8. He must burn incense again when he lights the lamps at sunset. Incense must be burned regularly to me. Do it for all time to come.
9. "Do not burn any other incense on the altar. Do not use the altar for burnt offerings or grain offerings. Do not pour drink offerings on it.
10. "Once a year Aaron must put the blood of a sin offering on its horns to make it pure. He must do it on the day Israel's sin is paid for. Do it for all time to come. The altar is a very holy place to me."
11. Then the Lord spoke to Moses. He said,
12. "When you make a list of the people of Israel and count them, they must pay me for their lives at the time they are counted. Then a plague will not come on them when you count them.