## Exodus Chapter 30

###### Exodus 30:1
[Exodus 30:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/30:1)

וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ מִזְבֵּ֖חַ מִקְטַ֣ר קְטֹ֑רֶת עֲצֵ֥י שִׁטִּ֖ים תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה אֹתֽוֹ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
You shall make an altar to burn incense. Make it out of Acacia wood.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And thou shalt make an altar for the burning of incense: of shittim wood shalt thou make it.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And you shall make an altar for the smoking of the spices; of acacia wood shall you make it.


###### Exodus 30:2
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אַמָּ֨ה אׇרְכּ֜וֹ וְאַמָּ֤ה רׇחְבּוֹ֙ רָב֣וּעַ יִהְיֶ֔ה וְאַמָּתַ֖יִם קֹמָת֑וֹ מִמֶּ֖נּוּ קַרְנֹתָֽיו׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
It shall be one amoh long and one amoh wide, it shall be a square, and two amohs high. Its horn-like elevations shall be of one piece with it.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A cubit shall be the length of it, and a cubit its breadth; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be its height: the horns thereof shall be of the same.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A cubit its length and a cubit its width — square shall it be; and two cubits its height. From it shall its horns be (made).


###### Exodus 30:3
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וְצִפִּיתָ֨ אֹת֜וֹ זָהָ֣ב טָה֗וֹר אֶת־גַּגּ֧וֹ וְאֶת־קִירֹתָ֛יו סָבִ֖יב וְאֶת־קַרְנֹתָ֑יו וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ לּ֛וֹ זֵ֥ר זָהָ֖ב סָבִֽיב׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
You shall overlay it with pure gold, on its top, its walls all around, and its horn-like elevations, and make a gold crown-like rim all around it.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, its top, and its sides round about, and its horns; and thou shalt make for it a rim of gold round about.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And you shall cover it with pure gold, its roof and its walls roundabout and its horns; and you shall make for it a rim of gold roundabout [symbolizing "the crown of kehunah"].


###### Exodus 30:4
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וּשְׁתֵּי֩ טַבְּעֹ֨ת זָהָ֜ב תַּֽעֲשֶׂה־לּ֣וֹ**׀** מִתַּ֣חַת לְזֵר֗וֹ עַ֚ל שְׁתֵּ֣י צַלְעֹתָ֔יו תַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה עַל־שְׁנֵ֣י צִדָּ֑יו וְהָיָה֙ לְבָתִּ֣ים לְבַדִּ֔ים לָשֵׂ֥את אֹת֖וֹ בָּהֵֽמָּה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Make two gold rings for it under its crown-like rim, on two of its corners. Make them on its two opposite sides. They will house the poles with which it is carried.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And two golden rings shalt thou make for it under its rim, by its two corners upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they shall be for places for the poles with which to bear it.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And two golden rings shall you make for it. Beneath its rim at its two corners shall you make (them), on its two sides. And it [the ring-work] shall be for housings for the staves to carry it thereby.


###### Exodus 30:5
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וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ אֶת־הַבַּדִּ֖ים עֲצֵ֣י שִׁטִּ֑ים וְצִפִּיתָ֥ אֹתָ֖ם זָהָֽב׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Make the poles out of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And thou shalt make the poles of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And you shall make the staves of acacia wood, and you shall cover them with gold.


###### Exodus 30:6
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וְנָתַתָּ֤ה אֹתוֹ֙ לִפְנֵ֣י הַפָּרֹ֔כֶת אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־אֲרֹ֣ן הָעֵדֻ֑ת לִפְנֵ֣י הַכַּפֹּ֗רֶת אֲשֶׁר֙ עַל־הָ֣עֵדֻ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֛ר אִוָּעֵ֥ד לְךָ֖ שָֽׁמָּה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Place it in front of the paroches that is by the Ark of the Testimony, in front of the covering that is on the Testimony where I will meet with you there.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And thou shalt put it before the veil that is by the ark of the Testimony, before the covering that is over the Testimony, where I will meet with thee.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And you shall place it before the parocheth which is by the ark of testimony, before the lid on the testimony [i.e., aligned directly opposite the ark, on the outside of the parocheth], where I shall be appointed for you.


