A   And thou shalt make an alter to burne cense therein, of sethym woode: a cubite long, and a cubyte brode, euen fouresquare shal it be: and two cubytes hie, wyth hornes procedinge oute of it, and thou shalt ouerlay it &wt; fine gold, both þe; roffe and the walles ro&ubar;d about, and his hornes also, ∧ shalt make vnto it a crowne of gold round about ∧ .ii. gold&ebar; ringes on ether side: euen vnder þe; croune, to put staues therin for to beare it &wt; al. And þu; shalt make þe; staues of sethym woode ∧ couer them &wt; gold. And þu; shalt put it before the vaile þt; hangeth before the arcke

Preceptes. of wytnesse, and before the mercyseate that is before the witnesse, wher I will mete the.

B   And Aaron shall burne theron swete cense euery mornyng when he dresseth the lampes and lykewyse at euen when he setteth vp the lampes he shall burne cense perpetually before the Lorde thorow oute youre generacyons. Ye shall put no straunge cense theron, nether burntsacrifyce nor meateoffrynge, nether power any drinkeoffryng theron.

And Aaron shall reconcyle vpon the hornes of it once in a yere, wyth the bloude of the synne offerynge of reconcylynge: euen once in the yere shall he reconcyle it thorow youre generacyons. And so is it most holye vnto the Lord.

And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saiyng ^note when thou takest the summe of the children of Israel and tellest them, they shal geue euery man a reconcylynge of his soule vnto the Lorde that there be no plage amonge them wh&ebar; thou tellest them. And thus much shall euery man geue that goth in the n&ubar;ber: halfe a sycle, after the sicle ^note of the sanctuarye: a sicle is .xx. gears: and an halfe sicle shalbe the heueoffrynge vnto the Lord. And all that are numbred of them that are .xx. yere olde and aboue shall geue an heueofferynge vnto the Lorde. The ryche shall not passe, and the poore shall not go vnder halfe a syckle, when they geue an heue offeringe vnto the Lorde for the attonemente of their soules. And thou shalt take the reconcilynge mony of the children of Israell and shalt put it vnto the vse of the tabernacle of witnesse, and it shall be a memorial of the chyldren of Israell before the Lord, to make an attonem&ebar;t for their soules.

C   And the Lord spake vnto Moses saiynge: ^note thou shalt make a lauer of brasse ∧ hys fote also of brasse to wash with all, and shalt put it betwene the tabernacle of witnesse, and the alter and put water therin: that Aaron and hys sonnes maye wash both their handes ∧ their fete thereoute, when they goo into the tabernacle of wytnesse, or when they go vnto the altare to minister and to burne the Lordesoffrynge, lest they dye. And it shalbe an ordinaunce for euer vnto him and his sede amonge youre chyldren after you.

And the Lord spake vnto Moses saiynge: take principall spices: of pure myrre fyue h&ubar;dred sycles, of swete cynamon halfe so much two h&ubar;dred and fiftye sycles: of swete Calamite, two hundred and .l. of Cassia, two hundred and .l. after the holye sycle, and of oyle oliue an hin. And make of th&ebar;05Q0174 holy anointynge oyle euen an oyle compounde after the crafte of the apoticarye. And noynte the tabernacle of wytnesse therewith, and the arke of wytnesse, and the table wyth all hys apparell, and the candelsticke wyth al hys ordynaunce, and the alter of incense, and the alter of burntsacrifyce and all his vessels, and the lauer and his fote. And sacrifice them þt; they maye be moste holye: so that no man touche th&ebar; but they that be halowed. And anoynte Aaron and his sonnes and consecrate th&ebar; to minister vnto me.

D   And thou shalt speake vnto the children of Israell saiynge: thys shalbe an holye oyntynge oyle vnto me, thorowe out youre generations, No mans flesh shalbe anointed therwith: nether shall ye make any other after þe; makynge of it for it is holye, se therfore that ye take it for holye: whosoeuer maketh lyke that, or whosoeuer putteth anye of it vpon a straunger, shall peryshe from amonge hys people.

And the Lorde sayd vnto Moses: take vnto the swete spices: stacte, onycha, swete galbanum and pure frankencens, of etche lyke much: and make cens of them compound after the crafte of the apoticarye, mingled together, that it may be made pure and holy. And beate it to powder and put it before the wytnesse in the tabernacle of wytnesse, where I wyll mete the, but let it be vnto you holye. And se that ye make none after the makyng of that, but let it be vnto you holye for the Lorde. And whosoeuer shal make lyke vnto that, to smel therto shall perysh fr&obar; amonge his people.

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