Exodus 30:25-37

25 Make these into a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer. It will be the sacred anointing oil.
26 Then use it to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark of the covenant law,
27 the table and all its articles, the lampstand and its accessories, the altar of incense,
28 the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand.
29 You shall consecrate them so they will be most holy, and whatever touches them will be holy.
30 “Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them so they may serve me as priests.
31 Say to the Israelites, ‘This is to be my sacred anointing oil for the generations to come.
32 Do not pour it on anyone else’s body and do not make any other oil using the same formula. It is sacred, and you are to consider it sacred.
33 Whoever makes perfume like it and puts it on anyone other than a priest must be cut off from their people.’ ”

Incense

34 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Take fragrant spices—gum resin, onycha and galbanum—and pure frankincense, all in equal amounts,
35 and make a fragrant blend of incense, the work of a perfumer. It is to be salted and pure and sacred.
36 Grind some of it to powder and place it in front of the ark of the covenant law in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be most holy to you.
37 Do not make any incense with this formula for yourselves; consider it holy to the LORD.

Exodus 30:25-37 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.

Cross References 17

  • 1. ver 35; Exodus 37:29; 1 Chronicles 9:30
  • 2. S Exodus 29:7; S 1 Samuel 9:16; Exodus 40:9
  • 3. Exodus 40:9; Leviticus 8:10; Numbers 7:1
  • 4. Leviticus 8:10-11
  • 5. Exodus 29:37; Leviticus 6:18,27; Matthew 23:17
  • 6. Exodus 29:7; Lev 8:2,12,30; Leviticus 10:7; Leviticus 16:32; Leviticus 21:10,12; 1 Chronicles 15:12; Psalms 133:2
  • 7. S Exodus 28:41
  • 8. S Exodus 29:7
  • 9. S Exodus 29:42
  • 10. ver 25,37
  • 11. ver 38; S Genesis 17:14
  • 12. Song of Songs 3:6
  • 13. S Exodus 25:6
  • 14. S ver 25
  • 15. S Exodus 25:22
  • 16. ver 32; Exodus 29:37; Leviticus 2:3
  • 17. S ver 32
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