## Onkelos Exodus Chapter 30

###### Onkelos Exodus 30:1
[Onkelos Exodus 30:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/30:1)

וְתַעְבֵּד מַדְבְּחָא **לְאַקְטָרָא עֲלוֹהִי קְטֹרֶת** בּוּסְמַיָּא דְּאָעֵי שִׁטִּין תַּעְבֵּד יָתֵיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You shall make an altar [**upon which**] to burn incense [**spices**]. Make it out of Acacia wood.


###### Onkelos Exodus 30:2
[Onkelos Exodus 30:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/30:2)

אַמְּתָא אֻרְכֵּיהּ וְאַמְּתָא פְתָיֵהּ מְרַבַּע יְהֵי וְתַרְתֵּין אַמִּין רוּמֵיהּ מִנֵּיהּ קַרְנוֹהִי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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.


###### Onkelos Exodus 30:3
[Onkelos Exodus 30:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/30:3)

וְתַחֲפֵי יָתֵיהּ דְּהַב דְּכֵי יָת אִגָּרֵיהּ וְיָת כָּתְלוֹהִי סְחוֹר סְחוֹר וְיָת קַרְנוֹהִי וְתַעְבֵּד לֵיהּ דֵּיר דִּדְהַב סְחוֹר סְחוֹר:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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.


###### Onkelos Exodus 30:4
[Onkelos Exodus 30:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/30:4)

וְתַרְתֵּין עִזְקַן דִּדְהַב תַּעְבֵּד לֵיהּ מִלְּרַע לְדֵירֵיהּ עַל תַּרְתֵּין זִוְיָתֵיהּ תַּעְבֵּד עַל תְּרֵין סִטְרוֹהִי וִיהֵי לְאַתְרָא לַאֲרִיחַיָּא לְמִטַּל יָתֵיהּ בְּהוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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.


###### Onkelos Exodus 30:5
[Onkelos Exodus 30:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/30:5)

וְתַעְבֵּד יָת אֲרִיחַיָּא דְּאָעֵי שִׁטִּין וְתַחֲפֵי יָתְהוֹן דַּהֲבָא:

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


###### Onkelos Exodus 30:6
[Onkelos Exodus 30:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/30:6)

וְתִתֵּן יָתֵיהּ קֳדָם פָּרֻכְתָּא דִּי עַל אֲרוֹנָא דְסַהֲדוּתָא לִקֳדָם כַּפֻּרְתָּא דִּי עַל סַהֲדוּתָא דִּי **אֲזַמֵּן מֵימְרִי** לָךְ תַּמָּן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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 [**prepare My Word**] with you there.


###### Onkelos Exodus 30:7
[Onkelos Exodus 30:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/30:7)

וְיַקְטַר עֲלוֹהִי אַהֲרֹן קְטֹרֶת בּוּסְמִין בִּצְפַר בִּצְפַר בְּאַתְקָנוּתֵיהּ יָת בּוֹצִינַיָּא יַסֵּקִנַּהּ:

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


###### Onkelos Exodus 30:8
[Onkelos Exodus 30:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/30:8)

וּבְאַדְלָקוּת אַהֲרֹן יָת בּוֹצִינַיָּא בֵּין שִׁמְשַׁיָּא יַסֵּקִנַּהּ קְטֹרֶת **בּוּסְמַיָּא** תְדִירָא קֳדָם יְיָ לְדָרֵיכוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And when Aharon lights the lamps in the afternoon, he shall burn it. It is a continual incense [**spice**]-offering before Adonoy for you generations.


###### Onkelos Exodus 30:9
[Onkelos Exodus 30:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/30:9)

לָא תַסְּקוּן עֲלוֹהִי קְטֹרֶת בּוּסְמִין נוּכְרָאִין וַעֲלָתָא וּמִנְחָתָא וְנִסְכָּא לָא תְנַסְּכוּן עֲלוֹהִי:

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


###### Onkelos Exodus 30:10
[Onkelos Exodus 30:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/30:10)

וִיכַפֵּר אַהֲרֹן עַל קַרְנוֹהִי חֲדָא בְּשַׁתָּא מִדְּמָא חַטַּאת כִּפּוּרַיָּא חֲדָא בְשַׁתָּא יְכַפֵּר עֲלוֹהִי לְדָרֵיכוֹן קֹדֶשׁ קוּדְשִׁין הוּא **קֳדָם** יְיָ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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 [**before**] Adonoy.


