2. Its length shall be a cubit and its width a cubit; it shall be square and its height two cubits; its horns shall be of the same.
3. And thou shalt cover it with pure gold, its top and its sides round about, and its horns; and thou shalt make unto it a moulding of gold round about.
4. And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under its moulding by its two corners on both sides for places for the staves to bear it with.
5. And thou shalt make the staves of cedar wood and cover them with gold.
6. And thou shalt put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, before the seat of reconciliation that is over the testimony, where I will testify unto thee of myself.
7. And Aaron shall burn sweet incense thereon every morning; when he dresses the lamps, he shall burn it.
8. And when Aaron lights the lamps at evening, he shall burn incense upon it continually before the Lord throughout your ages.
9. Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon nor burnt sacrifice nor present; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.
10. And Aaron shall make reconciliation upon the horns of it once a year with the blood of the reconciliation for sin; once a year shall he make reconciliation upon it throughout your ages; it shall be most holy unto the Lord.
11. And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,
12. When thou takest the number of the sons of Israel after the sum of them, each one shall give a ransom for his soul unto the Lord, when thou dost number them, that there be no mortality in them because of numbering them.
13. This shall be given by every one that passes among those that are numbered: half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary (a shekel is twenty gerahs); a half shekel shall be the offering to the Lord.
14. Anyone that passes among those that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give the offering unto the Lord.
15. The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give the offering unto the Lord to make reconciliation for your souls.
16. And thou shalt take the reconciliation money of the sons of Israel and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the testimony, and it shall be a memorial unto the sons of Israel before the Lord to reconcile your souls.
17. And the Lord spoke further unto Moses, saying,