30:1 And thou shalt make an altar {a} to burn incense upon: [of] shittim wood shalt thou make it. (a) Upon which the sweet perfume was burnt, Ex 30:34. 30:2 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] {b} of the same. (b) Of the same wood and matter. 30:6 And thou shalt put it {c} 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. (c) That is, in the sanctuary, and not in the holiest of all. 30:7 And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he {d} dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. (d) Meaning, when he trims them, and refreshes the oil. 30:9 Ye shall offer no {e} strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering {f} thereon. (e) Otherwise made them this, which is described. (f) But it must only serve to burn perfume. 30:12 When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man {g} a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when [thou] numberest them. (g) By which he testified that he redeemed his life which he had forfeit, as is declared by David, 2Sa 24:1. 30:13 This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the {h} shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel [is] twenty gerahs:) an half shekel [shall be] the offering of the LORD. (h) This shekel was worth two common shekels: and the gerah about 12 pence at a rate of five shillings sterling to an ounce of silver. 30:15 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, {i} to make an atonement for your souls. (i) That God should be merciful to you. 30:19 For Aaron and his sons shall {k} wash their hands and their feet thereat: (k) Signifying that he that comes to God must be washed from all sin and corruption. 30:21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute {l} for ever to them, [even] to him and to his seed throughout their generations. (l) So long as the priesthood shall last. 30:23 Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred {m} [shekels], and of sweet cinnamon half so much, [even] two hundred and fifty [shekels], and of sweet {n} calamus two hundred and fifty [shekels], (m) Weighing so much. (n) It is a type of reed with a very sweet savour within, and it is used in powders and odours. 30:26 And thou shalt anoint the {o} tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony, (o) All things which belong to the tabernacle. 30:32 Upon {p} 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. (p) Neither at their burials nor otherwise. 30:33 Whosoever compoundeth [any] like it, or whosoever putteth [any] of it upon {q} a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people. (q) Either a stranger or an Israelite, save only the priests. 30:34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and {r} onycha, and galbanum; [these] sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like [weight]: (r) In Hebrew, Sheheleth: which is a sweet kind of gum and shines as the nail. | |