These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
Both texts are in the public domain. Some original names have been restored
Exodus 30
Tanakh 38 verses
- 1 And thou shalt make an to burn incense upon; of acacia-wood shalt thou make it.
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A cubit 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.
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And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a of gold round about.
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And two golden rings shalt thou make for it under the 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.
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And thou shalt make the staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold.
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- 6 And thou shalt put it before the veil that is by the of the , before the -cover that is over the , where I will meet with thee.
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And shall burn thereon incense of sweet spices; every morning, when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn it.
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And when lighteth the lamps at dusk, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before throughout your generations.
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Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt-, nor meal-; and ye shall pour no drink- thereon.
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- 10 And shall make upon the horns of it once in the year; with the of the sin- of once in the year shall he make for it throughout your generations; it is most unto .’
- 11 And spoke unto , saying:
- 12 When thou takest the sum of the children of , according to their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his unto , when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.
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This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the —the shekel is twenty gerahs—half a shekel for an to .
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Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the of .
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The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the of , to make for your souls.
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And thou shalt take the money from the children of , and shalt appoint it for the service of the tent of meeting, that it may be a memorial for the children of before , to make for your souls.’
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- 17 And spoke unto , saying:
- 18 Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, whereat to wash; and thou shalt put it between the tent of meeting and the , and thou shalt put water therein.
- 19 And and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat;
- 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 to minister, to cause an made by fire to smoke unto ;
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so they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not; and it shall be a for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.’
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- 22 Moreover spoke unto , saying:
- 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 and fifty, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty,
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and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the , and of olive oil a hin.
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And thou shalt make it a anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer; it shall be a anointing oil.
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- 26 And thou shalt anoint therewith the tent of meeting, and the of the ,
- 27 and the table and all the vessels thereof, and the candlestick and the vessels thereof, and the of incense,
- 28 and the of burnt- with all the vessels thereof, and the laver and the base thereof.
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And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most ; whatsoever toucheth them shall be .
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And thou shalt anoint and his sons, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto Me in the priest’s office.
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And thou shalt speak unto the children of , saying: This shall be a anointing oil unto Me throughout your generations.
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Upon the of man shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any like it, according to the composition thereof; it is , and it shall be unto you.
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- 33 Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.’
- 34 And said unto : ‘Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; sweet spices with pure frankincense; of each shall there be a like weight.
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And thou shalt make of it incense, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and .
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And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with thee; it shall be unto you most .
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And the incense which thou shalt make, according to the composition thereof ye shall not make for yourselves; it shall be unto thee for .
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Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereof, he shall be cut off from his people.’
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