Exodus 30:32
It is not to be used for man's flesh, and no other is to be made like it: holy it is, and you are to keep it holy.
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31And say to the children of Israel, This is to be the Lord's holy oil, from generation to generation.
33Whoever makes any like it, or puts it on one who is not a priest, will be cut off from his people.
Cross References
Exodus 30:37You are not to make any perfume like it for yourselves: it is to be kept holy to the Lord.
Matthew 7:6Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, or put your jewels before pigs, for fear that they will be crushed under foot by the pigs whose attack will then be made against you.
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 →