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

Facies quoque altare ad adolendum thymiama, de lignis setim,

For burning incense, thou shalt make an altar of acacia wood,

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.

habens cubitum longitudinis, et alterum latitudinis, id est, quadrangulum, et duos cubitos in altitudine. Cornua ex ipso procedent.

a cubit square in surface, and two cubits high; it must have horns going out of it.

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,

Vestiesque illud auro purissimo, tam craticulam ejus, quam parietes per circuitum, et cornua. Faciesque ei coronam aureolam per gyrum,

The whole must be covered with pure gold, the grate and the walls around it and the horns too. It is to have a rim of gold about it,

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

et duos annulos aureos sub corona per singula latera, ut mittantur in eos vectes, et altare portetur.

and close under the rim two gold rings on either side, with poles in them, so that the altar can be carried;

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

Ipsos quoque vectes facies de lignis setim, et inaurabis.

these poles, too, must be of acacia wood, gilded over.

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.

Ponesque altare contra velum, quod ante arcum pendet testimonii coram propitiatorio quo tegitur testimonium, ubi loquar tibi.

Its position is to be facing the veil that hides the ark and its records, facing, too, the throne that overshadows them, my trysting-place with thee.

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

Et adolebit incensum super eo Aaron, suave fragrans, mane. Quando componet lucernas, incendet illud:

Aaron, when he trims the lamps each morning, shall burn fragrant incense on it,

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

et quando collocabit eas ad vesperum, uret thymiama sempiternum coram Domino in generationes vestras.

and again when he lights them at evening he shall burn incense in the Lord’s presence; a custom you are to preserve age after age.

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

Non offeretis super eo thymiama compositionis alterius, nec oblationem, et victimam, nec libabitis libamina.

You are to offer no incense there but what is of my own prescription; there is to be no sacrifice, no victim, no pouring of libations.

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.

Et deprecabitur Aaron super cornua ejus semel per annum, in sanguine quod oblatum est pro peccato, et placabit super eo in generationibus vestris. Sanctum sanctorum erit Domino.

Once a year Aaron shall make intercession at the horns of it, with the blood that is offered in atonement for sin, winning pardon for you there, age after age; it shall be all holiness in the Lord’s honour.

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:

This, too, was the Lord’s word to Moses:

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.

Quando tuleris summam filiorum Israël juxta numerum, dabunt singuli pretium pro animabus suis Domino, et non erit plaga in eis, cum fuerint recensiti.

When thou dost pass the Israelites in review and count their number, each shall pay the Lord a forfeit for his life, to avert all plague at the time of their numbering.

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.

Hoc autem dabit omnis qui transit ad nomen, dimidium sicli juxta mensuram templi (siclus viginti obolos habet); media pars sicli offeretur Domino.

As each man is added to the count, he must pay half a sicle by sanctuary reckoning (note that the sicle, half of which must be paid to the Lord, is worth thirty pence).

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

Qui habetur in numero, a viginti annis et supra, dabit pretium.

The forfeit must be paid by all those, above the age of twenty, who are registered,

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

Dives non addet ad medium sicli, et pauper nihil minuet.

the rich giving no more than half a silver piece, and the poor no less.

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.

Susceptamque pecuniam, quæ collata est a filiis Israël, trades in usus tabernaculi testimonii, ut sit monimentum eorum coram Domino, et propitietur animabus eorum.

The money taken up in this contribution from the Israelites is to be devoted to the needs of the tabernacle which bears record of me, to put the Lord in mind of them, and win ransom for their lives.

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:

This, too, was the Lord’s word to Moses:

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,

Facies et labrum æneum cum basi sua ad lavandum: ponesque illud inter tabernaculum testimonii et altare. Et missa aqua,

Make a washing-basin of bronze, with a stand, and set it between the tabernacle that bears record of me and the brazen altar. Water shall be poured into it

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

lavabunt in ea Aaron et filii ejus manus suas ac pedes,

for Aaron and his sons to wash their hands and feet

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,

quando ingressuri sunt tabernaculum testimonii, et quando accessuri sunt ad altare, ut offerant in eo thymiama Domino,

before they enter the tabernacle that bears record of me, or approach the altar to kindle their sacrifice before the Lord.

