1Facies quoque altare ad adolendum thymiama,“You shall also make an altar, for the burning of incense,de lignis setim,from setim wood,
2habens cubitum longitudinis,having one cubit in length,et alterum latitudinis,and another in width,id est,that is,quadrangulum,four equal sides,et duos cubitos in altitudine.and two cubits in height.Cornua ex ipso procedent.Horns shall proceed from the same.
3Vestiesque illud auro purissimo,And you shall clothe it with the purest gold,tam craticulam ejus,both its gratingquam parietes per circuitum,and the walls around it,et cornua.and also the horns.Faciesque ei coronam aureolam per gyrum,And you shall make for it a crown of gold in a circle,
4et duos annulos aureos sub corona per singula latera,and two gold rings under the crown on each side,ut mittantur in eos vectes,so that the bars may be set in themet altare portetur.and the altar may be carried.
5Ipsos quoque vectes facies de lignis setim, et inaurabis.Also, you shall make its bars of setim wood, and you shall overlay them with gold.
6Ponesque altare contra velum,And you shall set the altar opposite the veil,quod ante arcum pendet testimonii coram propitiatorio quo tegitur testimonium,which hangs in front of the ark of the testimony, before the propitiatory with which the testimony is covered,ubi loquar tibi.where I will speak to you.
7Et adolebit incensum super eo Aaron,And Aaron shall burn incense upon it,suave fragrans,a sweet fragrance,mane.in the morning.Quando componet lucernas,When he lights the lamps,incendet illud:he shall burn it.
8et quando collocabit eas ad vesperum,And when he assembles them in the evening,uret thymiama sempiternum coram Domino in generationes vestras.he shall burn an everlasting incense before the Lord throughout your generations.
9Non offeretis super eo thymiama compositionis alterius,You shall not offer upon it incense of another composition,nec oblationem,nor an oblation,et victimam,nor a victim;nec libabitis libamina.neither shall you offer libations.
10Et deprecabitur Aaron super cornua ejus semel per annum,And Aaron shall pray over its horns once a year,in sanguine quod oblatum est pro peccato,with the blood of what was offered for sin.et placabit super eo in generationibus vestris.And he shall make atonement over it in your generations.Sanctum sanctorum erit Domino.It shall be the Holy of holies to the Lord.”
11Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen,And the Lord spoke to Moses,dicens:saying:
12Quando tuleris summam filiorum Israël juxta numerum,“When you have taken the sum of the sons of Israel, according to their number,dabunt singuli pretium pro animabus suis Domino,each shall give a price for their souls to the Lord,et non erit plaga in eis,and there will be no scourge among them,cum fuerint recensiti.when they will be reviewed.
13Hoc autem dabit omnis qui transit ad nomen,Then all those who pass shall give by name:dimidium sicli juxta mensuram templi (siclus viginti obolos habet);one half shekel, according to the measure at the temple. A shekel has twenty obols.media pars sicli offeretur Domino.The half part of a shekel shall be offered to the Lord.
14Qui habetur in numero, a viginti annis et supra, dabit pretium.He who has been numbered from twenty years and above shall give the price.
15Dives non addet ad medium sicli,The rich shall not add to the half shekel,et pauper nihil minuet.and the poor shall diminish nothing.
16Susceptamque pecuniam,And the money received,quæ collata est a filiis Israël,which was collected from the sons of Israel,trades in usus tabernaculi testimonii,you shall deliver for the uses of the tabernacle of the testimony,ut sit monimentum eorum coram Domino,so that it may be a memorial of them before the Lord,et propitietur animabus eorum.and he may act favorably toward their souls.”
17Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen,And the Lord spoke to Moses,dicens:saying:
18Facies et labrum æneum cum basi sua ad lavandum:“You shall also make a bronze washtub with its base to wash in;ponesque illud inter tabernaculum testimonii et altare.and you shall place it between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar.Et missa aqua,And when water has been added,
19lavabunt in ea Aaron et filii ejus manus suas ac pedes,Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and feet in it:
20quando ingressuri sunt tabernaculum testimonii,when they enter the tabernacle of the testimony,et quando accessuri sunt ad altare, ut offerant in eo thymiama Domino,and when they approach to the altar so as to offer incense to the Lord upon it,
21ne forte moriantur;otherwise, they may die.legitimum sempiternum erit ipsi,This shall be an everlasting law to him,et semini ejus per successiones.and to his offspring, throughout their successions.”
22Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen,And the Lord spoke to Moses,
23dicens:saying:Sume tibi aromata,“Take for yourself aromatics:primæ myrrhæof the first and best myrrh,et electæ quingentos siclos,five hundred shekels,et cinnamomi medium,and of cinnamon half as much,id est,that is,ducentos quinquaginta siclos,two hundred and fifty shekels;calami similiter ducentos quinquaginta,of sweet flag similarly two hundred and fifty,
24casiæ autem quingentos siclos,but of cassia,in pondere sanctuarii,five hundred shekels by the weight of the sanctuary,olei de olivetis mensuram hin:and of the oil of olives the measure of a hin.
25faciesque unctionis oleum sanctum,And you shall make the holy oil of unction,unguentum compositum opere unguentarii,an ointment composed with the skills of a perfumer,
26et unges ex eo tabernaculum testimonii,and with it you shall anoint the tabernacle of the testimony,et arcam testamenti,and the ark of the testament,
27mensamque cum vasis suis,and the table with its vessels,et candelabrum,and the lampstandet utensilia ejus,and its utensils,altaria thymiamatis,the altars of incense
28et holocausti,and of holocaust,et universam supellectilem quæ ad cultum eorum pertinet.and all the items that pertain to their rituals.
29Sanctificabisque omnia,And you shall sanctify everything,et erunt Sancta sanctorum;and they shall be the Holy of holies.qui tetigerit ea, sanctificabitur.He who will touch them must be sanctified.
30Aaron et filios ejus unges,You shall anoint Aaron and his sons,sanctificabisque eos,and you shall sanctify them,ut sacerdotio fungantur mihi.so that they may exercise the priesthood for me.
31Filiis quoque Israël dices:Likewise, you shall say to the sons of Israel:Hoc oleum unctionis sanctum erit mihi in generationes vestras.‘This oil of unction will be holy to me throughout your generations.
32Caro hominis non ungetur ex eo,The flesh of man shall not be anointed from it,et juxta compositionem ejus non facietis aliud,and you shall not make any similar compound,quia sanctificatum est,for it has been sanctifiedet sanctum erit vobis.and it shall be holy to you.
33Homo quicumque tale composuerit,Whatever man will have composed such a thinget dederit ex eo alieno,and have given it to a stranger,exterminabitur de populo suo.he shall be exterminated from his people.’”
34Dixitque Dominus ad Moysen:And the Lord said to Moses:Sume tibi aromata,“Take to yourself aromatics:stactenstacte,et onycha,and onycha,galbanum boni odoris,galbanum of sweet odor,et thus lucidissimum;and the clearest frankincense,æqualis ponderis erunt omnia:all these shall be of equal weight.
35faciesque thymiama compositum opere unguentarii,And you shall make incense composed with the skills of a perfumer,mistum diligenter,diligently mixed,et purum,and pure,et sanctificatione dignissimum.and most worthy of sanctification.
36Cumque in tenuissimum pulverem universa contuderis,And when you have crushed all these into a very fine powder,pones ex eo coram tabernaculo testimonii,you shall place some of it before the tabernacle of the testimony,in quo loco apparebo tibi.in the place where I will appear to you.Sanctum sanctorum erit vobis thymiama.The Holy of holies shall this incense be to you.
37Talem compositionem non facietis in usus vestros,You shall not make such a compound for your own uses,quia sanctum est Domino.because it is holy to the Lord.
38Homo quicumque fecerit simile,Whatever man will have made anything similar,ut odore illius perfruatur,so as to thoroughly enjoy its smell,peribit de populis suis.he shall perish from his people.”