Exodus 30:35 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 30:35

and make a fragrant blend of incense, the work of a perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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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Commentary

1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ	ve.'a.Si.ta	and you will make	H6213 →
אֹתָהּ֙	'o.Tah	<obj.> it	H853 →
קְטֹ֔רֶת	ke.To.ret	incense	H7004 →
רֹ֖קַח	Ro.kach	perfume	H7545 →
מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה	ma.'a.Seh	[the] work of	H4639 →
רוֹקֵ֑חַ	ro.Ke.ach	a perfumer	H7543 →
מְמֻלָּ֖ח	me.mu.Lach	salted	H4414 →
טָה֥וֹר	ta.Hor	pure	H2889 →
קֹֽדֶשׁ׃	Ko.desh	a holy thing	H6944 →

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Leviticus 2:13
And 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…
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…
Through
John 12:3
Then 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…
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.

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