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

ne forte moriantur; legitimum sempiternum erit ipsi, et semini ejus per successiones.

This they must do on pain of death; it is an observance that must be kept alive by him and by all his sons that succeed him.

And the Lord spoke to Moses,

Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen,

This, too, was the Lord’s word to Moses:

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.

dicens: Sume tibi aromata, primæ myrrhæ et electæ quingentos siclos, et cinnamomi medium, id est, ducentos quinquaginta siclos, calami similiter ducentos quinquaginta,

Provide thyself with spices, a stone of the best and choicest myrrh, and half a stone of cinnamon, and half a stone of scented cane,

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

casiæ autem quingentos siclos, in pondere sanctuarii, olei de olivetis mensuram hin:

a stone, too, of cassia, all reckoned by sanctuary weights; and with these, three quarts of olive oil.

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

faciesque unctionis oleum sanctum, unguentum compositum opere unguentarii,

And so make the holy oil to be used for anointing, an ointment mixed with all the perfumer’s art.

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

et unges ex eo tabernaculum testimonii, et arcam testamenti,

This thou must use to anoint the tabernacle that bears record of me, and the ark where that record lies;

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

mensamque cum vasis suis, et candelabrum, et utensilia ejus, altaria thymiamatis,

the table with its appurtenances, the lamp-stand with its appurtenances, the altar used for incense,

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

et holocausti, et universam supellectilem quæ ad cultum eorum pertinet.

and that used for burnt-sacrifice, and all the instruments belonging to them.

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

Sanctificabisque omnia, et erunt Sancta sanctorum; qui tetigerit ea, sanctificabitur.

All these thou shalt sanctify, and they shall be all holiness; whoever touches them shall become holy thereby.

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

Aaron et filios ejus unges, sanctificabisque eos, ut sacerdotio fungantur mihi.

Aaron himself and his sons thou shalt anoint and hallow, before they can minister as my priests.

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

Filiis quoque Israël dices: Hoc oleum unctionis sanctum erit mihi in generationes vestras.

This, too, tell the Israelites: The oil used for anointing is a thing you must keep set apart for me, age after age.

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.

Caro hominis non ungetur ex eo, et juxta compositionem ejus non facietis aliud, quia sanctificatum est, et sanctum erit vobis.

It is not to be used for anointing the flesh of man; nor are you to compound oil for yourselves as this is compounded; it is a thing set apart, and you must keep it holy.

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

Homo quicumque tale composuerit, et dederit ex eo alieno, exterminabitur de populo suo.

Whoever compounds such, though it be to give it to a stranger for his use, is lost to his people.

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.

Dixitque Dominus ad Moysen: Sume tibi aromata, stacten et onycha, galbanum boni odoris, et thus lucidissimum; æqualis ponderis erunt omnia:

This, too, was the Lord’s word to Moses: Provide thyself with spices, storax, and burnt shell, and sweet-smelling galbanum, and pure frankincense, all in equal weight,

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

faciesque thymiama compositum opere unguentarii, mistum diligenter, et purum, et sanctificatione dignissimum.

and make incense compounded with all the perfumer’s art, well tempered together, unadulterate, fit for hallowing.

And when thou hast 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 unto you.

Cumque in tenuissimum pulverem universa contuderis, pones ex eo coram tabernaculo testimonii, in quo loco apparebo tibi. Sanctum sanctorum erit vobis thymiama.

All this thou shalt beat into fine powder, and keep a store of it before the tabernacle that bears record of me, my trysting-place with thee. For you, this incense shall be all holiness;

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

Talem compositionem non facietis in usus vestros, quia sanctum est Domino.

you must not compound it so for your own use, it is set apart for the Lord.

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

Homo quicumque fecerit simile, ut odore illius perfruatur, peribit de populis suis.

Whoever compounds the like, to make perfume for his own enjoyment, is lost to his people.