Exodus Chapter 30

Tissot Moses and Joshua in the Tabernacle

 

Measure of the altar

30:1 AND you will make an altar to burn incense on [of] shittimשטה
the plural of Shittah, which is Hebrew for wood from the acacia tree wood will you make it.

30:2 A cubit noun — an ancient measure of length, approximately equal to the length of a forearm. It was typically about 18 inches or 44 cm, though there was a long cubit of about 21 inches or 52 cm. — ORIGIN Middle English : from Latin cubitum ‘elbow, forearm, cubit’. the width of it; foursquare shall it be and two cubits noun — an ancient measure of length, approximately equal to the length of a forearm. It was typically about 18 inches or 44 cm, though there was a long cubit of about 21 inches or 52 cm. — ORIGIN Middle English : from Latin cubitum ‘elbow, forearm, cubit’. [shall be] the height of it the horns of it [shall be] of the same.
30:3 And you will overlay it with pure gold, the top (roof) of it, and the sides (walls) around it  , and the horns of it; and you will make to it a crown of gold around it.
30:4 And two golden rings will you make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners (ribs) of it, on the two sides of it will you make [it]; and they shall be for places for the staves-a vertical wooden post or plank in a building or other structure. to bear it too.
30:5 And you will make the staves-a vertical wooden post or plank in a building or other structure. [of] shittimשטה
the plural of Shittah, which is Hebrew for wood from the acacia tree wood, and overlay them with gold.
30:6 And you will put it before the veil that [is] by the Ark of the Testimonyאֲרֹן הָעֵדֻת‎
Transliteration:’ārôn – Ark, chest or coffin Transliteration: ʿēḏûṯ o the testimony:—testimony, witness. The Ark of the Covenant, also known as the Ark of the Testimony or the Ark of God, believed to have been the most sacred religious relic of the Israelites. It is described as a wooden chest coated in pure gold and topped off by an elaborate golden lid known as the mercy seat. For more info click here, before the mercy seat that [is] over the testimony, where I will meet with you .
30:7 And Aaronאַהֲרוֹן
Aaron is an English masculine given name. The ‘h’ phoneme in the original Hebrew pronunciation “Aharon” (אהרן) is dropped in the Greek, Ἀαρών, from which the English form, Aaron, is derived. The brother of Moses, is described in the Torah, the Quran and the Baha’i Iqan. The origin of the biblical name is uncertain; however, an Ancient Egyptian origin may indicate “aha rw” meaning “warrior lion”, For more info click here shall burn on it sweet incense every morning when he dresses the lamps, he shall burn incense on it.
30:8 And when Aaronאַהֲרוֹן
Aaron is an English masculine given name. The ‘h’ phoneme in the original Hebrew pronunciation “Aharon” (אהרן) is dropped in the Greek, Ἀαρών, from which the English form, Aaron, is derived. The brother of Moses, is described in the Torah, the Quran and the Baha’i Iqan. The origin of the biblical name is uncertain; however, an Ancient Egyptian origin may indicate “aha rw” meaning “warrior lion”, For more info click here lights the lamps at even, he shall burn incense on it, a perpetual incense before YAHWEH יְהֹוָה‎
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here throughout your generations.
30:9 Y’all shall offer no strange incense on it, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering ; neither shall you pour drink offering on it.
30:10 And Aaronאַהֲרוֹן
Aaron is an English masculine given name. The ‘h’ phoneme in the original Hebrew pronunciation “Aharon” (אהרן) is dropped in the Greek, Ἀαρών, from which the English form, Aaron, is derived. The brother of Moses, is described in the Torah, the Quran and the Baha’i Iqan. The origin of the biblical name is uncertain; however, an Ancient Egyptian origin may indicate “aha rw” meaning “warrior lion”, For more info click here shall make an atonement on the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements once in the year shall he make atonement on it throughout your generations it [is] most holyקָדוֹשׁ‎
Transliteration qāḏôš Pronunciation kaw-doshe’ sacred, holy, Holy One, saint, set apart For more info click here to .

