Exodus 30:24

And of cassia, five hundred shekels' weight measured by the scale of the holy place, and of olive oil a hin:

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In The King James Version

And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:

In Context

23Take the best spices, five hundred shekels' weight of liquid myrrh, and of sweet cinnamon half as much, that is, two hundred and fifty shekels, and two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet calamus,

25And make these into a holy oil, a perfume made by the art of the perfume-maker; it is to be a holy oil.

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:36Have true scales, true weights and measures for all things: I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt;

Numbers 15:5And for the drink offering, you are to give with the burned offering or other offering, the fourth part of a hin of wine for every lamb.

Ezekiel 45:12And the shekel is to be twenty gerahs: five shekels are five, and ten shekels are ten, and your maneh is to be fifty shekels

Matthew Henry on Exodus 30:23-38

22 Moreover the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 23 Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels, 24 And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin: 25 And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil. 26 And thou shalt anoint… Read the whole commentary →

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