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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Exodus 30 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/exodus/30.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/exodus/30-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CEV</a> > Exodus 30</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../exodus/29.htm" title="Exodus 29">◄</a> Exodus 30 <a href="../exodus/31.htm" title="Exodus 31">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">The Altar for Burning Incense</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="EXO 37:25-28">Exodus 37.25-28</ref>)</h5><h5 class="sp">The <span class="nd">Lord</span> said to Moses:</h5><p class="par"><span class="v1_30_1"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.30.1" class="v1_30_1">1</span>Build an altar of acacia wood where you can burn incense. </span><span class="v1_30_2"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.30.2" class="v1_30_2">2</span>Make it 45 centimeters square and 90 centimeters high, and make each of its four corners stick up like the horn of a bull. </span><span class="v1_30_3"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.30.3" class="v1_30_3">3</span>Cover it with pure gold and put a gold edging around it. </span><span class="v1_30_4"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.30.4" class="v1_30_4">4</span>Then below the edging on opposite sides attach two gold rings through which you can put the poles for carrying the altar. </span><span class="v1_30_5"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.30.5" class="v1_30_5">5</span>These poles are also to be made of acacia wood covered with gold.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v1_30_6"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.30.6" class="v1_30_6">6</span>Put the altar in front of the inside curtain of the sacred tent. The chest with the place of mercy<a href="#fn" id="link_Exod.30.6!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> is kept behind that curtain, and I will talk with you there. </span><span class="v1_30_7"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.30.7-Exod.30.8" class="v1_30_7">7-8</span>From now on, when Aaron takes care of the lamps each morning and evening, he must burn sweet-smelling incense to me on the altar. </span><span class="v1_30_9"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.30.9" class="v1_30_9">9</span>Burn only the proper incense on the altar and never use it for grain sacrifices or animal sacrifices or drink offerings. </span><span class="v1_30_10"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.30.10" class="v1_30_10">10</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Exod.30.10!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Once a year Aaron must purify the altar by smearing on its four corners<a href="#fn" id="link_Exod.30.10!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> the blood of an animal sacrificed for sin, and this practice must always be followed. The altar is sacred because it is dedicated to me.</span></p><h3 class="s1">The Money for the Sacred Tent</h3><p class="par"><span class="v1_30_11"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.30.11" class="v1_30_11">11</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> said to Moses:</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v1_30_12"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.30.12" class="v1_30_12">12</span>Find out how many grown men there are in Israel and require each of them to pay me to keep him safe from danger while you are counting them. </span><span class="v1_30_13"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.30.13-Exod.30.15" class="v1_30_13">13-15</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Exod.30.13-Exod.30.15!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Each man over 19, whether rich or poor, must pay me the same amount of money, weighed according to the official standards. </span><span class="v1_30_16"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.30.16" class="v1_30_16">16</span>This money is to be used for the upkeep of the sacred tent, and because of it, I will never forget my people.</span></p><h3 class="s1">The Large Bronze Bowl</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="EXO 38:8">Exodus 38.8</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v1_30_17"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.30.17" class="v1_30_17">17</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> said to Moses:</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v1_30_18"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.30.18-Exod.30.21" class="v1_30_18">18-21</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Exod.30.18-Exod.30.21!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Make a large bronze bowl and a bronze stand for it. Then put them between the altar for sacrifice and the sacred tent, so the priests can wash their hands and feet before entering the tent or offering a sacrifice on the altar. Each priest in every generation must wash himself in this way, or else he will die right there.</span></p><h3 class="s1">The Oil for Dedication and Ordination</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="EXO 37:29">Exodus 37.29</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v1_30_22"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.30.22" class="v1_30_22">22</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Exod.30.22!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The <span class="nd">Lord</span> said to Moses:</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v1_30_23"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.30.23-Exod.30.25" class="v1_30_23">23-25</span>Mix four liters of olive oil with the following costly spices: six kilograms of myrrh, three kilograms of cinnamon, three kilograms of cane, and six kilograms of cassia. Measure these according to the official standards. Then use this sacred mixture </span><span class="v1_30_26"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.30.26" class="v1_30_26">26</span>for dedicating the tent and chest, </span><span class="v1_30_27"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.30.27" class="v1_30_27">27</span>the table with its equipment, the lampstand with its equipment, the incense altar with all its utensils, </span><span class="v1_30_28"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.30.28" class="v1_30_28">28</span>the altar for sacrifices, and the large bowl with its stand. </span><span class="v1_30_29"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.30.29" class="v1_30_29">29</span>By dedicating them in this way, you will make them so holy that anyone who even touches them will become holy.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v1_30_30"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.30.30" class="v1_30_30">30</span>When you ordain Aaron and his sons as my priests, sprinkle them with some of this oil, </span><span class="v1_30_31"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.30.31" class="v1_30_31">31</span>and say to the people of Israel: “This oil must always be used in the ordination service of a priest. It is holy because it is dedicated to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>. </span><span class="v1_30_32"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.30.32" class="v1_30_32">32</span>So treat it as holy! Don't ever use it for everyday purposes or mix any for yourselves. </span><span class="v1_30_33"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.30.33" class="v1_30_33">33</span>If you do, you will no longer belong to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s people.”</span></p><h3 class="s1">The Sweet-Smelling Incense</h3><p class="par"><span class="v1_30_34"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.30.34-Exod.30.35" class="v1_30_34">34-35</span>Mix equal amounts of the costly spices stacte, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense, then add salt to make the mixture pure and holy. </span><span class="v1_30_36"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.30.36" class="v1_30_36">36</span>Pound some of it into powder and sprinkle it in front of the sacred chest, where I meet with you. Be sure to treat this incense as something very holy. </span><span class="v1_30_37"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.30.37" class="v1_30_37">37</span>It is truly holy because it is dedicated to me, so don't ever make any for yourselves. </span><span class="v1_30_38"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.30.38" class="v1_30_38">38</span>If you ever make any of it to use as perfume, you will no longer belong to my people.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">30.6 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">place of mercy: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 26.34.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">30.10 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">four corners: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See 27.2; 30.2.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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