Exodus · Chapter 30

[ edit] And þou ſhalt make an auter, for to brenne þe maad enſence of þe trees of Sichym, hauynge o cubijt of lengþe, and anoþer of brede, þat is foure cornerd, and two cubites in heiȝt; hornes ſhulen goo out of it. And þow ſhalt cloþe it wiþ mooſt puyr gold, as wel þe litel fier panne of it, as þe walles bi enuyroun, and þe hornes; and þow ſhalt make to it a coroun of gold bi enuyroun, and two rynges of gold vnder þe hornes bi eche ſides, þat þe berynge ſtaues mowen be putte into hem, and þe auter born.

And þilke berynge ſtaues þow ſhalt make of þe trees of Sichym, and gilden; and þow ſhalt ſette þe auter aȝens þe veyle, þat hongiþ before þe arke of teſtymonye before þe propiciatorye, wiþ þe which is couerd þe witneſſynge, where Y ſhal ſpeke to þee. And Aaron ſhal brenne þe enſence ſwete ſmellynge vpon it erly; whanne he ſhal araye þe lanternes, he ſhal teenden it; and whanne he ſettiþ hem at euen, he ſhal brenne þe euerlaſtynge maad enſenſe before þe Lord, into ȝoure generaciouns. Ȝe ſhulen not offer vpon it enſence of oþer makynge, ne offrynge, ne ſacrifice, ne offrynge loues ȝe ſhulen taſte.

And Aaron ſhal preye vpon þe hornes of it ones bi þe ȝeer, in blood þat is offerd for ſynne, and he ſhal pleſe vpon it in ȝoure generaciouns; þe holy of halowen it ſhal be to þe Lord. And þe Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſeiynge, Whanne þow takiſt a ſowme of þe ſones of Yrael, eche ſhal ȝyue prijs after þe noumbre for her ſoules to þe Lord, and þere ſhal be no veniaunce in hem, whanne þei ſhulen be nowmbred. And eche ſhal ȝyue þis þat paſſiþ to a name, half an nounce after þe meſure of þe temple; a ſicle, þat is, a nounce, haþ twenti half ſcripilles; þe half perty of a ſicle ſhal be offerd to þe Lord.

He þat is had in þe noumbre, fro twenti ȝeer and aboue, ſhal ȝyue þe prijs; þe riche ſhal not adde to an half ſicle, and þe pore no þing ſhal leſſe. And þe money takun, þat is gederid of þe ſones of Yrael, þow ſhalt take in to þe vſes of þe tabernacle of witneſſynge, þat þere be þe mynde of hem before þe Lord, and he haue mercy to þe ſoules of hem.

And þe Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſeyynge, And þow ſhalt make a braſun lauatory wiþ his foot to waſhe wiþ, and þow ſhalt putte it betwix þe tabernacle of witnes and þe auter; and þe water put yn, Aaron and his ſones ſhulen waſhe in it her hondes and feete, whanne þei ben to goynge ynto þe tabernacle of witneſſyng, and whanne þei ben neiȝynge to þe auter þat þei offren in it maad enſence to þe Lord, leſt perauenture þei dyen; lawful euerlaſtynge it ſhal be to hym and to þe ſeed of hym bi ſucceſſyouns.

And þe Lord ſpak to Moyſes, ſeiynge, Tak to þee ſwete ſmellynge þingis, of þe firſt myrre and choſen, fyue hundryd ſiclis; and þe half of þe canel, þat is, two hundrid and fifti ſiclis; and of chaalamy alſo two hundryd and fifti, and of chaſee fyue hundryd ſicles, in þe weiȝt of þe ſeyntuarye; oyle of þe olyues, þe meſure of hyn, þat is, of two pownd; and þow ſhalt make þe holy oyle of anoyntyng, an oynement maad wiþ þe werk of ungwentarye.

And þow ſhalt anoynt of it þe tabernacle of witneſſynge, and þe arke of teſtament, and þe bord wiþ his veſſels, and þe candelſtik, and þe neceſſaryes of it, þe auter of enſence, and of al brent ſacrifice, and al þe neceſſarye þat perteyneþ to þe heriying to hem. And alle þow ſhalt halowe, and þei ſhulen be þe holi þingis of halowes; he þat towchiþ hem, ſhal be halowid. Þow ſhalt anoynt Aaron, and þe ſones of hym, and þow ſhalt halwe hem, þat þei beren þe office of preeſþod to me. And to þe ſones of Yrael þow ſhalt ſeie, Þis oyle of anoyntyng holy it ſhal be to me into ȝoure generaciouns.

Þe fleſh of man ſhal not be anoyntyde of it, and biſide þe compoſicioun of it ȝe ſhulen not make anoþer, for it is halowid, and hooli ſhal be to ȝow. What euer man make ſich on, and ȝyue of it to an alyen, he ſhalle be putte out of his puple. Þe Lord forſoþe ſeyde to Moyſes, Tak to þee ſwete ſmellynge þinges, ſtacten, and onycha, galbantum of good ſmel, and enſence mooſt liȝtynge, and alle þei ſhulen ben of euen weiȝte. And þow ſhalt make þe maad enſence wiþ werk of oynement makynge, meyngid biſily, and puyr, and mooſt worþi wiþ halowyng.

And whanne þow haſt pownede alle togidere into mooſt ſmal powdre, þow ſhalt putte of it before þe tabernacle of wytneſſynge, in þe which place Y ſhal apere to þee; hooly of halowes ſhal be to ȝow þe maad enſence. Siche a makynge ȝe ſhulen not make into ȝoure owne vſes, for hooli it is to þe Lord. Eche man þat doþ lyik þing, þat he ful vſe þe ſmel of it, he ſhal peryſhe fro his puplis.