Exodus 30:24

but of cassia, five hundred shekels by the weight of the sanctuary, and of the oil of olives the measure of 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

23saying: “Take for yourself aromatics: of the first and best myrrh, five hundred shekels, and of cinnamon half as much, that is, two hundred and fifty shekels; of sweet flag similarly two hundred and fifty,

25And you shall make the holy oil of unction, an ointment composed with the skills of a perfumer,

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:36Let the scales be just and the weights equal, let the dry measure be just and the liquid measure be equal. I am the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt.

Numbers 15:5and he shall give the same measure of wine, poured out as libations, whether as a holocaust or as a victim.

Ezekiel 45:12Now the shekel consists of twenty obols. Furthermore, twenty shekels, and twenty-five shekels, and fifteen shekels makes one mina.

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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