Exodus 30:37

And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the LORD.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
perfume	וְהַקְּטֹ֙רֶת֙ ve.ha.ke.To.ret	H7004	a fumigation · conjunction + definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
make	תַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה ta.'a.Seh	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
make	תַעֲשׂ֖וּ ta.'a.Su	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural
composition	בְּמַ֨תְכֻּנְתָּ֔הּ be.Mat.kun.Tah	H4971	proportion (in size · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
holy	קֹ֛דֶשׁ Ko.desh	H6944	a sacred place or thing · noun, common masculine singular absolute
LORD	לַיהוָֽה la.Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · preposition + proper noun, a title

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Cross-references

Exodus 29:37 Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar sh…
Exodus 30:32-33 Upon man’s flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be h…
Leviticus 2:3 And the remnant of the meat offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’: it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 30:22–end

Directions are here given for the composition of the holy anointing oil and the incense that were to be used in the service of the tabernacle; with these God was to be honoured, and therefore he would appoint the making of them; for nothing comes to God but what comes from him. 1. The holy anointing oil is here ordered to be made up the ingredients, and their quantities, are prescribed, Exo 30:23-25. Interpreters are not agreed concerning them; we are sure, in general, they were the best and fittest for the purpose; they must needs be so when the divine wisdom appointed them for the divine honour. It was to be compounded secundum artem - after the art of the apothecary (Exo 30:25); the spice…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 30:34

the Lord said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices--These were: stacte--the finest myrrh; onycha--supposed to be an odoriferous shell; galbanum--a gum resin from an umbelliferous plant. frankincense--a dry, resinous, aromatic gum, of a yellow color, which comes from a tree in Arabia, and is obtained by incision of the bark. This incense was placed within the sanctuary, to be at hand when the priest required to burn on the altar. The art of compounding unguents and perfumes was well known in Egypt, where sweet-scented spices were extensively used not only in common life, but in the ritual of the temples. Most of the ingredients here mentioned have been found on minute examination o…

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Adam Clarke on Exodus 30:34

Take unto thee sweet spices - The holy perfume was compounded of the following ingredients: Stacte - נטף nataph, supposed to be the same with what was afterwards called the balm of Jericho. Stacte is the gum which spontaneously flows from the tree which produces myrrh. See Clarke's note on Exo 30:23. Onycha - שחלת shecheleth, allowed by the best critics to be the unguis odoriferans described by Rumph, which is the external crust of the shell-fish purpura or murex, and is the basis of the principal perfumes made in the East Indies. Galbanum - חלבנה chelbenah, the bubon gummiferum or African ferula; it rises with a ligneous stalk from eight to ten feet, and is garnished with leaves at each joi…

Dictionary and topics

Perfumes — Were used in religious worship, and for personal and domestic enjoyment (Ex. 30:35-37; Prov. 7:17; Cant. 3:6; Isa. 57:9); and also in embalming the dead, and in other funeral ceremonies (Mark 14:8;…
Spices — Aromatic substances, of which several are named in Ex. 30. They were used in the sacred anointing oil (Ex. 25:6; 35:8; 1 Chr. 9:29), and in embalming the dead (2 Chr. 16:14; Luke 23:56; 24:1; John…
Incense · Uses of — Uses of

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Exodus 30:37

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 30:22–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 30:34

Adam Clarke on Exodus 30:34

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Exodus 30:37

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 30:22–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 30:34

Adam Clarke on Exodus 30:34

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Exodus 30:37

John Calvin on Exodus 30:34–end

Keil & Delitzsch on Exodus 30:34–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 30:33

Rashi on Exodus 30:37