Ransom money


30:11 And YAHWEH יְהֹוָה‎
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here spoke to Mosesמשה
Meaning of the name: Linguist Abraham Yahuda, based on the spelling given in the Tanakh, argues that it combines “water” or “seed” and “pond, expanse of water,” thus yielding the sense of “child of the Nile” click here, saying,
30:12 When you take the sum of the sons of Israel after their number, then shall they give each man a ransom for his soul to YAHWEH יְהֹוָה‎
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here, when you count them; that there is no plague among them, when [you] count them.
30:13 This they shall give, every one that passes among them that are numbered, half a shekelשקל plural שקלים
Shekel or sheqel sheqalim or shekels, is an ancient Mesopotamian coin, usually of silver. A shekel was first a unit of weight—very roughly 11 grams (0.35 ozt)—and became currency in ancient Tyre and ancient Carthage and then in ancient Israel under the Maccabees. after the shekelשקל plural שקלים
Shekel or sheqel sheqalim or shekels, is an ancient Mesopotamian coin, usually of silver. A shekel was first a unit of weight—very roughly 11 grams (0.35 ozt)—and became currency in ancient Tyre and ancient Carthage and then in ancient Israel under the Maccabees. of the sanctuary(a shekelשקל plural שקלים
Shekel or sheqel sheqalim or shekels, is an ancient Mesopotamian coin, usually of silver. A shekel was first a unit of weight—very roughly 11 grams (0.35 ozt)—and became currency in ancient Tyre and ancient Carthage and then in ancient Israel under the Maccabees. [is] twenty gerahs) a half shekel [shall be] the offering of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה‎
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here.
30:14 Everyone that passes among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering to YAHWEH יְהֹוָה‎
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here.
30:15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when [they] give an offering to YAHWEH יְהֹוָה‎
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here, to make an atonement for your souls.
30:16 And you will take the atonement money of the sons of Israel, and will appoint it for the service of the tabernacleמִשְׁכָּן
Transliteration: miškān dwelling place, tabernacle For more info click here of the congregation ; that it may be a memorial to the sons of Israel before YAHWEH יְהֹוָה‎
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here, to make an atonement for your souls.

The laver


30:17 And YAHWEH יְהֹוָה‎
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here spoke to Mosesמשה
Meaning of the name: Linguist Abraham Yahuda, based on the spelling given in the Tanakh, argues that it combines “water” or “seed” and “pond, expanse of water,” thus yielding the sense of “child of the Nile” click here, saying,
30:18 You will also make a layer [of] bronze, and his foot [also of] bronze, to wash [with] and you will put it between the tabernacleמִשְׁכָּן
Transliteration: miškān dwelling place, tabernacle For more info click here of the congregation and the altar, and you will put water in it.
30:19 Because Aaronאַהֲרוֹן
Aaron is an English masculine given name. The ‘h’ phoneme in the original Hebrew pronunciation “Aharon” (אהרן) is dropped in the Greek, Ἀαρών, from which the English form, Aaron, is derived. The brother of Moses, is described in the Torah, the Quran and the Baha’i Iqan. The origin of the biblical name is uncertain; however, an Ancient Egyptian origin may indicate “aha rw” meaning “warrior lion”, For more info click here and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet at that place
30:20 When they go into the tabernacleמִשְׁכָּן
Transliteration: miškān dwelling place, tabernacle For more info click here of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire to YAHWEH יְהֹוָה‎
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
30:21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not and it shall be a statute forever to them, [even] to him and to his offspring throughout their generations.

