Exodus 30:9

9 Do not offer on this altar any other incense or any burnt offering or grain offering, and do not pour a drink offering on it.

Exodus 30:9 in Other Translations

KJV
9 Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.
ESV
9 You shall not offer unauthorized incense on it, or a burnt offering, or a grain offering, and you shall not pour a drink offering on it.
NLT
9 Do not offer any unholy incense on this altar, or any burnt offerings, grain offerings, or liquid offerings.
MSG
9 But don't burn on this Altar any unholy incense or Whole-Burnt-Offering or Grain-Offering. And don't pour out Drink-Offerings on it.
CSB
9 You must not offer unauthorized incense on it, or a burnt or grain offering; you are not to pour a drink offering on it.

Exodus 30:9 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 30:9

Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon
Which had not the same, but was made of other materials, or had more or fewer; whatever was not exactly the same was not to be offered; and so to make use of other mediators than Christ, whether angels or men, or to put up prayer to God for the sake of our own righteousness, pleading the merits of our works, and not the blood, righteousness, and sacrifice of Christ, is to offer strange incense, unacceptable to God, and which will be of no avail to men:

nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering;
these were to be offered and burnt upon the altar of burnt offering;

neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon;
as upon the other altar; everything in God's worship and service was to be done in the proper place and order; these offerings and sacrifices, though they were by divine appointment, yet must be offered on that altar which was peculiar for them.

Exodus 30:9 In-Context

7 “Aaron must burn fragrant incense on the altar every morning when he tends the lamps.
8 He must burn incense again when he lights the lamps at twilight so incense will burn regularly before the LORD for the generations to come.
9 Do not offer on this altar any other incense or any burnt offering or grain offering, and do not pour a drink offering on it.
10 Once a year Aaron shall make atonement on its horns. This annual atonement must be made with the blood of the atoning sin offering for the generations to come. It is most holy to the LORD.”
11 Then the LORD said to Moses,

Cross References 1

  • 1. Leviticus 10:1; Numbers 16:7,40
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