Exodus 30:16-26

16 You shall take the atonement money from the people of Israel and shall ¹give it for the service of the tent of meeting, that it may bring the people of Israel to ²remembrance before the Lord, so as to make atonement for your lives. ”

The Bronze Basin

17 The Lord said to Moses,

18 “You shall also make a ³basin of bronze, with its stand of bronze, for washing. ⁴You shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it,

19 with which Aaron and his sons ⁵shall wash their hands and their feet.

20 When they go into the tent of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister, to burn a food offering^[a] to the Lord, they shall wash with water, so that they may not die.

21 They shall wash their hands and their feet, so that they may not die. It shall ⁶be a statute forever to them, even to him and to his offspring throughout their generations. ”

The Anointing Oil and Incense

22 The Lord said to Moses,

23 “Take the ⁷finest spices: of liquid myrrh 500 shekels, and of sweet-smelling cinnamon half as much, that is, 250, and 250 of ⁸aromatic cane,

24 and 500 of cassia, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a ⁹hin^[b] of olive oil.

25 And you shall make of these a sacred anointing oil blended as by the ¹⁰perfumer; it shall be a ¹¹holy anointing oil.

26 ¹²With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony,

Exodus 30:16-26 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

• 1. 30:16 See ch. 38:25-31
• 2. 30:16 [ch. 28:12; 39:7; Num. 16:40]
• 3. 30:18 ch. 40:7, 30; [1 Kgs. 7:38]
• 4. 30:18 ch. 40:7, 30; [1 Kgs. 7:38]
• 5. 30:19 ch. 40:31, 32; Ps. 26:6; [Isa. 52:11; Heb. 10:22]
• 6. 30:21 See ch. 27:21
• 7. 30:23 Song 4:14; Ezek. 27:22
• 8. 30:23 Ezek. 27:19
• 9. 30:24 ch. 29:40
• 10. 30:25 ch. 37:29
• 11. 30:25 ch. 37:29; Num. 35:25; Ps. 89:20; 133:2
• 12. 30:26 ch. 40:9; Lev. 8:10; Num. 7:1

Footnotes

• [a] 30:20 Or 'an offering by fire'
• [b] 30:24 A 'hin' was about 4 quarts or 3.5 liters