###### Exodus 30:7
[Exodus 30:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/30:7)

וְהִקְטִ֥יר עָלָ֛יו אַהֲרֹ֖ן קְטֹ֣רֶת סַמִּ֑ים בַּבֹּ֣קֶר בַּבֹּ֗קֶר בְּהֵיטִיב֛וֹ אֶת־הַנֵּרֹ֖ת יַקְטִירֶֽנָּה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Aharon shall burn upon it incense of spices. Every morning when he cleans the lamps, he shall burn it.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Aharon shall burn upon it sweet incense every morning: when he dresses the lamps, he shall burn incense on it.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Aaron shall smoke incense upon it every morning. When he cleans the lamps [the cups of the menorah (He would clean them of their ashes every morning)], he shall smoke it.


###### Exodus 30:8
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וּבְהַעֲלֹ֨ת אַהֲרֹ֧ן אֶת־הַנֵּרֹ֛ת בֵּ֥ין הָעַרְבַּ֖יִם יַקְטִירֶ֑נָּה קְטֹ֧רֶת תָּמִ֛יד לִפְנֵ֥י יְהֹוָ֖ה לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
And when Aharon lights the lamps in the afternoon, he shall burn it. It is a continual incense -offering before Adonoy for your generations.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And when Aharon lights the lamps at evening, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And when Aaron kindles the lamps in the afternoon, he shall smoke it, [every day, half a portion in the morning, half in the afternoon], a continual incense before the L-rd for your generations.


###### Exodus 30:9
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לֹא־תַעֲל֥וּ עָלָ֛יו קְטֹ֥רֶת זָרָ֖ה וְעֹלָ֣ה וּמִנְחָ֑ה וְנֵ֕סֶךְ לֹ֥א תִסְּכ֖וּ עָלָֽיו׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Do not bring upon it strange [unauthorized] incense; neither burnt-offerings nor meal-offerings. You shall not pour a libation-offering upon it.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
You shall offer no strange incense on it, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meal offering; neither shall you pour drink offering upon it.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You shall not bring up upon it strange [i.e., donated] incense, nor burnt-offering [any offering of animal or fowl], nor meal-offering [any offering of bread]; nor may you pour a libation upon it.


###### Exodus 30:10
[Exodus 30:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/30:10)

וְכִפֶּ֤ר אַהֲרֹן֙ עַל־קַרְנֹתָ֔יו אַחַ֖ת בַּשָּׁנָ֑ה מִדַּ֞ם חַטַּ֣את הַכִּפֻּרִ֗ים אַחַ֤ת בַּשָּׁנָה֙ יְכַפֵּ֤ר עָלָיו֙ לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם קֹֽדֶשׁ־קׇדָשִׁ֥ים ה֖וּא לַיהֹוָֽה׃{פ}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Aharon shall make atonement on its horn-like elevations once each year. With the blood of the sin-offering of atonement, he shall make atonement on it once each year for your generations. It is Holy of Holies to Adonoy.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Aharon shall sprinkle upon the horns of it once in a year 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 to the Lord.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Aaron will make atonement [by application of the blood] upon its horns once a year [on Yom Kippur] with the blood of the sin-offering of the atonements [the bullock and the goat of Yom Kippur, which atone for impurity of the sanctuary and its sacred objects]. Once a year shall he make atonement upon it for your generations; it is holy of holies to the L-rd [It is consecrated for these things alone and for no other service.]


###### Exodus 30:11
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וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹֽר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Adonoy spoke to Moshe, saying,

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the Lord spoke to Moshe, saying,

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L-rd spoke to Moses, saying:


###### Exodus 30:12
[Exodus 30:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/30:12)

כִּ֣י תִשָּׂ֞א אֶת־רֹ֥אשׁ בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֮ לִפְקֻדֵיהֶם֒ וְנָ֨תְנ֜וּ אִ֣ישׁ כֹּ֧פֶר נַפְשׁ֛וֹ לַיהֹוָ֖ה בִּפְקֹ֣ד אֹתָ֑ם וְלֹא־יִהְיֶ֥ה בָהֶ֛ם נֶ֖גֶף בִּפְקֹ֥ד אֹתָֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
“When you take the count of the B’nei Yisrael to determine their numbers, each man shall give an atonement pledge for his soul to Adonoy, when you count them. Thus there will be no plague among them when you count them.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
When thou dost take the sum of the children of Yisra᾽el after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul to the Lord, when thou dost number them; that there be no plague among them, when thou dost number them.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
When you [wish to] take [a count of] the heads of the children of Israel according to their numbers, [do not count them by heads, but] let each man give [a half-shekel] as an atonement for his soul to the L-rd in counting them, so that there be no plague among them in counting them. [And count the shekalim, for the evil eye prevails over what is counted and makes it vulnerable to pestilence (See II Samuel 24:1-10)].


