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And you shall overlay them with pure gold — its hearth and its walls round about and its horns; and you shall make for it a twisted golden moulding round about.
And two pure golden rings you shall make under its twisted moulding; on the two sides you shall make them, on the two flanks; and they shall be holders for the poles, so as to carry it with them.
And Aaron shall make atonement upon it, upon its horns, once a year; from the blood of the purification of the sins of atonement, once a year he shall cleanse it throughout their generations; it is most holy to the Lord.
If you take the reckoning of the sons of Israel in their numbering, then they shall each give a ransom for his soul to the Lord, and there shall be no downfall among them in their numbering.
And this is what they shall give, all who pass over to the numbering: half a didrachma, which is according to the holy didrachma — twenty obols is the didrachma — and the half of the didrachma is a contribution to the Lord.
The rich shall not add, and the poor shall not diminish, from the half of the didrachma, when they give the contribution to the Lord, to make atonement for your souls.
And you shall take the silver of the contribution from the sons of Israel, and you shall give it for the work of the tent of witness; and it shall be a memorial for the sons of Israel before the Lord, to make atonement for your souls.
Make a bronze laver and a bronze base for it, for washing; and you shall put it between the tent of witness and the altar, and you shall pour water into it.
Whenever they enter into the tent of witness, they shall wash with water, and they shall not die; or whenever they approach the altar to minister and to offer up the whole burnt offerings to the Lord.
They shall wash their hands and their feet with water; whenever they enter into the tent of witness, they shall wash with water, that they may not die. And it shall be for them a perpetual ordinance, for him and for his generations after him.
And you, take spices: the flower of choice myrrh, five hundred shekels; and of fragrant cinnamon, half of this, two hundred fifty; and of fragrant cane, two hundred fifty;
It shall not be poured upon the flesh of a human being, and you shall not make any for yourselves like it according to this composition; it is holy, and it shall be a holy thing to you.
And you shall beat some of these fine, and you shall put it before the testimonies in the tent of witness, from where I will make myself known to you; it shall be most holy to you.