Exodus 30:37

37 And the incense that you will make with its measurements you will not make for yourselves; it will be holy to you for Yahweh.

Exodus 30:37 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 30:37

And [as] for the perfume which thou shalt make
As above directed:

ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition
thereof;
that is, for their own use, for the scenting of their rooms, or to snuff up, or smell to, as in the next verse:

it shall be unto thee holy for the Lord;
separated entirely for his service, to be burned upon his altar, and to be no otherwise used.

Exodus 30:37 In-Context

35 and make it into a compound of incense, the work of a perfumer, salted, pure, holy.

36 And you will grind part of it to powder, and you will put part of it before the testimony in the tent of assembly where I will meet with you; it will be a most holy thing to you.

37 And the incense that you will make with its measurements you will not make for yourselves; it will be holy to you for Yahweh.

38 Anyone who makes [any] like it to smell it will be cut off from his people."

Footnotes

• [a] Or "recipe" or "formula"