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| Exodus 30:38 |
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"Whoever shall make any like it, to use as perfume,
shall be cut off from his people." |
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