Exodus 30:31
in Exodus 30And you are to tell the Israelites, ‘This will be My sacred anointing oil for the generations to come.
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ASV
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be a holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.
KJV
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.
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This verse in Exodus 30
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Anoint Aaron and his sons
on Exodus 30:30-33
Aaron and his sons come last, after the tent and its furniture, in the connection of 28:41. Two prohibitions close the paragraph, that the oil is not “used to anoint an ordinary man” and that no one makes anything like it, with being “cut off from his people” the penalty. Psalm 133 makes the oil running down Aaron's beard the figure for brothers living in unity.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And thou shall speak unto the children of Israel,....
To show the excellency of holiness, there was that in the tabernacle which was in the highest degree grateful both to the sight and to the smell. Christ's name is said to be as ointment poured forth ( Cant. i. 3 ), and the good name of Christians better than precious ointment, Eccl. vii.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Take thou also . . . principal spices, &c.--Oil is frequently mentioned in Scripture as an emblem of sanctification, and anointing with it a means of designating objects as well as persons to the service of God.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֶל־ | veel- | and to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| בְּנֵ֥י | benei | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| תְּדַבֵּ֣ר | tedaber | you will speak | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| לֵאמֹ֑ר | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| שֶׁ֠מֶן | shemen | oil of | H8081 → | 193 times |
| מִשְׁחַת־ | mishchat- | anointing of | H4888 → | 26 times |
| קֹ֨דֶשׁ | kodesh | holiness | H6944 → | 469 times |
| יִהְיֶ֥ה | yihyeh | it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| זֶ֛ה | zeh | this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| לִ֖י | li | of me | ||
| לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶֽם׃ | ledoroteikhem | to generations your | H1755 → | 167 times |
וְאֶל־and to
veel-H413 →5510 times
בְּנֵ֥י[the] people of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
תְּדַבֵּ֣רyou will speak
tedaberH1696 →1141 times
לֵאמֹ֑ר<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
שֶׁ֠מֶןoil of
shemenH8081 →193 times
מִשְׁחַת־anointing of
mishchat-H4888 →26 times
קֹ֨דֶשׁholiness
kodeshH6944 →469 times
יִהְיֶ֥הit will be
yihyehH1961 →3559 times
זֶ֛הthis
zehH2088 →1180 times
לִ֖יof me
li
לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶֽם׃to generations your
ledoroteikhemH1755 →167 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 89:20I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 16:12–13
So Jesse sent for his youngest son and brought him in. He was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. And the LORD said, “Rise and anoint him, for he is the one.”
- Isaiah 61:1–3
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty…
- 1 Samuel 16:1
Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending…
- John 3:34
For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
- 1 Samuel 16:12–13
Through
Leviticus 21:10The priest who is highest among his brothers, who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained to wear the priestly garments, must not let his hair hang loose…
it leads to
- Leviticus 10:6–7
Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair become disheveled and do not tear your garments, or else you will die, and the LORD will be…
- Leviticus 16:32
The priest who is anointed and ordained to succeed his father as high priest shall make atonement. He will put on the sacred linen garments
- Matthew 26:65
At this, the high priest tore his clothes and declared, “He has blasphemed! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy.
- Leviticus 10:6–7
Through
Leviticus 8:12He also poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him to consecrate him.
it leads to
- Exodus 30:30
Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them to serve Me as priests.
- Exodus 30:30
Where this verse is studied
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About Exodus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.