The incense


30:22 Then YAHWEH יְהֹוָה‎
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here spoke to Mosesמשה
Meaning of the name: Linguist Abraham Yahuda, based on the spelling given in the Tanakh, argues that it combines “water” or “seed” and “pond, expanse of water,” thus yielding the sense of “child of the Nile” click here, saying,
30:23 You also take to you principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred [shekelsשקל plural שקלים
Shekel or sheqel sheqalim or shekels, is an ancient Mesopotamian coin, usually of silver. A shekel was first a unit of weight—very roughly 11 grams (0.35 ozt)—and became currency in ancient Tyre and ancient Carthage and then in ancient Israel under the Maccabees.], and of sweet cinnamon half so much, [about] two hundred and fifty [shekelsשקל plural שקלים
Shekel or sheqel sheqalim or shekels, is an ancient Mesopotamian coin, usually of silver. A shekel was first a unit of weight—very roughly 11 grams (0.35 ozt)—and became currency in ancient Tyre and ancient Carthage and then in ancient Israel under the Maccabees.], and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty [shekelsשקל plural שקלים
Shekel or sheqel sheqalim or shekels, is an ancient Mesopotamian coin, usually of silver. A shekel was first a unit of weight—very roughly 11 grams (0.35 ozt)—and became currency in ancient Tyre and ancient Carthage and then in ancient Israel under the Maccabees.],
30:24 And of cassia five hundred [shekelsשקל plural שקלים
Shekel or sheqel sheqalim or shekels, is an ancient Mesopotamian coin, usually of silver. A shekel was first a unit of weight—very roughly 11 grams (0.35 ozt)—and became currency in ancient Tyre and ancient Carthage and then in ancient Israel under the Maccabees.], after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin
30:25 And you will make it an oil of holyקָדוֹשׁ‎
Transliteration qāḏôš Pronunciation kaw-doshe’ sacred, holy, Holy One, saint, set apart For more info click here ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary it shall be a holyקָדוֹשׁ‎
Transliteration qāḏôš Pronunciation kaw-doshe’ sacred, holy, Holy One, saint, set apart For more info click here anointingמָשִׁיחַ
mâshîyach, maw-shee’-akh anointed; usually a consecrated person (as a king, priest, or saint); specifically, the Messiah:—anointed, Messiah. For more info click here oil.
30:26 And you will anoint the tabernacleמִשְׁכָּן
Transliteration: miškān dwelling place, tabernacle For more info click here of the congregation with that, and the Ark of the Testimonyאֲרֹן הָעֵדֻת‎
Transliteration:’ārôn – Ark, chest or coffin Transliteration: ʿēḏûṯ o the testimony:—testimony, witness. The Ark of the Covenant, also known as the Ark of the Testimony or the Ark of God, believed to have been the most sacred religious relic of the Israelites. It is described as a wooden chest coated in pure gold and topped off by an elaborate golden lid known as the mercy seat. For more info click here,
30:27 And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense,
30:28 And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the layer and his foot.
30:29 And you will sanctify them, that they may be most holyקָדוֹשׁ‎
Transliteration qāḏôš Pronunciation kaw-doshe’ sacred, holy, Holy One, saint, set apart For more info click here whatever touches them shall be holyקָדוֹשׁ‎
Transliteration qāḏôš Pronunciation kaw-doshe’ sacred, holy, Holy One, saint, set apart For more info click here.
30:30 And you will anoint Aaronאַהֲרוֹן
Aaron is an English masculine given name. The ‘h’ phoneme in the original Hebrew pronunciation “Aharon” (אהרן) is dropped in the Greek, Ἀαρών, from which the English form, Aaron, is derived. The brother of Moses, is described in the Torah, the Quran and the Baha’i Iqan. The origin of the biblical name is uncertain; however, an Ancient Egyptian origin may indicate “aha rw” meaning “warrior lion”, For more info click here and his sons, and consecrate them, that [they] may minister to me in the priestכֹּהֵן
kôhên, ko-hane’ Kohen = priest, principal officer or chief ruler For more info click here‘s office.
30:31 And you will speak to the sons of Israel, saying, This shall be an holyקָדוֹשׁ‎
Transliteration qāḏôš Pronunciation kaw-doshe’ sacred, holy, Holy One, saint, set apart For more info click here anointingמָשִׁיחַ
mâshîyach, maw-shee’-akh anointed or anointing; usually a consecrated person (as a king, priest, or saint); specifically, the Messiah:—anointed, Messiah. For more info click here oil to me throughout your generations.
30:32 Upon man’s flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall you make [any other] like it, after the composition of it, it [is] holyקָדוֹשׁ‎
Transliteration qāḏôš Pronunciation kaw-doshe’ sacred, holy, Holy One, saint, set apart For more info click here, [and] it shall be holyקָדוֹשׁ‎
Transliteration qāḏôš Pronunciation kaw-doshe’ sacred, holy, Holy One, saint, set apart For more info click here to you.
30:33 Whosoever compounds [any] like it, or whomever puts [any] of it on a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.
30:34 And YAHWEH יְהֹוָה‎
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here said to Mosesמשה
Meaning of the name: Linguist Abraham Yahuda, based on the spelling given in the Tanakh, argues that it combines “water” or “seed” and “pond, expanse of water,” thus yielding the sense of “child of the Nile” click here, You take sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum ; [these] sweet spices with pure frankincense of each shall there be a like [weight]
30:35 And you will make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered (salted) together, pure [and] holyקָדוֹשׁ‎
Transliteration qāḏôš Pronunciation kaw-doshe’ sacred, holy, Holy One, saint, set apart For more info click here
30:36 And you will beat [some] of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacleמִשְׁכָּן
Transliteration: miškān dwelling place, tabernacle For more info click here of the congregation, where I will meet with you it shall be most holyקָדוֹשׁ‎
Transliteration qāḏôš Pronunciation kaw-doshe’ sacred, holy, Holy One, saint, set apart For more info click here  to you
30:37 And [as for] the perfume which you will make, you shall not make to yourselves according to the composition of it it shall be to you Holyקָדוֹשׁ‎
Transliteration qāḏôš Pronunciation kaw-doshe’ sacred, holy, Holy One, saint, set apart For more info click here for YAHWEH יְהֹוָה‎
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here.
30:38 Whoever shall make like to that, to smell to that, shall even be cut off from his people.

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