Exodus Chapter 30
Ayo, whip up an altar for incense burning, made of shittim wood, you feel me?
And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: {of} shittim wood shalt thou make it.
It's a cubit long and wide; totally square and stands two cubits tall, no joke.
A cubit {shall be} the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits {shall be} the height thereof: the horns thereof {shall be} of the same.
Wrap it in pure gold, both top and sides, and hook it up with a gold crown, that's fire.
And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about. {top: Heb. roof} {sides: Heb. walls}
Craft two golden rings under the crown, one on each side, for carrying it around, for real.
And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make {it}; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal. {corners: Heb. ribs}
The staves gotta be made from shittim wood too, plus gold overlay, 100%.
And thou shalt make the staves {of} shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
Set it right in front of the veil by the ark of the testimony, where I'll meet you, fr.
And thou shalt put it before the vail that {is} by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that {is} over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.
Every morning, Aaron’s gotta light that sweet incense when he sets up the lamps, bet.
And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. {sweet incense: Heb. incense of spices}
At night when Aaron lights the lamps, he’s gotta burn incense on it, keeping the vibe lit forever.
And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations. {lighteth: or setteth up: Heb. causeth to ascend} {at even: Heb. between the two evenings}
No sus incense, burnt sacrifices, or meat offerings allowed on it; keep it clean.
Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.
Aaron's gotta make atonement on its horns once a year with the sin offering blood, that’s iconic, holy vibes.
And Aaron shall make an atonement upon 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 upon it throughout your generations: it {is} most holy unto the LORD.
Then the Lord hit up Moses, saying,
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
When you count the crew of Israel, each person needs to drop some cash for their soul to the Lord, to ward off any bad vibes during the count.
When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when {thou} numberest them. {their number: Heb. them that are to be numbered}
Each person needs to give a half shekel, like the sanctuary payment: (a shekel's twenty gerahs) - that half shekel’s the Lord’s offering, no cap.
This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel {is} twenty gerahs:) an half shekel {shall be} the offering of the LORD.
Anyone counted, aged 20 and above, must drop an offering to the Lord.
Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD.
The rich can't flex more, and the broke can’t give less than half a shekel to keep it real for your souls.
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when {they} give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls. {give more: Heb. multiply} {give less: Heb. diminish}
Collect the atonement funds from Israel and use it for the tabernacle crew; it’s a memorial for the squad before the Lord, to keep it authentic for your souls.
And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.
So then the Lord hit Moses again, saying,
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
You gotta craft a brass wash basin and a stand for it, to keep it fresh: place it between the tabernacle and the altar, and fill it with water.
Thou shalt also make a laver {of} brass, and his foot {also of} brass, to wash {withal}: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.
Aaron and his sons gotta wash their hands and feet there, for real.
For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:
Before they enter the tabernacle, they need to wash up, or they might catch a vibe check; same deal when they roll to the altar to give fire offerings to the Lord.
When they go into the tabernacle 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 unto the LORD:
They gotta wash their hands and feet so they don’t catch a vibe check: this rule's forever, no cap, for them and their fam for generations.
So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, {even} to him and to his seed throughout their generations.
The Lord called to Moses, saying,
Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Get the main spices, like pure myrrh, five hundred shekels, and sweet cinnamon, half that, two hundred and fifty shekels, plus sweet calamus, also two hundred and fifty shekels.
Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred {shekels}, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, {even} two hundred and fifty {shekels}, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty {shekels},
And don’t sleep on cassia, five hundred shekels, by the sanctuary shekel, and olive oil, an hin of it.
And of cassia five hundred {shekels}, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:
Make it a holy ointment, like a pro apothecary; this is gonna be the ultimate anointing oil.
And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil. {apothecary: or, perfumer}
Anoint the tabernacle and the ark of the testimony with it,
And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony,
the table and all its gear, the candlestick and its stuff, and the incense altar,
And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense,
plus the burnt offering altar and its gear, and the laver with its base.
And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot.
You gotta make them holy; whatever touches them becomes straight-up holy.
And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.
Anoint Aaron and his sons, set them apart so they can flex as my priests.
And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that {they} may minister unto me in the priest's office.
Let the fam of Israel know, this oil is straight-up holy vibes for generations, no cap.
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.
Don’t put it on anyone’s skin, and don’t try to recreate it; it’s pure and must stay holy for you, for real.
Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make {any other} like it, after the composition of it: it {is} holy, {and} it shall be holy unto you.
Anyone who tries to mix it up or slaps it on a random will be cut off from the squad, period.
Whosoever compoundeth {any} like it, or whosoever putteth {any} of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.
The Lord told Moses, “Grab some sweet spices: stacte, onycha, and galbanum; mix these with pure frankincense, all equal weight, bet.”
And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; {these} sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like {weight}:
Make it a dope perfume, like a sick creation from the apothecary, all blended, pure and holy.
And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure {and} holy: {tempered...: Heb. salted}
Grind some of it real fine and put it in front of the testimony in the tabernacle where I’ll meet you; it’s gotta be super holy for you.
And thou shalt beat {some} of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.
And the perfume you create? Don’t make it for yourselves; it’s gotta be holy for the Lord, no cap.
And {as for} the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the LORD.
Anyone who crafts something like that just to catch a whiff will be cut off from the crew, for real.
Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.