###### Exodus 30:13
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זֶ֣ה**׀** יִתְּנ֗וּ כׇּל־הָעֹבֵר֙ עַל־הַפְּקֻדִ֔ים מַחֲצִ֥ית הַשֶּׁ֖קֶל בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ עֶשְׂרִ֤ים גֵּרָה֙ הַשֶּׁ֔קֶל מַחֲצִ֣ית הַשֶּׁ֔קֶל תְּרוּמָ֖ה לַֽיהֹוָֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Everyone passing by to be counted must give this—half a shekel based on the shekel of the Holy [Sanctuary,] where a shekel is twenty geirah. Half of such a shekel must be given as a terumah-offering to Adonoy.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
This they shall give, every one that passes among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gera:) a half shekel shall be the offering of the Lord.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
This is what they shall give [(The L-rd showed Moses a coin of fire whose weight was half a shekel and said to him: "Let them give a coin like this")], everyone who passes among the counted, half a shekel by the [standard] shekel [weight] for consecration, twenty gerah the shekel. [Let them give] half this shekel as an offering to the L-rd.


###### Exodus 30:14
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כֹּ֗ל הָעֹבֵר֙ עַל־הַפְּקֻדִ֔ים מִבֶּ֛ן עֶשְׂרִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה וָמָ֑עְלָה יִתֵּ֖ן תְּרוּמַ֥ת יְהֹוָֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Everyone passing by to be counted, from [age] twenty years and older, must give a terumah-offering to Adonoy.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Every one that passes among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give the offering of the Lord.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Everyone who passes among the counted, from the age of twenty years and above [(the army age)] shall give the offering of the L-rd.


###### Exodus 30:15
[Exodus 30:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/30:15)

הֶֽעָשִׁ֣יר לֹֽא־יַרְבֶּ֗ה וְהַדַּל֙ לֹ֣א יַמְעִ֔יט מִֽמַּחֲצִ֖ית הַשָּׁ֑קֶל לָתֵת֙ אֶת־תְּרוּמַ֣ת יְהֹוָ֔ה לְכַפֵּ֖ר עַל־נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when giving this terumah-offering to Adonoy to atone for your souls.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give the offering of the Lord, to make atonement for your souls.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The rich shall not give more and the poor shall not give less than the half-shekel, to give the offering of the L-rd to atone for your souls [i.e., so that you not be plague-smitten because of the count.]


###### Exodus 30:16
[Exodus 30:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/30:16)

וְלָקַחְתָּ֞ אֶת־כֶּ֣סֶף הַכִּפֻּרִ֗ים מֵאֵת֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְנָתַתָּ֣ אֹת֔וֹ עַל־עֲבֹדַ֖ת אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד וְהָיָה֩ לִבְנֵ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל לְזִכָּרוֹן֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֔ה לְכַפֵּ֖ר עַל־נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶֽם׃{פ}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Take this atonement money from the B’nei Yisrael and donate it for the work of the Tent of Meeting. It will be a remembrance for the B’nei Yisrael before Adonoy to atone for your souls.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Yisra᾽el, and shalt appoint it for the service of the Tent of Meeting; that it may be a memorial to the children of Yisra᾽el before the Lord, to make atonement for your souls.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And you shall take the silver of the atonements from the children of Israel and give it for the work of the tent of meeting [(whence it is seen that Moses was commanded to count them at the beginning of the erection of the mishkan. It was from this counting that the sockets for the mishkan were made.)] And it shall be for the children of Israel a remembrance before the L-rd to atone for your souls.


###### Exodus 30:17
[Exodus 30:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/30:17)

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹֽר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Adonoy spoke to Moshe, saying:

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the Lord spoke to Moshe, saying,

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L-rd spoke to Moses, saying:


###### Exodus 30:18
[Exodus 30:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/30:18)

וְעָשִׂ֜יתָ כִּיּ֥וֹר נְחֹ֛שֶׁת וְכַנּ֥וֹ נְחֹ֖שֶׁת לְרׇחְצָ֑ה וְנָתַתָּ֣ אֹת֗וֹ בֵּֽין־אֹ֤הֶל מוֹעֵד֙ וּבֵ֣ין הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ וְנָתַתָּ֥ שָׁ֖מָּה מָֽיִם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
“Make a copper wash basin and its copper base for washing; and place it between the Tent of Meeting and the Altar, and put water in it.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and its pedestal also of brass, for washing: and thou shalt put it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and thou shalt put water in it.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And you shall make a kiyyor [an urn with spigots] of copper, and its pedestal of copper, for washing. And you shall place it between the tent of meeting and the altar [(not directly between them but drawn off towards the south)], and you shall put water there.