###### Onkelos Exodus 30:11
[Onkelos Exodus 30:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/30:11)

וּמַלִּיל יְיָ עִם משֶׁה לְמֵימָר:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy spoke to Moshe, saying,


###### Onkelos Exodus 30:12
[Onkelos Exodus 30:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/30:12)

אֲרֵי תְקַבֵּל יָת חֻשְׁבַּן בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְמִנְיָנֵיהוֹן וְיִתְּנוּן גְּבַר **פֻּרְקַן** נַפְשֵׁיהּ **קֳדָם** יְיָ כַּד תִּמְנֵי יָתְהוֹן וְלָא יְהֵי בְהוֹן מוֹתָא כַּד תִּמְנֵי יָתְהוֹן:

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


###### Onkelos Exodus 30:13
[Onkelos Exodus 30:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/30:13)

דֵּין יִתְּנוּן כָּל דְּעָבַר עַל מִנְיָנַיָּא פַּלְגּוּת **סִלְעָא** בְּסִלְעֵי קוּדְשָׁא עֶסְרִין **מָעִין סִלְעָא** פַּלְגּוּת **סִלְעָא** אַפְרָשׁוּתָא **קֳדָם** יְיָ:

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


###### Onkelos Exodus 30:14
[Onkelos Exodus 30:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/30:14)

כֹּל דְּעָבַר עַל מִנְיָנַיָּא מִבַּר עֶסְרִין שְׁנִין וּלְעֵלָּא יִתֵּן אַפְרָשׁוּתָא **קֳדָם** יְיָ:

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


###### Onkelos Exodus 30:15
[Onkelos Exodus 30:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/30:15)

דְּעַתִּיר לָא יַסְגֵּי וּדְמִסְכֵּן לָא יַזְעֵר מִפַּלְגּוּת **סִלְעָא** לְמִתַּן יָת אַפְרָשׁוּתָא **קֳדָם** יְיָ לְכַפָּרָא עַל נַפְשָׁתֵיכוֹן:

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


###### Onkelos Exodus 30:16
[Onkelos Exodus 30:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/30:16)

וְתִסַּב יָת כְּסַף כִּפּוּרַיָּא מִן בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְתִתֵּן יָתֵיהּ עַל פָּלְחַן מַשְׁכַּן זִמְנָא וִיהֵי לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְדָכְרָנָא קֳדָם יְיָ לְכַפָּרָא עַל נַפְשָׁתֵיכוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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.”


###### Onkelos Exodus 30:17
[Onkelos Exodus 30:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/30:17)

וּמַלִּיל יְיָ עִם משֶׁה לְמֵימָר:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy spoke to Moshe, saying:


###### Onkelos Exodus 30:18
[Onkelos Exodus 30:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/30:18)

וְתַעְבֵּד כִּיּוֹרָא דִנְחָשָׁא וּבְסִיסֵיהּ נְחָשָׁא **לְקִדּוּשׁ** וְתִתֵּן יָתֵיהּ בֵּין מַשְׁכַּן זִמְנָא וּבֵין מַדְבְּחָא וְתִתֵּן תַּמָּן מַיָּא:

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


###### Onkelos Exodus 30:19
[Onkelos Exodus 30:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/30:19)

**וִיקַדְּשׁוּן** אַהֲרֹן וּבְנוֹהִי **מִנֵּיהּ** יָת יְדֵיהוֹן וְיָת רַגְלֵיהוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Aharon and his sons will wash from it [**sanctify**] their hands and their feet [**from it**].


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

בְּמֵיעַלְהוֹן לְמַשְׁכַּן זִמְנָא **יְקַדְּשׁוּן** מַיָּא וְלָא יְמוּתוּן אוֹ בְמִקְרָבְהוֹן לְמַדְבְּחָא לְשַׁמָּשָׁא לְאַסָּקָא **קֻרְבָּנָא קֳדָם** יְיָ:

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


###### Onkelos Exodus 30:21
[Onkelos Exodus 30:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/30:21)

**וִיקַדְּשׁוּן** יְדֵיהוֹן וְרַגְלֵיהוֹן וְלָא יְמוּתוּן וּתְהֵי לְהוֹן קְיָם עָלָם לֵיהּ וְלִבְנוֹהִי לְדָרֵיהוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
They must wash [**sanctify**] 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.”


###### Onkelos Exodus 30:22
[Onkelos Exodus 30:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/30:22)

וּמַלִּיל יְיָ עִם משֶׁה לְמֵימָר:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy spoke to Moshe saying.


###### Onkelos Exodus 30:23
[Onkelos Exodus 30:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/30:23)

וְאַתְּ סַב לָךְ בּוּסְמִין רֵישָׁא מֵירָא דַכְיָא **מַתְקַל** חֲמֵשׁ מְאָה וְקִנְּמָן בֶּשֶׂם פַּלְגּוּתֵיהּ **מַתְקַל** מָאתָן וְחַמְשִׁין וּקְנֵה בוּסְמָא **מַתְקַל** מָאתָן וְחַמְשִׁין:

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


###### Onkelos Exodus 30:24
[Onkelos Exodus 30:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/30:24)

וּקְצִיעֲתָא **מַתְקַל** חֲמֵשׁ מְאָה **בְּסִלְעֵי** קוּדְשָׁא וּמְשַׁח זֵיתָא **מְלֵא** הִינָא:

