The Altar of Incense

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`And thou hast made an altar for making perfume; of shittim wood thou dost make it;

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a cubit its length, and a cubit its breadth, (it is square), and two cubits its height; its horns are of the same.

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`And thou hast overlaid it with pure gold, its top, and its sides round about, and its horns; and thou hast made to it a crown of gold round about;

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and two rings of gold thou dost make to it under its crown; on its two ribs thou dost make them , on its two sides, and they have become places for staves, to bear it with them.

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`And thou hast made the staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them with gold;

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and thou hast put it before the vail, which is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy-seat which is over the testimony, whither I am met with thee.

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`And Aaron hath made perfume on it, perfume of spices, morning by morning; in his making the lamps right he doth perfume it,

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and in Aaron's causing the lamps to go up between the evenings, he doth perfume it; a continual perfume before Jehovah to your generations.

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`Ye do not cause strange perfume to go up upon it, and burnt-offering, and present, and libation ye do not pour out on it;

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and Aaron hath made atonement on its horns, once in a year, by the blood of the sin-offering of atonements; once in a year doth he make atonement for it, to your generations; it is most holy to Jehovah.'

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And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

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