Exodus 30 #catechesis/bible/exodus
[!abstract] The altar of incense: money to be gathered for the use of the tabernacle: the brazen laver: the holy oil of unction, and the composition of the perfume.
Book: Exodus · ← Exodus 29 · Exodus 31 →
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GR καὶ ποιήσεις θυσιαστήριον θυμιάματος ἐκ ξύλων ἀσήπτων καὶ ποιήσεις αὐτὸ
LA Facies quoque altare ad adolendum thymiama, de lignis setim,
EN You shall make also an altar to burn incense, of setim wood.
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GR πήχεος τὸ μῆκος καὶ πήχεος τὸ εὖρος τετράγωνον ἔσται καὶ δύο πήχεων τὸ ὕψος ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἔσται τὰ κέρατα αὐτοῦ
LA habens cubitum longitudinis, et alterum latitudinis, id est, quadrangulum, et duos cubitos in altitudine. Cornua ex ipso procedent.
EN It shall be a cubit in length, and another in breadth, that is, four square, and two in height. Horns shall go out of the same.
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GR καὶ καταχρυσώσεις αὐτὰ χρυσίῳ καθαρῷ τὴν ἐσχάραν αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺς τοίχους αὐτοῦ κύκλῳ καὶ τὰ κέρατα αὐτοῦ καὶ ποιήσεις αὐτῷ στρεπτὴν στεφάνην χρυσῆν κύκλῳ
LA Vestiesque illud auro purissimo, tam craticulam ejus, quam parietes per circuitum, et cornua. Faciesque ei coronam aureolam per gyrum,
EN And you shall overlay it with the purest gold, as well the grate thereof, as the walls round about, and the horns. And you shall make to it a crown of gold round about,
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GR καὶ δύο δακτυλίους χρυσοῦς καθαροὺς ποιήσεις ὑπὸ τὴν στρεπτὴν στεφάνην αὐτοῦ εἰς τὰ δύο κλίτη ποιήσεις ἐν τοῖς δυσὶ πλευροῖς καὶ ἔσονται ψαλίδες ταῖς σκυτάλαις ὥστε αἴρειν αὐτὸ ἐν αὐταῖς
LA et duos annulos aureos sub corona per singula latera, ut mittantur in eos vectes, et altare portetur.
EN and two golden rings under the crown on either side, that the bars may be put into them, and the altar be carried.
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GR καὶ ποιήσεις σκυτάλας ἐκ ξύλων ἀσήπτων καὶ καταχρυσώσεις αὐτὰς χρυσίῳ
LA Ipsos quoque vectes facies de lignis setim, et inaurabis.
EN And you shall make the bars also of setim wood, and shall overlay them with gold.
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GR καὶ θήσεις αὐτὸ ἀπέναντι τοῦ καταπετάσματος τοῦ ὄντος ἐπὶ τῆς κιβωτοῦ τῶν μαρτυρίων ἐν οἷς γνωσθήσομαί σοι ἐκεῖθεν
LA Ponesque altare contra velum, quod ante arcum pendet testimonii coram propitiatorio quo tegitur testimonium, ubi loquar tibi.
EN And you shall set the altar over against the veil, that hangs before the ark of the testimony before the propitiatory wherewith the testimony is covered, where I will speak to you.
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GR καὶ θυμιάσει ἐπ’ αὐτοῦ Ααρων θυμίαμα σύνθετον λεπτόν τὸ πρωὶ πρωί ὅταν ἐπισκευάζῃ τοὺς λύχνους θυμιάσει ἐπ’ αὐτοῦ
LA Et adolebit incensum super eo Aaron, suave fragrans, mane. Quando componet lucernas, incendet illud:
EN And Aaron shall burn sweet smelling incense upon it in the morning. When he shall dress the lamps, he shall burn it:
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GR καὶ ὅταν ἐξάπτῃ Ααρων τοὺς λύχνους ὀψέ θυμιάσει ἐπ’ αὐτοῦ θυμίαμα ἐνδελεχισμοῦ διὰ παντὸς ἔναντι κυρίου εἰς γενεὰς αὐτῶν
LA et quando collocabit eas ad vesperum, uret thymiama sempiternum coram Domino in generationes vestras.
EN And when he shall place them in the evening, he shall burn an everlasting incense before the Lord throughout your generations.
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GR καὶ οὐκ ἀνοίσεις ἐπ’ αὐτοῦ θυμίαμα ἕτερον κάρπωμα θυσίαν καὶ σπονδὴν οὐ σπείσεις ἐπ’ αὐτοῦ
LA Non offeretis super eo thymiama compositionis alterius, nec oblationem, et victimam, nec libabitis libamina.
EN You shall not offer upon it incense of another composition, nor oblation, and victim, neither shall you offer libations.
