¹ Thou shalt make also an altar to burn incense, of setim wood.

² It shall be a cubit in length, and another in breadth, that is, foursquare, and two in height. Horns shall go out of the same.

³ And thou shalt overlay it with the purest gold, as well as the grate thereof, as the walls round about and the horns. And thou shalt make to it a crown of gold round about,

⁴ And two golden rings under the crown on either side, that the bars may be put into them, and the altar be carried.

⁵ And thou shalt make the bars also of setim wood, and shalt overlay them with gold.

⁶ And thou shalt set the altar over against the veil, that hangeth before the ark of the testimony before the propitiatory wherewith the testimony is covered, where I will speak to thee.

⁷ And Aaron shall burn sweet smelling incense upon it in the morning. When he shall dress the lamps, he shall burn it:

⁸ And when he shall place them in the evening, he shall burn an everlasting incense before the Lord throughout your generations.

⁹ You shall not offer upon it incense of another composition nor oblation, and victim, neither shall you offer libations.

¹⁰ And Aaron shall pray upon the horns thereof once a year, with the blood of that which was offered for sin, and shall make atonement upon it in your generations. It shall be most holy to the Lord.

¹¹ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

¹² When thou shalt take the sum of the children of Israel according to their number, every one of them shall give a price for their souls to the Lord, and there shall be no scourge among them, when they shall be reckoned.

¹³ And this shall every one give that passeth at the naming, half a sicle according to the standard of the temple. A sicle hath twenty obols. Half a sicle shall be offered to the Lord.

¹⁴ He that is counted in the number from twenty years and upwards, shall give the price.

¹⁵ The rich man shall not add to half a sicle, and the poor man shall diminish nothing.

¹⁶ And the money received which was contributed by the children of Israel, thou shalt deliver unto the uses of the tabernacle of the testimony, that it may be a memorial of them before the Lord, and he may be merciful to their souls.

¹⁷ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

¹⁸ Thou shalt make also a brazen laver with its foot, to wash in: and thou shalt set it between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar. And water being put into it,

¹⁹ Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and feet in it:

²⁰ When they are going into the tabernacle of the testimony, and when they are to come to the altar, to offer on it incense to the Lord,

²¹ Lest perhaps they die. It shall be an everlasting law to him, and to his seed by successions.

²² And the Lord spoke to Moses,

²³ Saying: Take spices, of principal and chosen myrrh five hundred sicles, and of cinnamon half so much, that is, two hundred and fifty sicles, of calamus in like manner two hundred and fifty.

²⁴ And of cassia five hundred sicles by the weight of the sanctuary, of oil of olives the measure hin:

²⁵ And thou shalt make the holy oil of unction, an ointment compounded after the art of the perfumer,

²⁶ And therewith thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the testimony, and the ark of the testament,

²⁷ And the table with the vessels thereof, the candlestick and furniture thereof, the altars of incense,

²⁸ And of holocaust, and all the furniture that belongeth to the service of them.

²⁹ And thou shalt sanctify all, and they shall be most holy: he that shall touch them shall be sanctified.

³⁰ Thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and shalt sanctify them, that they may do the office of priesthood unto me.

³¹ And thou shalt say to the children of Israel: This oil of unction shall be holy unto me throughout your generations.

³² The flesh of man shall not be anointed therewith, and you shall make none other of the same composition, because it is sanctified, and shall be holy unto you.

³³ What man soever shall compound such, and shall give thereof to a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.

³⁴ And the Lord said to Moses: Take unto thee spices, stacte, and onycha, galbanum of sweet savour, and the clearest frankincense, all shall be of equal weight.

³⁵ And thou shalt make incense compounded by the work of the perfumer, well tempered together, and pure, and most worthy of sanctification.

³⁶ And when thou has beaten all into very small powder, thou shalt set of it before the tabernacle of the testimony, in the place where I will appear to thee. Most holy shall this incense be to you.

³⁷ You shall not make such a composition for your own uses, because it is holy to the Lord.

³⁸ What man soever shall make the like, to enjoy the smell thereof, he shall perish out of his people.

¹ Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer, and put fire in it, and laid incense on it, and offered strange fire before Yahweh, which he had not commanded them.

² And fire came forth from before Yahweh, and devoured them, and they died before Yahweh.

³ Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what Yahweh spoke of, saying, 'I will show myself holy to those who come near me, and before all the people I will be glorified.'" Aaron held his peace.

⁴ Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said to them, "Draw near, carry your brothers from before the sanctuary out of the camp."

⁵ So they drew near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp, as Moses had said.

⁶ Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons, "Don't let the hair of your heads go loose, neither tear your clothes; that you don't die, and that he not be angry with all the congregation: but let your brothers, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which Yahweh has kindled.

⁷ You shall not go out from the door of the Tent of Meeting, lest you die; for the anointing oil of Yahweh is on you." They did according to the word of Moses.

⁸ Yahweh spoke to Aaron, saying,

⁹ "Drink no wine nor strong drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the Tent of Meeting, that you don't die: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations:

¹⁰ and that you are to make a distinction between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean;

¹¹ and that you are to teach the children of Israel all the statutes which Yahweh has spoken to them by Moses."

¹² Moses spoke to Aaron, and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons who were left, "Take the meal offering that remains of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire, and eat it without yeast beside the altar; for it is most holy;

¹³ and you shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your portion, and your sons' portion, of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire: for so I am commanded.

¹⁴ The waved breast and the heaved thigh you shall eat in a clean place, you, and your sons, and your daughters with you: for they are given as your portion, and your sons' portion, out of the sacrifices of the peace offerings of the children of Israel.

¹⁵ The heaved thigh and the waved breast they shall bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before Yahweh: and it shall be yours, and your sons' with you, as a portion forever; as Yahweh has commanded."

¹⁶ Moses diligently inquired about the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burned: and he was angry with Eleazar and with Ithamar, the sons of Aaron who were left, saying,

¹⁷ "Why haven't you eaten the sin offering in the place of the sanctuary, since it is most holy, and he has given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before Yahweh?

¹⁸ Behold, its blood was not brought into the inner part of the sanctuary: you certainly should have eaten it in the sanctuary, as I commanded."

¹⁹ Aaron spoke to Moses, "Behold, this day they have offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before Yahweh; and such things as these have happened to me: and if I had eaten the sin offering today, would it have been pleasing in the sight of Yahweh?"

²⁰ When Moses heard that, it was pleasing in his sight.