CHAP. XXX.
1 AND thou shalt make * 1.1 an altar to burn in∣cense upon a 1.2: of shittim-wood shalt thou make it.
2 A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cu∣bit the breadth thereof (four-square shall it be) and two cubits shall be the height thereof, the horns thereof b 1.3 shall be of the same.
3 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the † 1.4 top thereof c 1.5, and the † 1.6 sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof: and thou shalt make unto it a crown d 1.7 of gold round a∣bout.
4 And two golden rings shalt thou make to it, under the crown of it, by the two † 1.8 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.
5 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim∣wood, and overlay them with gold.
6 And thou shalt put it before the vail e 1.9, that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy∣seat, that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.
7 And Aaron shall burn thereon † 1.10 sweet in∣cense f 1.11 every morning: when * 1.12 he dresseth the lamps g 1.13 he shall burn incense upon it.
8 And when Aaron ‖ 1.14 † 1.15 lighteth the lamps † 1.16 at even h 1.17 he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD, throughout your ge∣nerations.
9 Ye shall offer no strange incense i 1.18 thereon, nor burnt-sacrifice, nor meat-offering, neither shall ye pour drink-offering thereon.
10 And * 1.19 Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year k 1.20: with the bloud of the sin-offering of atonements l 1.21, once in the year shall he make atonement upon it through∣out your generations: it is most holy unto the LORD.
11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, say∣ing,
12 * 1.22 When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after † 1.23 their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul m 1.24 unto the LORD, when thou numbrest them n 1.25, that there be no plague amongst them, when thou numbrest them.
13 This they shall give, every one that pas∣seth among them that are numbred * 1.26 half a she∣kel, after the shekel of the sanctuary o 1.27, (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD p 1.28.
14 Every one that passeth among them that are numbred, from twenty years old and above q 1.29, shall give an offering unto the LORD.
15 The rich shall not † 1.30 give more, and the poor shall not ‖ 1.31 give less r 1.32 than half a shekel when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.
16 And thou shalt take the atonement-money of the children of Israel, and * 1.33 shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle s 1.34 of the con∣gregation, that it may be a memorial t 1.35 unto the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.
17 And the LORD spake unto Moses u 1.36, say∣ing,
18 Thou shalt also make a laver of brass x 1.37, and