Exodus 30:37 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 30:37

You are never to use this formula to make incense for yourselves; you shall regard it as holy to the LORD.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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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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

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהַקְּטֹ֙רֶת֙	ve.ha.ke.To.ret	and the incense	H7004 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
תַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה	ta.'a.Seh	you will make	H6213 →
בְּמַ֨תְכֻּנְתָּ֔הּ	be.Mat.kun.Tah	in proportion[s] its	H4971 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
תַעֲשׂ֖וּ	ta.'a.Su	you must make	H6213 →
לָכֶ֑ם	la.Khem	for <the> yourselves
קֹ֛דֶשׁ	Ko.desh	a holy thing	H6944 →
תִּהְיֶ֥ה	tih.Yeh	it will be	H1961 →
לְךָ֖	le.Kha	to <the> you
לַיהוָֽה׃	la.Yah.weh	to Yahweh	H3068 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Leviticus 2:3
The remainder of the grain offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the offerings made by fire to the LORD.
leads to
- Leviticus 10:12–13
  And Moses said to Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, “Take the grain offering that remains from the offerings made by fire to the LORD and eat it without leaven beside the…
- Leviticus 21:22
  He may eat the most holy food of his God as well as the holy food,
- Numbers 18:9
  A portion of the most holy offerings reserved from the fire will be yours. From all the offerings they render to Me as most holy offerings, whether grain offerings or sin offerings or guilt…
- Leviticus 6:16–17
  Aaron and his sons are to eat the remainder. It must be eaten without leaven in a holy place; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.
- Leviticus 7:9
  Likewise, every grain offering that is baked in an oven or cooked in a pan or on a griddle belongs to the priest who presents it,
Through
Exodus 29:37
For seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. Then the altar will become most holy; whatever touches the altar will be holy.
leads to
- Exodus 40:10
  Anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils; consecrate the altar, and it shall be most holy.
- Matthew 23:19
  You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?
- Daniel 9:24
  Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up…

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