Exodus 30:35
in Exodus 30and make a fragrant blend of incense, the work of a perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.
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ASV
and thou shalt make of it incense, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy:
KJV
And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:
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This verse in Exodus 30
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
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.
This site's exposition
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on Exodus 30:34-36
The fifth speech supplies what burns on the altar of verse 1, four ingredients in equal weight, beaten small and set before the testimony. The altar built in the chapter's first verse has nothing to offer until this last speech gives it.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
This was prepared once a year (the Jews say), a pound for each day of the year, and three pounds over for the day of atonement. When it was used, it was to be beaten very small: thus it pleased the Lord to bruise the Redeemer when he offered himself for a sacrifice of a sweet-smelling savour.
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And thou shalt make it a perfume,....
The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ | veasita | and you will make | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֹתָהּ֙ | ʾotah | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
| קְטֹ֔רֶת | ketoret | incense | H7004 → | 60 times |
| רֹ֖קַח | rokach | perfume | H7545 → | |
| מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה | maaseh | [the] work of | H4639 → | 236 times |
| רוֹקֵ֑חַ | rokeach | a perfumer | H7543 → | 8 times |
| מְמֻלָּ֖ח | memulach | salted | H4414 → | |
| טָה֥וֹר | tahor | pure | H2889 → | 94 times |
| קֹֽדֶשׁ׃ | kodesh | a holy thing | H6944 → | 469 times |
וְעָשִׂ֤יתָand you will make
veasitaH6213 →2628 times
אֹתָהּ֙<obj.> it
ʾotahH853 →10935 times
קְטֹ֔רֶתincense
ketoretH7004 →60 times
רֹ֖קַחperfume
rokachH7545 →
מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה[the] work of
maasehH4639 →236 times
רוֹקֵ֑חַa perfumer
rokeachH7543 →8 times
מְמֻלָּ֖חsalted
memulachH4414 →
טָה֥וֹרpure
tahorH2889 →94 times
קֹֽדֶשׁ׃a holy thing
kodeshH6944 →469 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
Leviticus 2:13And you shall season each of your grain offerings with salt. You must not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offering; you are to add salt to…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 43:24
You must present them before the LORD; the priests are to sprinkle salt on them and sacrifice them as a burnt offering to the LORD.
- Matthew 5:13
You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its savor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and…
- Colossians 4:6
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
- Mark 9:49–50
For everyone will be salted with fire.
- Numbers 18:19
All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the…
- Ezekiel 43:24
Through
John 12:3Then Mary took about a pint of expensive perfume, made of pure nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the…
it leads to
- Mark 14:3–9
While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the…
- John 11:2
(Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His feet with her hair.)
- Luke 10:38–39
As they traveled along, Jesus entered a village where a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home.
- Mark 14:3–9
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About Exodus
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.