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


###### Onkelos Exodus 30:25
[Onkelos Exodus 30:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/30:25)

וְתַעְבֵּד יָתֵיהּ מְשַׁח רְבוּת קוּדְשָׁא בּוֹסֶם מְבַסָּם עוֹבַד בּוּסְמָנוּ מְשַׁח רְבוּת קוּדְשָׁא יְהֵא:

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


###### Onkelos Exodus 30:26
[Onkelos Exodus 30:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/30:26)

וּתְרַבִּי בֵיהּ יָת מַשְׁכַּן זִמְנָא וְיָת אֲרוֹנָא דְסַהֲדוּתָא:

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


###### Onkelos Exodus 30:27
[Onkelos Exodus 30:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/30:27)

וְיָת פָּתוֹרָא וְיָת כָּל מָנוֹהִי וְיָת מְנַרְתָּא וְיָת מָנָהָא וְיָת מַדְבְּחָא דִקְטֹרֶת **בּוּסְמַיָּא**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And the Table and all its vessels, and the Menorah and its vessels, and the [**Spice**] Incense Altar,


###### Onkelos Exodus 30:28
[Onkelos Exodus 30:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/30:28)

וְיָת מַדְבַּח דַּעֲלָתָא וְיָת כָּל מָנוֹהִי וְיָת כִּיּוֹרָא וְיָת בְּסִיסֵיהּ:

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


###### Onkelos Exodus 30:29
[Onkelos Exodus 30:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/30:29)

וּתְקַדֵּשׁ יָתְהוֹן וִיהוֹן קֹדֶשׁ קוּדְשַׁיָּא כָּל דְּיִקְרַב בְּהוֹן יִתְקַדָּשׁ:

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


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

וְיָת אַהֲרֹן וְיָת בְּנוֹהִי תְּרַבִּי וּתְקַדֵּשׁ יָתְהוֹן לְשַׁמָּשָׁא **קֳדָמַי**:

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


###### Onkelos Exodus 30:31
[Onkelos Exodus 30:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/30:31)

וְעִם בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל תְּמַלֵּל לְמֵימָר מְשַׁח רְבוּת קוּדְשָׁא יְהֵי דֵין **קֳדָמַי** לְדָרֵיכוֹן:

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


###### Onkelos Exodus 30:32
[Onkelos Exodus 30:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/30:32)

עַל בִּסְרָא דַאֲנָשָׁא לָא יִתְנַסַּךְ **וּבִדְמוּתֵיהּ** לָא תַעְבְּדוּן כְּוָתֵיהּ קוּדְשָׁא הוּא קוּדְשָׁא יְהֵי לְכוֹן:

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


###### Onkelos Exodus 30:33
[Onkelos Exodus 30:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/30:33)

גְּבַר דִּי יְבַסַּם דִּכְוָתֵיהּ וְדִי יִתֵּן מִנֵּיהּ עַל חִלּוֹנָי וְיִשְׁתֵּצֵי מֵעַמֵּיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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.


###### Onkelos Exodus 30:34
[Onkelos Exodus 30:34](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/30:34)

וַאֲמַר יְיָ לְמשֶׁה סַב לָךְ בּוּסְמִין נְטוֹפָא וְטוּפְרָא וְחֶלְבְּנֵתָא בּוּסְמִין וּלְבוּנְתָא דָכִיתָא מַתְקַל בְּמַתְקַל יְהֵי:

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


###### Onkelos Exodus 30:35
[Onkelos Exodus 30:35](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/30:35)

וְתַעְבֵּד יָתַהּ קְטֹרֶת **בּוּסְמִין** בּוֹסֶם עוֹבַד בּוּסְמָנוּ מְעָרַב דְּכֵי קוּדְשָׁא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Make it into incense [**spice**], a blend blended by a blender, thoroughly blended, pure and holy.


###### Onkelos Exodus 30:36
[Onkelos Exodus 30:36](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/30:36)

וְתִשְׁחוֹק מִנַּהּ וְתַדִּיק וְתִתֵּן מִנַּהּ קֳדָם סַהֲדוּתָא בְּמַשְׁכַּן זִמְנָא דִּי אֱזַמֵּן מֵימְרִי לָךְ תַּמָּן קֹדֶשׁ קוּדְשִׁין תְּהֵי לְכוֹן:

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


###### Onkelos Exodus 30:37
[Onkelos Exodus 30:37](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/30:37)

וּקְטֹרֶת **בּוּסְמִין** דִּי תַעְבֵּד **בִּדְמוּתָהּ** לָא תַעְבְּדוּן לְכוֹן קוּדְשָׁא תְּהֵי לָךְ **קֳדָם** יְיָ:

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


###### Onkelos Exodus 30:38
[Onkelos Exodus 30:38](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/30:38)

גְּבַר דְיַעְבֵּד דִּכְוָתַהּ לַאֲרָחָא בַהּ וְיִשְׁתֵּצֵי מֵעַמֵּיהּ:

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