Verse 11

Over the golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth, cover it with a covering of fine leather, and insert its poles.

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  • Exod 30:1-9 : 1 You shall make an altar for burning incense; you shall make it of acacia wood. 2 Its length shall be one cubit and its width one cubit—it shall be square—and its height shall be two cubits, with its horns being of one piece with it. 3 You shall overlay it with pure gold—its top, its sides all around, and its horns—and you shall make a gold border around it. 4 You shall make two gold rings for it under its border on its two sides. Place them on each side to hold the poles for carrying it. 5 You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. 6 You shall place it in front of the veil that is before the ark of the testimony, in front of the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with you. 7 Aaron shall burn fragrant incense on it every morning when he trims the lamps. 8 When Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he shall burn incense on it. This shall be a perpetual incense offering before the LORD throughout your generations. 9 You shall not offer unauthorized incense on it, nor any burnt or grain offering, nor shall you pour a drink offering on it. 10 Once a year Aaron shall make atonement on its horns 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. 11 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 12 When you take a census of the Israelites to number them, each shall give a ransom for his life to the LORD when you number them, so that there will be no plague among them when you number them. 13 This is what everyone who is counted must give: a half-shekel according to the sanctuary shekel (twenty gerahs to the shekel), as an offering to the LORD. 14 Everyone who is counted in the census, twenty years old and above, must give the LORD’s offering. 15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when giving the LORD’s offering to make atonement for your lives. 16 You shall take the atonement money from the Israelites and use it for the service of the tent of meeting. It will be a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD, to make atonement for your lives. 17 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 18 You shall make a bronze basin, with its base of bronze, for washing. Place it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it. 19 Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and feet with water from it.
  • Exod 37:25-28 : 25 He made the altar of incense from acacia wood. Its length was a cubit, its width a cubit—it was square—and its height was two cubits. Its horns were of one piece with it. 26 He overlaid it with pure gold—its top, its sides all around, and its horns—and he made a gold molding to surround it. 27 He made two gold rings for it below the molding on its two sides, on opposite sides, to serve as holders for the poles used to carry it. 28 He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
  • Exod 39:38 : 38 They brought the gold altar, the anointing oil, the fragrant incense, and the curtain for the entrance to the tent.
  • Exod 40:5 : 5 Place the golden altar for incense in front of the ark of the testimony, and put the screen for the entrance to the Tabernacle.
  • Exod 40:26-27 : 26 He placed the golden altar in the tent of meeting in front of the veil. 27 He burned fragrant incense on it, as the Lord had commanded Moses.