Exodus Chapter 30
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asv (asv) - eBible.org engASV USFM
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And thou shalt make a breastplate of judgment, the work of the skilful workman; like the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.
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Foursquare it shall be
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and double; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof.
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And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle shall be the first row;
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and the second row an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond;
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and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
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and the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be inclosed in gold in their settings.
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And the stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, every one according to his name, they shall be for the twelve tribes.
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And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains like cords, of wreathen work of pure gold.
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And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
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And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.
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And the
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other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod in the forepart thereof.
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And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate, upon the edge thereof, which is toward the side of the ephod inward.
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And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and shalt put them on the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath, in the forepart thereof, close by the coupling thereof, above the skilfully woven band of the ephod.
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And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be upon the skilfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.
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And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before Jehovah continually.
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And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before Jehovah: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before Jehovah continually.
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And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.
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And it shall have a hole for the head in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of a coat of mail, that it be not rent.
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And upon the skirts of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the skirts thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:
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a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe round about.
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And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and the sound thereof shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before Jehovah, and when he cometh out, that he die not.
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And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLY TO JEHOVAH.
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And thou shalt put it on a lace of blue, and it shall be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be.
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And it shall be upon Aaron’s forehead, and Aaron shall bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before Jehovah.
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And thou shalt weave the coat in checker work of fine linen, and thou shalt make a mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make a girdle, the work of the embroiderer.
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And for Aaron’s sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and head-tires shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty.
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And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and upon his sons with him, and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.
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And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover the flesh of their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:
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and they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they go in unto the tent of meeting, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and unto his seed after him.
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And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest’s office: take one young bullock and two rams without blemish,
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and unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened mingled with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of fine wheaten flour shalt thou make them.
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And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams.
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And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tent of meeting, and shalt wash them with water.
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And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the skilfully woven band of the ephod;
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and thou shalt set the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.
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Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.
darby (darby) - eBible.org Darby 1890 plaintext
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And thou shalt make an altar for the burning of incense: of acacia-wood shalt thou make it;
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a cubit the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof — square shall it be; and two cubits its height; of itself shall be its horns.
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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 upon it a border of gold round about.
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And two rings of gold shalt thou make for it under its border; by its two corners shalt thou make [them], on the two sides thereof; and they shall be for receptacles for the staves, with which to carry it.
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And thou shalt make the staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold.
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And thou shalt put it in front of the veil which is before the ark of the testimony in front of the mercy-seat which is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.
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And Aaron shall burn thereon fragrant incense: every morning, when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn the incense.
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And when Aaron lighteth the lamps between the two evenings, he shall burn the incense — a continual incense before Jehovah throughout your generations.
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Ye shall offer up no strange incense thereon, nor burnt-offering, nor oblation; neither shall ye pour drink-offering thereon.
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And Aaron shall make atonement for its horns once in the year: with the blood of the sin-offering of atonement shall he make atonement for it, once in the year, throughout your generations: it is most holy to Jehovah.
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And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
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When thou shalt take the sum of the children of Israel according to those of them that are numbered, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul to Jehovah on their being numbered, that there be no plague among them on their being numbered.
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This shall they give — every one that passeth among them that are numbered — half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary, — twenty gerahs the shekel; a half shekel shall be the heave-offering for Jehovah.
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Every one that passeth among those that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give the heave-offering of Jehovah.
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The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when ye give the heave-offering of Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.
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And thou shalt take the atonement-money of the children of Israel, and devote it to the service of the tent of meeting; and it shall be a memorial to the children of Israel before Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.
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And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
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Thou shalt also make a laver of copper, and its stand of copper, for washing; and thou shalt put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and shalt put water in it.
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And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet out of it.
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When they go into the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, that they may not die; or when they come near to the altar to serve, to burn an offering by fire to Jehovah.
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And they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they may not die; and it shall be an everlasting statute for them, for him and for his seed throughout their generations.
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And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
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And thou, take best spices — of liquid myrrh five hundred [shekels], and of sweet cinnamon the half — two hundred and fifty, and of sweet myrtle two hundred and fifty,
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and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin;
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and make of it an oil of holy ointment, a perfume of perfumery after the work of the perfumer: it shall be the holy anointing oil.