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GR καὶ ἐξιλάσεται ἐπ’ αὐτὸ Ααρων ἐπὶ τῶν κεράτων αὐτοῦ ἅπαξ τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ καθαρισμοῦ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν τοῦ ἐξιλασμοῦ ἅπαξ τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ καθαριεῖ αὐτὸ εἰς τὰς γενεὰς αὐτῶν ἅγιον τῶν ἁγίων ἐστὶν κυρίῳ
LA Et deprecabitur Aaron super cornua ejus semel per annum, in sanguine quod oblatum est pro peccato, et placabit super eo in generationibus vestris. Sanctum sanctorum erit Domino.
EN And Aaron shall pray upon the horns thereof once a year, with the blood of that which was offered for sin; and shall make atonement upon it in your generations. It shall be most holy to the Lord.
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[!note]- An altar to burn incense…
This burning of incense was an emblem of prayer, ascending to God from an inflamed heart. See Psalm 140:2; Apocalypse 5:8, and 8:4.
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GR καὶ ἐλάλησεν κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν λέγων
LA Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
EN And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
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GR ἐὰν λάβῃς τὸν συλλογισμὸν τῶν υἱῶν Ισραηλ ἐν τῇ ἐπισκοπῇ αὐτῶν καὶ δώσουσιν ἕκαστος λύτρα τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ τῷ κυρίῳ καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ἐν αὐτοῖς πτῶσις ἐν τῇ ἐπισκοπῇ αὐτῶν
LA Quando tuleris summam filiorum Israël juxta numerum, dabunt singuli pretium pro animabus suis Domino, et non erit plaga in eis, cum fuerint recensiti.
EN When you shall take the sum of the children of Israel, according to their number, every one of them shall give a price for their souls to the Lord, and there shall be no scourge among them, when they shall be reckoned.
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GR καὶ τοῦτό ἐστιν ὃ δώσουσιν ὅσοι ἂν παραπορεύωνται τὴν ἐπίσκεψιν τὸ ἥμισυ τοῦ διδράχμου ὅ ἐστιν κατὰ τὸ δίδραχμον τὸ ἅγιον εἴκοσι ὀβολοὶ τὸ δίδραχμον τὸ δὲ ἥμισυ τοῦ διδράχμου εἰσφορὰ κυρίῳ
LA Hoc autem dabit omnis qui transit ad nomen, dimidium sicli juxta mensuram templi (siclus viginti obolos habet); media pars sicli offeretur Domino.
EN And this shall every one give that passes at the naming, half a sicle according to the standard of the temple. A sicle has twenty obols. Half a sicle shall be offered to the Lord.
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[!note]- Half a sicle…
A sicle or shekel of silver, (which was also called a stater), according to the standard or weight of the sanctuary, which was the most just and exact, was half an ounce of silver, that is, about half a crown of English money. The obol, or gerah, was about three halfpence.
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GR πᾶς ὁ παραπορευόμενος εἰς τὴν ἐπίσκεψιν ἀπὸ εἰκοσαετοῦς καὶ ἐπάνω δώσουσιν τὴν εἰσφορὰν κυρίῳ
LA Qui habetur in numero, a viginti annis et supra, dabit pretium.
EN He that is counted in the number from twenty years and upwards, shall give the price.
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GR ὁ πλουτῶν οὐ προσθήσει καὶ ὁ πενόμενος οὐκ ἐλαττονήσει ἀπὸ τοῦ ἡμίσους τοῦ διδράχμου ἐν τῷ διδόναι τὴν εἰσφορὰν κυρίῳ ἐξιλάσασθαι περὶ τῶν ψυχῶν ὑμῶν
LA Dives non addet ad medium sicli, et pauper nihil minuet.
EN The rich man shall not add to half a sicle, and the poor man shall diminish nothing.
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GR καὶ λήμψῃ τὸ ἀργύριον τῆς εἰσφορᾶς παρὰ τῶν υἱῶν Ισραηλ καὶ δώσεις αὐτὸ εἰς κάτεργον τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου καὶ ἔσται τοῖς υἱοῖς Ισραηλ μνημόσυνον ἔναντι κυρίου ἐξιλάσασθαι περὶ τῶν ψυχῶν ὑμῶν
LA Susceptamque pecuniam, quæ collata est a filiis Israël, trades in usus tabernaculi testimonii, ut sit monimentum eorum coram Domino, et propitietur animabus eorum.
EN And the money received, which was contributed by the children of Israel, you shall deliver unto the uses of the tabernacle of the testimony, that it may be a memorial of them before the Lord, and he may be merciful to their souls.
