Exodus 30:10-12

Good News Translation

¹⁰ Once a year Aaron is to perform the ritual for purifying the altar by putting on its four projections the blood of the animal sacrificed for sin. This is to be done every year for all time to come. This altar is to be completely holy, dedicated to me, the Lord.”

The Tax for the Tent of the Lord's Presence

¹¹ The Lord said to Moses, ¹² “When you take a census of the people of Israel, each man is to pay me a price for his life, so that no disaster will come on him while the census is being taken.