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And thou shalt anoint the tent of meeting with it, and the ark of the testimony,
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and the table and all its utensils, and the lamp-stand and its utensils, and the altar of incense,
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and the altar of burnt-offering and all its utensils, and the laver and its stand.
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And thou shalt hallow them, that they may be most holy: whatever toucheth them shall be holy.
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And Aaron and his sons thou shalt anoint, and shalt hallow them, that they may serve me as priests.
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And thou shalt speak to the children of Israel, saying, A holy anointing oil shall this be unto me throughout your generations.
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Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make [any] like it, after the preparation of it: it is holy — holy shall it be unto you.
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Whoever compoundeth [any] like it, or whoever putteth [any] of it upon any strange thing, shall be cut off from his peoples.
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And Jehovah said to Moses, Take fragrant drugs — stacte, and onycha, and galbanum — fragrant drugs and pure frankincense; in like proportions shall it be.
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And thou shalt make it into incense, a perfume, after the work of the perfumer, salted, pure, holy.
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And thou shalt beat [some] of it to powder, and put [some] of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.
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And the incense that thou shalt make, ye shall not make for yourselves according to the proportions of it; it shall be unto thee holy to Jehovah.
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Whoever maketh like unto it, to smell it, shall be cut off from his peoples.
lxxbrent (lxxbrent) - Septuagint (Brenton 1851) eBible USFM
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And thou shalt make the altar of incense of incorruptible wood.
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And thou shalt make it a cubit in length, and a cubit in breadth: it shall be square; and the height of it shall be of two cubits, its horns shall be of the same piece.
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And thou shalt gild its grate with pure gold, and its sides round about, and its horns; and thou shalt make for it a wreathen border of gold round-about.
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And thou shalt make under its wreathen border two rings of pure gold; thou shalt make it to the two corners on the two sides, and they shall be bearings for the staves, so as to bear it with them.
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And thou shalt make the staves of incorruptible wood, and shalt gild them with gold.
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And thou shalt set it before the veil that is over the ark of the testimonies, wherein I will make myself known to thee from thence.
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And Aaron shall burn upon it fine compound incense every morning; whensoever he trims the lamps he shall burn incense upon it.
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And when Aaron lights the lamps in the evening, he shall burn incense upon it; a constant incense-offering always before the Lord for their generations.
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And thou shalt not offer strange incense upon it, [nor] an offering made by fire, [nor] a sacrifice; and thou shalt not pour a drink-offering upon it.
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And once in the year Aaron shall make atonement on its horns, he shall purge it with the blood of purification for their generations: it is most holy to the Lord.
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And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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If thou take account of the children of Israel in the surveying of them, and they shall give every one a ransom for his soul to the Lord, then there shall not be among them a destruction in the visiting of them.
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And this is what they shall give, as many as pass the survey, half a didrachm which is according to the didrachm of the sanctuary: twenty oboli [go to] the didrachm, but the half of the didrachm is the offering to the Lord.
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Every one that passes the survey from twenty years old and upwards shall give the offering to the Lord.
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The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than the half didrachm in giving the offering to the Lord, to make atonement for your souls.
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And thou shalt take the money of the offering from the children of Israel, and shalt give it for the service of the tabernacle of testimony; and it shall be to the children of Israel a memorial before the Lord, to make atonement for your souls.
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And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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Make a brazen laver, and a brazen base for it, for washing; and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of witness and the altar, and thou shalt pour forth water into it.
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And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet with water from it.
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Whensoever they shall go into the tabernacle of witness, they shall wash themselves with water, so they shall not die, whensoever they advance to the altar to do service and to offer the whole burnt-offerings to the Lord.
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They shall wash their hands and feet with water, whensoever they shall go into the tabernacle of witness; they shall wash themselves with water, that they die not; and it shall be for them a perpetual statute, for him and his posterity after him.
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And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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Do thou also take sweet herbs, the flower of choice myrrh five hundred shekels, and the half of this two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet-smelling cinnamon, and two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet-smelling calamus,
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and of cassia five hundred shekels of the sanctuary, and a hin of olive oil.
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And thou shalt make it a holy anointing oil, a perfumed ointment [tempered] by the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.