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GR καὶ ἐλάλησεν κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν λέγων
LA Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
EN And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
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GR ποίησον λουτῆρα χαλκοῦν καὶ βάσιν αὐτῷ χαλκῆν ὥστε νίπτεσθαι καὶ θήσεις αὐτὸν ἀνὰ μέσον τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου καὶ ἐκχεεῖς εἰς αὐτὸν ὕδωρ
LA Facies et labrum æneum cum basi sua ad lavandum: ponesque illud inter tabernaculum testimonii et altare. Et missa aqua,
EN You shall make also a brazen laver with its foot to wash in: and you shall set it between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar. And water being put into it:
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GR καὶ νίψεται Ααρων καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ ἐξ αὐτοῦ τὰς χεῖρας καὶ τοὺς πόδας ὕδατι
LA lavabunt in ea Aaron et filii ejus manus suas ac pedes,
EN Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and feet in it:
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GR ὅταν εἰσπορεύωνται εἰς τὴν σκηνὴν τοῦ μαρτυρίου νίψονται ὕδατι καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀποθάνωσιν ἢ ὅταν προσπορεύωνται πρὸς τὸ θυσιαστήριον λειτουργεῖν καὶ ἀναφέρειν τὰ ὁλοκαυτώματα κυρίῳ
LA quando ingressuri sunt tabernaculum testimonii, et quando accessuri sunt ad altare, ut offerant in eo thymiama Domino,
EN When they are going into the tabernacle of the testimony, and when they are to come to the altar, to offer on it incense to the Lord,
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GR νίψονται τὰς χεῖρας καὶ τοὺς πόδας ὕδατι ὅταν εἰσπορεύωνται εἰς τὴν σκηνὴν τοῦ μαρτυρίου νίψονται ὕδατι ἵνα μὴ ἀποθάνωσιν καὶ ἔσται αὐτοῖς νόμιμον αἰώνιον αὐτῷ καὶ ταῖς γενεαῖς αὐτοῦ μετ’ αὐτόν
LA ne forte moriantur; legitimum sempiternum erit ipsi, et semini ejus per successiones.
EN lest perhaps they die. It shall be an everlasting law to him, and to his seed by successions.
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GR καὶ ἐλάλησεν κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν λέγων
LA Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen,
EN And the Lord spoke to Moses,
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GR καὶ σὺ λαβὲ ἡδύσματα τὸ ἄνθος σμύρνης ἐκλεκτῆς πεντακοσίους σίκλους καὶ κινναμώμου εὐώδους τὸ ἥμισυ τούτου διακοσίους πεντήκοντα καὶ καλάμου εὐώδους διακοσίους πεντήκοντα
LA dicens: Sume tibi aromata, primæ myrrhæ et electæ quingentos siclos, et cinnamomi medium, id est, ducentos quinquaginta siclos, calami similiter ducentos quinquaginta,
EN saying: Take spices, of principal and chosen myrrh five hundred sicles, and of cinnamon half so much; that is, two hundred and fifty sicles, of calamus in like manner two hundred and fifty,
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GR καὶ ἴρεως πεντακοσίους σίκλους τοῦ ἁγίου καὶ ἔλαιον ἐξ ἐλαίων ιν
LA casiæ autem quingentos siclos, in pondere sanctuarii, olei de olivetis mensuram hin:
EN and of cassia five hundred sicles by the weight of the sanctuary, of oil of olives the measure hin:
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GR καὶ ποιήσεις αὐτὸ ἔλαιον χρῖσμα ἅγιον μύρον μυρεψικὸν τέχνῃ μυρεψοῦ ἔλαιον χρῖσμα ἅγιον ἔσται
LA faciesque unctionis oleum sanctum, unguentum compositum opere unguentarii,
EN And you shall make the holy oil of unction, an ointment compounded after the art of the perfumer,
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GR καὶ χρίσεις ἐξ αὐτοῦ τὴν σκηνὴν τοῦ μαρτυρίου καὶ τὴν κιβωτὸν τοῦ μαρτυρίου
LA et unges ex eo tabernaculum testimonii, et arcam testamenti,
EN and therewith you shall anoint the tabernacle of the testimony, and the ark of the testament,
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GR καὶ τὴν λυχνίαν καὶ πάντα τὰ σκεύη αὐτῆς καὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον τοῦ θυμιάματος
LA mensamque cum vasis suis, et candelabrum, et utensilia ejus, altaria thymiamatis,
EN and the table with the vessels thereof, the candlestick and furniture thereof, the altars of incense,
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GR καὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον τῶν ὁλοκαυτωμάτων καὶ πάντα αὐτοῦ τὰ σκεύη καὶ τὴν τράπεζαν καὶ πάντα τὰ σκεύη αὐτῆς καὶ τὸν λουτῆρα καὶ τὴν βάσιν αὐτοῦ
LA et holocausti, et universam supellectilem quæ ad cultum eorum pertinet.
