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Exodus 30:27-37

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27 and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense,
28 and the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the laver and its stand.
29 "You shall also consecrate them, that they may be most holy; whatever touches them shall be holy.
30 "1You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister as priests to Me.
31 "You shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'This shall be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations.
32 'It shall not be poured on anyone's body, nor shall you make any like it in the same proportions; 2it is holy, and it shall be holy to you.
33 '3Whoever * shall mix any like it or whoever puts any of it on a layman 4shall be cut off from his people.' "

The Incense

34 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Take for yourself spices, stacte and onycha and galbanum, spices with pure frankincense; there shall be an equal part of each.
35 "With it you shall make incense, a perfume, the work of a perfumer, salted, pure, and holy.
36 "You shall beat some of it very fine, and put part of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting 5where * I will meet with you; it shall be most holy to you.
37 "The incense which you shall make, 6you shall not make in the same proportions for yourselves; it shall be holy to you for the LORD.
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Exodus 30:27-37 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 30

This chapter treats of the altar of incense, its form and use, Ex 30:1-10 of the ransom of the Israelites, with the half shekel when numbered, Ex 30:11-16 of the laver for the priests to wash their hands and feet at before service, Ex 30:17-21 of the anointing oil, the ingredients of it, and what was to be done with it, Ex 30:22-33, and of the perfume, the composition and use of it, Ex 30:34-38.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 6

  • 1. Exodus 29:7; Leviticus 8:12
  • 2. Exodus 30:25, 37
  • 3. Exodus 30:38
  • 4. Genesis 17:14; Exodus 12:15; Leviticus 7:20
  • 5. Exodus 29:42
  • 6. Exodus 30:32

Footnotes 5

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