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And thou shalt anoint with it the tabernacle of witness, and the ark of the tabernacle of witness,
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and all its furniture, and the candlestick and all its furniture, and the altar of incense,
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and the altar of whole burnt-offerings and all its furniture, and the table and all its furniture, and the laver.
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And thou shalt sanctify them, and they shall be most holy: every one that touches them shall be hallowed.
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And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them that they may minister to me as priests.
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And thou shalt speak to the children of Israel, saying, This shall be to you a holy anointing oil throughout your generations.
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On man's flesh it shall not be poured, and ye shall not make [any] for yourselves according to this composition: it is holy, and shall be holiness to you.
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Whosoever shall make it in like manner, and whosoever shall give of it to a stranger, shall be destroyed from among his people.
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And the Lord said to Moses, Take for thyself sweet herbs, stacte, onycha, sweet galbanum, and transparent frankincense; there shall be an equal weight of each.
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And they shall make with it perfumed incense, tempered with the art of a perfumer, a pure holy work.
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And of these thou shalt beat some small, and thou shalt put it before the testimonies in the tabernacle of testimony, whence I will make myself known to thee: it shall be to you a most holy incense.
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Ye shall not make any for yourselves according to this composition; it shall be to you a holy thing for the Lord.
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Whosoever shall make any in like manner, so as to smell it, shall perish from his people.
vul1914 (vul1914) - Vulgate 1914 UTF-8 (sacredbible.org)
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Facies quoque altare ad adolendum thymiama, de lignis setim,
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habens cubitum longitudinis, et alterum latitudinis, id est, quadrangulum, et duos cubitos in altitudine. Cornua ex ipso procedent.
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Vestiesque illud auro purissimo, tam craticulam eius, quam parietes per circuitum, et cornua. Faciesque ei coronam aureolam per gyrum,
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et duos annulos aureos sub corona per singula latera, ut mittantur in eos vectes, et altare portetur.
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Ipsos quoque vectes facies de lignis setim, et inaurabis.
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Ponesque altare contra velum, quod ante arcum pendet testimonii coram propitiatorio quo tegitur testimonium, ubi loquar tibi.
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Et adolebit incensum super eo Aaron, suave fragrans, mane. Quando componet lucernas, incendet illud:
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et quando collocabit eas ad vesperum, uret thymiama sempiternum coram Domino in generationes vestras.
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Non offeretis super eo thymiama compositionis alterius, nec oblationem, et victimam, nec libabitis libamina.
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Et deprecabitur Aaron super cornua eius semel per annum, in sanguine quod oblatum est pro peccato, et placabit super eo in generationibus vestris. Sanctum sanctorum erit Domino.
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Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
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Quando tuleris summam filiorum Israel iuxta numerum, dabunt singuli pretium pro animabus suis Domino, et non erit plaga in eis, cum fuerint recensiti.
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Hoc autem dabit omnis qui transit ad nomen, dimidium sicli iuxta mensuram templi. Siclus viginti obolos habet. Media pars sicli offeretur Domino.
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Qui habetur in numero, a viginti annis et supra, dabit pretium.
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Dives non addet ad medium sicli, et pauper nihil minuet.
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Susceptamque pecuniam, quæ collata est a filiis Israel, trades in usus tabernaculi testimonii, ut sit monimentum eorum coram Domino, et propitietur animabus eorum.
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Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
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Facies et labrum æneum cum basi sua ad lavandum: ponesque illud inter tabernaculum testimonii et altare. Et missa aqua,
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lavabunt in ea Aaron, et filii eius manus suas ac pedes,
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quando ingressuri sunt tabernaculum testimonii, et quando accessuri sunt ad altare, ut offerant in eo thymiama Domino,
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ne forte moriantur. legitimum sempiternum erit ipsi, et semini eius per successiones.
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Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen,
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dicens: Sume tibi aromata, primæ myrrhæ et electæ quingentos siclos, et cinnamomi medium, id est, ducentos quinquaginta siclos, calami similiter ducentos quinquaginta,
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casiæ autem quingentos siclos in pondere sanctuarii, olei de olivetis mensuram hin:
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faciesque unctionis oleum sanctum, unguentum compositum opere unguentarii,
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et unges ex eo tabernaculum testimonii, et arcam testamenti,
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mensamque cum vasis suis, et candelabrum, et utensilia eius, altaria thymiamatis,
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et holocausti, et universam supellectilem quæ ad cultum eorum pertinet.
