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The Book of Exodus, Chapter 30, Verse 1

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And they shall know that I [am] the LORD their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I [am] the LORD their God.
King James Version
And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: [of] shittim wood shalt thou make it.
American Standard Version
And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of acacia wood shalt thou make it.
New English Translation
The Altar of Incense“You are to make an altar for burning incense; you are to make it of acacia wood.
World English Bible
"You shall make an altar to burn incense on. You shall make it of acacia wood.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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And thou shalt make the staves [of] shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
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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.
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And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
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And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.
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Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.
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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.
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,