Exodus 30:38

38 Whoever makes 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 and you shall beat some of it very small, and put part of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting where I shall meet with you; it shall be for you most holy.

37 And the incense which you shall make according to its composition, you shall not make for yourselves; it shall be for you holy to the LORD.

38 Whoever makes any like it to use as perfume shall be cut off from his people."