Exo 30:1-10 | NASB2020 | STEP | “Now you shall make an altar as a place for burning incense ; you shall make it of acacia wood .

Exodus 30:1-10

The Altar of Incense

1 “Now you shall make ^aan altar as a place for burning incense; you shall make it of acacia wood. 2 Its length shall be ^{▼▼About 1.5 ft. long and wide and 3 ft. high or 45 cm and 90 cm}a cubit, and its width a cubit; it shall be square, and its height shall be two cubits; its horns shall be ^{▼▼Lit from itself}of one piece with it. 3 You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top and its ^{▼▼Lit walls}sides all around, and its horns; and you shall make a gold molding all around for it. 4 You shall also make two gold rings for it under its molding; you shall make them on its two sides--on ^{▼▼Lit its two}opposite sides--and ^{▼▼Lit it}they shall be holders for poles with which to carry it. 5 And you shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. 6 You shall put ^{▼▼Lit it}this altar in front of the veil that is ^{▼▼Lit upon; or over}near the ark of the testimony, in front of the ^{▼▼Also called mercy seat; i.e., where blood was sprinkled on the Day of Atonement
,} ^jatoning cover that is over the ark of the testimony, where I will meet with you. 7 Aaron shall burn fragrant incense on it; he shall burn it every morning when he trims the lamps. 8 And when Aaron sets up the lamps at ^{▼▼Lit between the two evenings}twilight, he shall burn incense. There shall be perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations. 9 You shall not offer any ^{▼▼I.e., prohibited}strange incense on ^{▼▼Lit it}this altar, or burnt offering, or meal offering; and you shall not pour out a drink offering on it. 10 However, Aaron shall ⁿmake atonement on its horns once a year; he shall make atonement on it with the blood of the sin offering of atonement once a year throughout your generations. It is most holy to the Lord.”