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Sanctificabisque omnia, et erunt Sancta sanctorum: qui tetigerit ea, sanctificabitur.
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Aaron et filios eius unges, sanctificabisque eos, ut sacerdotio fungantur mihi.
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Filiis quoque Israel dices: Hoc oleum unctionis sanctum erit mihi in generationes vestras.
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Caro hominis non ungetur ex eo, et iuxta compositionem eius non facietis aliud, quia sanctificatum est, et sanctum erit vobis.
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Homo quicumque tale composuerit, et dederit ex eo, alieno, exterminabitur de populo suo.
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Dixitque Dominus ad Moysen: Sume tibi aromata, stacten et onycha, galbanum boni odoris, et thus lucidissimum, æqualis ponderis erunt omnia:
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faciesque thymiama compositum opere unguentarii, mistum diligenter, et purum, et sanctificatione dignissimum.
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Cumque in tenuissimum pulverem universa contuderis, pones ex eo coram tabernaculo testimonii, in quo loco apparebo tibi. Sanctum sanctorum erit vobis thymiama.
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Talem compositionem non facietis in usus vestros, quia sanctum est Domino.
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Homo quicumque fecerit simile, ut odore illius perfruatur, peribit de populis suis.
web (web) - WorldEnglish.Bible — CC0 modern update of ASV
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“You shall make an altar to burn incense on. You shall make it of acacia wood.
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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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You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top, its sides around it, and its horns; and you shall make a gold molding around it.
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You shall make two golden rings for it under its molding; on its two ribs, on its two sides you shall make them; and they shall be for places for poles with which to bear it.
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You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
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You shall put it before the veil that is by the ark of the covenant, before the mercy seat that is over the covenant, where I will meet with you.
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Aaron shall burn incense of sweet spices on it every morning. When he tends the lamps, he shall burn it.
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When Aaron lights the lamps at evening, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.
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You shall offer no strange incense on it, nor burnt offering, nor meal offering; and you shall pour no drink offering on it.
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Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once in the year; with the blood of the sin offering of atonement once in the year he shall make atonement for it throughout your generations. It is most holy to the LORD.”
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The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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“When you take a census of the children of Israel, according to those who are counted among them, then each man shall give a ransom for his soul to the LORD when you count them, that there be no plague among them when you count them.
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They shall give this, everyone who passes over to those who are counted, half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs); half a shekel for an offering to the LORD.
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Everyone who passes over to those who are counted, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the offering to the LORD.
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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 offering of the LORD, to make atonement for your souls.
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You shall take the atonement money from the children of Israel, and shall appoint it for the service of the Tent of Meeting; that it may be a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD, to make atonement for your souls.”
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The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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“You shall also make a basin of bronze, and its base of bronze, in which to wash. You shall put it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it.
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Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet in it.
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When they go into the Tent of Meeting, they shall wash with water, that they not die; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to the LORD.
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So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they not die. This shall be a statute forever to them, even to him and to his descendants throughout their generations.”
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Moreover the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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“Also take fine spices: of liquid myrrh, five hundred shekels; and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, even two hundred and fifty; and of fragrant cane, two hundred and fifty;
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and of cassia five hundred, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; and a hin of olive oil.
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You shall make it into a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.
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You shall use it to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the covenant,
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the table and all its articles, the lamp stand and its accessories, the altar of incense,
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the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin with its base.
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You shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy.
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You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest’s office.
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You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘This shall be a holy anointing oil to me throughout your generations.
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It shall not be poured on man’s flesh, and do not make any like it, according to its composition. It is holy. It shall be holy to you.
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Whoever compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it on a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.’”
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The LORD said to Moses, “Take to yourself sweet spices, gum resin, onycha, and galbanum: sweet spices with pure frankincense. There shall be an equal weight of each.
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You shall make incense of it, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.
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You shall beat some of it very small, and put some of it before the covenant in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be to you most holy.
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You shall not make this incense, according to its composition, for yourselves: it shall be to you holy for the LORD.
