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And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim 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 the same.
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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 crown of gold round about.
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And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it ; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal.
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And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
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And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.
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And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
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And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even , he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.
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Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.
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And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the LORD.
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number , then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, 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 sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD.
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Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD.
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The rich shall not give more , and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.
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And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal : and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.
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For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:
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When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD:
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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.
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Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels , and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels , and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels ,
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And of cassia five hundred shekels , after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:
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And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.
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And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony,
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And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense,
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And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot.
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And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.
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And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.
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And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.
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Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you.
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Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.
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And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight :
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And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:
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And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.
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And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the LORD.
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Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.
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