###### Exodus 30:19
[Exodus 30:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/30:19)

וְרָחֲצ֛וּ אַהֲרֹ֥ן וּבָנָ֖יו מִמֶּ֑נּוּ אֶת־יְדֵיהֶ֖ם וְאֶת־רַגְלֵיהֶֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Aharon and his sons will wash from it their hands and their feet.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For Aharon and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet from it [(at one and the same time, placing the right hand on the right foot and the left hand on the left foot.)]


###### Exodus 30:20
[Exodus 30:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/30:20)

בְּבֹאָ֞ם אֶל־אֹ֧הֶל מוֹעֵ֛ד יִרְחֲצוּ־מַ֖יִם וְלֹ֣א יָמֻ֑תוּ א֣וֹ בְגִשְׁתָּ֤ם אֶל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ לְשָׁרֵ֔ת לְהַקְטִ֥יר אִשֶּׁ֖ה לַֽיהֹוָֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Before entering the Tent of Meeting they must wash with water and they will not die, or whenever they approach the Altar for Divine service, or to burn a fire-offering to Adonoy.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
when they go into the Tent of Meeting, 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 to the Lord:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
When they come to the tent of meeting [to smoke incense morning and evening, or to sprinkle of the blood of the bullock of the high-priest and the "idolatry goats"], they shall wash with water and they will not die, [(the implication being that if they do not wash they will die], or when they draw near to the [outer] altar to serve, to smoke a fire-offering to the L-rd.


###### Exodus 30:21
[Exodus 30:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/30:21)

וְרָחֲצ֛וּ יְדֵיהֶ֥ם וְרַגְלֵיהֶ֖ם וְלֹ֣א יָמֻ֑תוּ וְהָיְתָ֨ה לָהֶ֧ם חׇק־עוֹלָ֛ם ל֥וֹ וּלְזַרְע֖וֹ לְדֹרֹתָֽם׃{פ}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
They must wash their hands and their feet and they will not die. This is a perpetual statute for them, for him [Aharon] and his descendants for all their generations.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
so they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, to him and to his seed throughout their generations.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they shall wash their hands and feet and not die, [the implication being that if they do not wash (this, in reference to service on the outer altar) they will die]. And it shall be for them an eternal statute, for him and his seed for their generations.


###### Exodus 30:22
[Exodus 30:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/30:22)

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹֽר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Adonoy spoke to Moshe saying.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Moreover the Lord spoke to Moshe, saying,

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L-rd spoke to Moses, saying:


###### Exodus 30:23
[Exodus 30:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/30:23)

וְאַתָּ֣ה קַח־לְךָ֮ בְּשָׂמִ֣ים רֹאשׁ֒ מׇר־דְּרוֹר֙ חֲמֵ֣שׁ מֵא֔וֹת וְקִנְּמׇן־בֶּ֥שֶׂם מַחֲצִית֖וֹ חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים וּמָאתָ֑יִם וּקְנֵה־בֹ֖שֶׂם חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים וּמָאתָֽיִם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
“You shall take the finest spices, five hundred [shekels] of pure myrrh, half portions of fragrant cinnamon, [consisting of] two hundred and fifty [shekels] each, and two hundred and fifty [shekels] of calamus spices.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Take thou also to thee the best spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And you, take for yourself choice spices: pure myrrh, five hundred (shekel-weights)]; aromatic cinnamon — half of it, two hundred and fifty [(It was weighed twice to amount to five hundred and a little more (a small amount being added each time to tip the scale above 250)]; and aromatic cane, two hundred and fifty [(its total weight)].


###### Exodus 30:24
[Exodus 30:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/30:24)

וְקִדָּ֕ה חֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ וְשֶׁ֥מֶן זַ֖יִת הִֽין׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
[Also take] five hundred [shekels] of cassia based on the shekel value of the Holy [Sanctuary], and a hin of olive oil.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And kiddah, five hundred in the shekel-weight of the sanctuary, and a hin of olive oil.


