Exodus 30:38

38 "1Whoever * shall make any like it, to use as perfume, shall be cut off from his people."

Exodus 30:38 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 30:38

Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto,
&c.] A man might make a perfume of the same ingredients, and of the same weight, and exactly like it, but not to burn for his own delight and pleasure; but if he made it and sold it to the congregation, as Jarchi observes, he was not guilty; but if it was for his own private use and pleasure, then he

shall even be cut off from his people; (See Gill on Exodus 30:33).

Exodus 30:38 In-Context

36 "You shall beat some of it very fine, and put part of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting where I will meet with you; it shall be most holy to you.
37 "The incense which you shall make, you shall not make in the same proportions for yourselves; it shall be holy to you for the LORD .
38 "Whoever shall make any like it, to use as perfume, shall be cut off from his people."

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