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Whoever shall make any like that, to smell of it, he shall be cut off from his people.”
ylt (ylt) - Bible.com YLT98 plain UTF-8
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`And thou hast made an altar <FI>for<Fi> making perfume; <FI>of<Fi> shittim wood thou dost make it;
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a cubit its length, and a cubit its breadth, (it is square), and two cubits its height; its horns <FI>are<Fi> of the same.
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`And thou hast overlaid it with pure gold, its top, and its sides round about, and its horns; and thou hast made to it a crown of gold round about;
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and two rings of gold thou dost make to it under its crown; on its two ribs thou dost make <FI>them<Fi> , on its two sides, and they have become places for staves, to bear it with them.
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`And thou hast made the staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them with gold;
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and thou hast put it before the vail, which <FI>is<Fi> by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy-seat which <FI>is<Fi> over the testimony, whither I am met with thee.
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`And Aaron hath made perfume on it, perfume of spices, morning by morning; in his making the lamps right he doth perfume it,
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and in Aaron's causing the lamps to go up between the evenings, he doth perfume it; a continual perfume before Jehovah to your generations.
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`Ye do not cause strange perfume to go up upon it, and burnt-offering, and present, and libation ye do not pour out on it;
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and Aaron hath made atonement on its horns, once in a year, by the blood of the sin-offering of atonements; once in a year doth he make atonement for it, to your generations; it <FI>is<Fi> most holy to Jehovah.'
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And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
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`When thou takest up the sum of the sons of Israel for their numbers, then they have given each an atonement <FI>for<Fi> his soul to Jehovah in their being numbered, and there is no plague among them in their being numbered.
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`This they do give, every one passing over unto those numbered, half a shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel <FI>is<Fi> twenty gerahs); half a shekel <FI>is<Fi> the heave-offering to Jehovah;
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every one passing over unto those numbered, from a son of twenty years and upwards, doth give the heave-offering of Jehovah;
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the rich doth not multiply, and the poor doth not diminish from the half-shekel, to give the heave-offering of Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.
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`And thou hast taken the atonement-money from the sons of Israel, and hast given it for the service of the tent of meeting; and it hath been to the sons of Israel for a memorial before Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.'
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And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
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`And thou hast made a laver of brass (and its base of brass), for washing; and thou hast put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and hast put water there;
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and Aaron and his sons have washed at it their hands and their feet,
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in their going in unto the tent of meeting they wash <FI>with<Fi> water, and die not; or in their drawing nigh unto the altar to minister, to perfume a fire-offering to Jehovah,
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then they have washed their hands and their feet, and they die not, and it hath been to them a statute age-during, to him and to his seed to their generations.'
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And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
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`And thou, take to thyself principal spices, wild honey five hundred <FI>shekels<Fi> ; and spice-cinnamon, the half of that, two hundred and fifty; and spice-cane two hundred and fifty;
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and cassia five hundred, by the shekel of the sanctuary, and olive oil a hin;
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and thou hast made it a holy anointing oil, a compound mixture, work of a compounder; it is a holy anointing oil.
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`And thou hast anointed with it the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony,
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and the table and all its vessels, and the candlestick and its vessels, and the altar of perfume,
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and the altar of burnt-offering and all its vessels, and the laver and its base;
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and thou hast sanctified them, and they have been most holy; all that is coming against them is holy;
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and Aaron and his sons thou dost anoint, and hast sanctified them for being priests to Me.
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`And unto the sons of Israel thou dost speak, saying, A holy anointing oil is this to Me, to your generations;
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on flesh of man it is not poured, and with its proper proportion ye make none like it; it <FI>is<Fi> holy; it is holy to you;
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a man who compoundeth <FI>any<Fi> like it, or who putteth of it on a stranger--hath even been cut off from his people.'
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And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Take to thee spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum, spices and pure frankincense; they are part for part;
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and thou hast made it a perfume, a compound, work of a compounder, salted, pure, holy;
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and thou hast beaten <FI>some<Fi> of it small, and hast put of it before the testimony, in the tent of meeting, whither I am met with thee; most holy it is to you.
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`As to the perfume which thou makest, with its proper proportion ye do not make to yourselves, holy it is to thee to Jehovah;
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a man who maketh <FI>any<Fi> like it--to be refreshed by it--hath even been cut off from his people.'
Explanations by Age Level
Explain Like I'm 5
A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!
Explain Like I'm 10
Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
Explain Like I'm 15
Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).