"A cubit [shall be] its length and a cubit its width -- it shall be square -- and two cubits [shall be] its height. Its horns [shall be] of one piece with it.
"Two gold rings you shall make for it, under the molding on both its sides. You shall place [them] on its two sides, and they will be holders for the poles with which to bear it.
"And you shall put it before the veil that [is] before the ark of the Testimony, before the mercy seat that [is] over the Testimony, where I will meet with you.
"And Aaron shall make atonement upon its horns once a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonement; once a year he shall make atonement upon it throughout your generations. It [is] most holy to the LORD."
"When you take the census of the children of Israel for their number, then every man shall give a ransom for himself to the LORD, when you number them, that there may be no plague among them when [you] number them.
"This is what everyone among those who are numbered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (a shekel [is] twenty gerahs). The half-shekel [shall be] an offering to the LORD.
"The rich shall not give more and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when [you] give an offering to the LORD, to make atonement for yourselves.
"And you shall take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shall appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of meeting, that it may be a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD, to make atonement for yourselves."
"You shall also make a laver of bronze, with its base also of bronze, for washing. You shall put it between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar. And you shall put water in it,
"When they go into the tabernacle of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to the LORD, they shall wash with water, lest they die.
"So they shall wash their hands and their feet, lest they die. And it shall be a statute forever to them -- to him and his descendants throughout their generations."
"Also take for yourself quality spices -- five hundred [shekels] of liquid myrrh, half as much sweet-smelling cinnamon (two hundred and fifty [shekels),] two hundred and fifty [shekels] of sweet-smelling cane,
'It shall not be poured on man's flesh; nor shall you make [any other] like it, according to its composition. It [is] holy, [and] it shall be holy to you.
And the LORD said to Moses: "Take sweet spices, stacte and onycha and galbanum, and pure frankincense with [these] sweet spices; there shall be equal amounts of each.
"And you shall beat [some] of it very fine, and put some of it before the Testimony in the tabernacle of meeting where I will meet with you. It shall be most holy to you.
"But [as for] the incense which you shall make, you shall not make any for yourselves, according to its composition. It shall be to you holy for the LORD.