###### Exodus 30:25
[Exodus 30:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/30:25)

וְעָשִׂ֣יתָ אֹת֗וֹ שֶׁ֚מֶן מִשְׁחַת־קֹ֔דֶשׁ רֹ֥קַח מִרְקַ֖חַת מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה רֹקֵ֑חַ שֶׁ֥מֶן מִשְׁחַת־קֹ֖דֶשׁ יִהְיֶֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Make it into sacred anointing oil, a blend made by a [perfume] blender. It shall be a sacred anointing oil.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compounded after the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And you shall make of it oil of sacred anointment, a mixed blend, the work of the spice-blender. Oil of sacred anointment shall it be.


###### Exodus 30:26
[Exodus 30:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/30:26)

וּמָשַׁחְתָּ֥ ב֖וֹ אֶת־אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד וְאֵ֖ת אֲר֥וֹן הָעֵדֻֽת׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Anoint with it the Tent of Meeting, and the Ark of the Testimony,

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And thou shalt anoint the Tent of Meeting with it, and the ark of the Testimony,

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And you shall anoint with it [(in the shape of the Greek letter chi)] the tent of meeting and the ark of testimony.


###### Exodus 30:27
[Exodus 30:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/30:27)

וְאֶת־הַשֻּׁלְחָן֙ וְאֶת־כׇּל־כֵּלָ֔יו וְאֶת־הַמְּנֹרָ֖ה וְאֶת־כֵּלֶ֑יהָ וְאֵ֖ת מִזְבַּ֥ח הַקְּטֹֽרֶת׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
And the Table and all its vessels, and the Menorah and its vessels, and the Incense Altar,

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and the table and all its vessels, and the candlestick and its vessels, and the altar of incense,

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the table and all of its implements, the menorah and all of its implements, and the incense altar.


###### Exodus 30:28
[Exodus 30:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/30:28)

וְאֶת־מִזְבַּ֥ח הָעֹלָ֖ה וְאֶת־כׇּל־כֵּלָ֑יו וְאֶת־הַכִּיֹּ֖ר וְאֶת־כַּנּֽוֹ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
And the Burnt-offering Altar and all its vessels, and the wash basin and its base.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and the altar of burnt offering with all its vessels, and the laver and its pedestal.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the burnt-offering altar and all of its implements, and the kiyyor and its pedestal.


###### Exodus 30:29
[Exodus 30:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/30:29)

וְקִדַּשְׁתָּ֣ אֹתָ֔ם וְהָי֖וּ קֹ֣דֶשׁ קׇֽדָשִׁ֑ים כׇּל־הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ בָּהֶ֖ם יִקְדָּֽשׁ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Sanctify them and they will become holy of holies. Anything that touches them will become holy.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatever touches them shall be holy.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And [by this anointment] you shall consecrate them and they shall be holy of holies [in that] everything [fit for (use in) a ministering vessel] that touches them [i.e., that enters into them] shall become consecrated.


###### Exodus 30:30
[Exodus 30:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/30:30)

וְאֶת־אַהֲרֹ֥ן וְאֶת־בָּנָ֖יו תִּמְשָׁ֑ח וְקִדַּשְׁתָּ֥ אֹתָ֖ם לְכַהֵ֥ן לִֽי׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
You shall also anoint Aharon and his sons, and sanctify them to serve Me as kohanim.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And thou shalt anoint Aharon and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister to me in the priest’s office.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Aaron and his sons shall you anoint, and you shall consecrate them to minister unto Me.


###### Exodus 30:31
[Exodus 30:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/30:31)

וְאֶל־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל תְּדַבֵּ֣ר לֵאמֹ֑ר שֶׁ֠מֶן מִשְׁחַת־קֹ֨דֶשׁ יִהְיֶ֥ה זֶ֛ה לִ֖י לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Speak to the B’nei Yisrael, saying: “This shall be sacred anointing oil to Me for all your generations.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And thou shalt speak to the children of Yisra᾽el, saying, This shall be a holy anointing oil to me throughout your generations.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And to the children of Israel shall you speak, saying: Oil of sacred anointment shall this (zeh) be to Me [(The gematria of zeh is twelve; there were twelve lugin of anointing oil)], for your generations [All of it remains for future generations.]


###### Exodus 30:32
[Exodus 30:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/30:32)

עַל־בְּשַׂ֤ר אָדָם֙ לֹ֣א יִיסָ֔ךְ וּ֨בְמַתְכֻּנְתּ֔וֹ לֹ֥א תַעֲשׂ֖וּ כָּמֹ֑הוּ קֹ֣דֶשׁ ה֔וּא קֹ֖דֶשׁ יִהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
It must not be poured on the flesh of any man, and its formula must not be duplicated. It is sacred. It must be sacred to you.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Upon man’s flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall you make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and holy shall it be for you.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
On the flesh of man it shall not be smeared, and you shall not compound another like it. It is holy. Holy shall it be to you.