EN and of holocaust, and all the furniture that belongs to the service of them.
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GR καὶ ἁγιάσεις αὐτά καὶ ἔσται ἅγια τῶν ἁγίων πᾶς ὁ ἁπτόμενος αὐτῶν ἁγιασθήσεται
LA Sanctificabisque omnia, et erunt Sancta sanctorum; qui tetigerit ea, sanctificabitur.
EN And you shall sanctify all, and they shall be most holy: he that shall touch them shall be sanctified.
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GR καὶ Ααρων καὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ χρίσεις καὶ ἁγιάσεις αὐτοὺς ἱερατεύειν μοι
LA Aaron et filios ejus unges, sanctificabisque eos, ut sacerdotio fungantur mihi.
EN You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and shall sanctify them, that they may do the office of priesthood unto me.
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GR καὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς Ισραηλ λαλήσεις λέγων ἔλαιον ἄλειμμα χρίσεως ἅγιον ἔσται τοῦτο ὑμῖν εἰς τὰς γενεὰς ὑμῶν
LA Filiis quoque Israël dices: Hoc oleum unctionis sanctum erit mihi in generationes vestras.
EN And you shall say to the children of Israel: This oil of unction shall be holy unto me throughout your generations.
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GR ἐπὶ σάρκα ἀνθρώπου οὐ χρισθήσεται καὶ κατὰ τὴν σύνθεσιν ταύτην οὐ ποιήσετε ὑμῖν ἑαυτοῖς ὡσαύτως ἅγιόν ἐστιν καὶ ἁγίασμα ἔσται ὑμῖν
LA Caro hominis non ungetur ex eo, et juxta compositionem ejus non facietis aliud, quia sanctificatum est, et sanctum erit vobis.
EN The flesh of man shall not be anointed therewith, and you shall make none other of the same composition, because it is sanctified, and shall be holy unto you.
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GR ὃς ἂν ποιήσῃ ὡσαύτως καὶ ὃς ἂν δῷ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ ἀλλογενεῖ ἐξολεθρευθήσεται ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ
LA Homo quicumque tale composuerit, et dederit ex eo alieno, exterminabitur de populo suo.
EN What man soever shall compound such, and shall give thereof to a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.
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GR καὶ εἶπεν κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν λαβὲ σεαυτῷ ἡδύσματα στακτήν ὄνυχα χαλβάνην ἡδυσμοῦ καὶ λίβανον διαφανῆ ἴσον ἴσῳ ἔσται
LA Dixitque Dominus ad Moysen: Sume tibi aromata, stacten et onycha, galbanum boni odoris, et thus lucidissimum; æqualis ponderis erunt omnia:
EN And the Lord said to Moses: Take unto you spices, stacte, and onycha, galbanum of sweet savour, and the clearest frankincense, all shall be of equal weight.
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GR καὶ ποιήσουσιν ἐν αὐτῷ θυμίαμα μυρεψικὸν ἔργον μυρεψοῦ μεμιγμένον καθαρόν ἔργον ἅγιον
LA faciesque thymiama compositum opere unguentarii, mistum diligenter, et purum, et sanctificatione dignissimum.
EN And you shall make incense compounded by the work of the perfumer, well tempered together, and pure, and most worthy of sanctification.
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GR καὶ συγκόψεις ἐκ τούτων λεπτὸν καὶ θήσεις ἀπέναντι τῶν μαρτυρίων ἐν τῇ σκηνῇ τοῦ μαρτυρίου ὅθεν γνωσθήσομαί σοι ἐκεῖθεν ἅγιον τῶν ἁγίων ἔσται ὑμῖν
LA Cumque in tenuissimum pulverem universa contuderis, pones ex eo coram tabernaculo testimonii, in quo loco apparebo tibi. Sanctum sanctorum erit vobis thymiama.
EN And when you have beaten all into very small powder, you shall set of it before the tabernacle of the testimony, in the place where I will appear to you. Most holy shall this incense be unto you.
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GR θυμίαμα κατὰ τὴν σύνθεσιν ταύτην οὐ ποιήσετε ὑμῖν αὐτοῖς ἁγίασμα ἔσται ὑμῖν κυρίῳ
LA Talem compositionem non facietis in usus vestros, quia sanctum est Domino.
EN You shall not make such a composition for your own uses, because it is holy to the Lord.
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GR ὃς ἂν ποιήσῃ ὡσαύτως ὥστε ὀσφραίνεσθαι ἐν αὐτῷ ἀπολεῖται ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ
LA Homo quicumque fecerit simile, ut odore illius perfruatur, peribit de populis suis.
EN What man soever shall make the like, to enjoy the smell thereof, he shall perish out of his people.
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