###### Exodus 30:33
[Exodus 30:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/30:33)

אִ֚ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִרְקַ֣ח כָּמֹ֔הוּ וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר יִתֵּ֛ן מִמֶּ֖נּוּ עַל־זָ֑ר וְנִכְרַ֖ת מֵעַמָּֽיו׃{ס}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
If a person compounds a similar formula, or if he places from it upon an unauthorized person, he shall be cut off [spiritually] from his people.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Whoever compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
One who compounds its like or who puts of it [(of that made by Moses)] upon a stranger [(one not requiring anointment for priesthood or royalty)] shall be cut off from his people.


###### Exodus 30:34
[Exodus 30:34](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/30:34)

וַיֹּ֩אמֶר֩ יְהֹוָ֨ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֜ה קַח־לְךָ֣ סַמִּ֗ים נָטָ֤ף׀וּשְׁחֵ֙לֶת֙ וְחֶלְבְּנָ֔ה סַמִּ֖ים וּלְבֹנָ֣ה זַכָּ֑ה בַּ֥ד בְּבַ֖ד יִהְיֶֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Adonoy said to Moshe, Take for yourself spices, stacte, onycha and galbanum, spices and pure frankincense. They shall be of equal weight.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the Lord said to Moshe, Take to thee sweet spices, storax, and onycha, and galbanum; sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L-rd said to Moses: Take for yourself [two] spices [and] stacte, onycha, galbanum [(a foul-smelling spice, included in the incense to teach us not to belittle inclusion of sinners in our fasts and prayers)], [and an additional five] spices, and pure frankincense. They [the stacte, onycha, galbanum, and frankincense] shall be equal [in weight] to one another.


###### Exodus 30:35
[Exodus 30:35](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/30:35)

וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ אֹתָהּ֙ קְטֹ֔רֶת רֹ֖קַח מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה רוֹקֵ֑חַ מְמֻלָּ֖ח טָה֥וֹר קֹֽדֶשׁ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Make it into incense, a blend blended by a blender, thoroughly blended, pure and holy.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the perfumer, mingled with salt, pure and holy:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And you shall make it into incense, a compound, the work of a spice-blender, thoroughly mixed, [and it shall be] pure [and] holy.


###### Exodus 30:36
[Exodus 30:36](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/30:36)

וְשָֽׁחַקְתָּ֣ מִמֶּ֘נָּה֮ הָדֵק֒ וְנָתַתָּ֨ה מִמֶּ֜נָּה לִפְנֵ֤י הָעֵדֻת֙ בְּאֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֔ד אֲשֶׁ֛ר אִוָּעֵ֥ד לְךָ֖ שָׁ֑מָּה קֹ֥דֶשׁ קׇֽדָשִׁ֖ים תִּהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Pulverize some of it very finely and place it before the [Ark of] Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be holy of holies to you.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with thee: it shall be to you most holy.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And you shall grind some of it fine, and you shall place some of it [daily, on the inner altar] before the [ark of] testimony in the tent of meeting where I shall be appointed for you [to speak to you] there. Holy of holies shall it be to you.


###### Exodus 30:37
[Exodus 30:37](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/30:37)

וְהַקְּטֹ֙רֶת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה בְּמַ֨תְכֻּנְתָּ֔הּ לֹ֥א תַעֲשׂ֖וּ לָכֶ֑ם קֹ֛דֶשׁ תִּהְיֶ֥ה לְךָ֖ לַיהֹוָֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The incense you are making, its formula must not be duplicated for you[r use]. It shall be sacred to you for Adonoy.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, you shall not make it for yourselves according to its prescribed composition: it shall be holy for the Lord.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the incense that you make, in its composition [(the number of its spices)] you shall not make for yourselves. Holy shall it be to you for the L-rd. [You shall make it only for His name alone.]


###### Exodus 30:38
[Exodus 30:38](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/30:38)

אִ֛ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה כָמ֖וֹהָ לְהָרִ֣יחַ בָּ֑הּ וְנִכְרַ֖ת מֵעַמָּֽיו׃{ס}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
A person who duplicates this formula to enjoy its fragrance, shall be cut off [spiritually] from his people.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Whoever shall make like to that, to partake of its scent, shall even be cut off from his people.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
One who makes its like to smell it shall be cut off from his people. [But one may make it of what he owns, in its composition, for Temple use.]