Exodus 30:34

The Lord told Moses, “Take equal amounts of these aromatic spices: balsam resin, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense.

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In The King James Version

And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:

In Context

33Anyone who mixes anointing oil like it, or puts it on someone other than a priest, will be expelled from their people.’”

35Add some salt and make pure and holy incense blended like the product of an expert perfumer.

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Cross References

Exodus 25:6olive oil for the lamps; spices for the olive oil used in anointing and for the fragrant incense;

Exodus 30:23“Take the best quality spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, 250 shekels of sweet-smelling cinnamon, 250 shekels of aromatic reed,

Leviticus 2:1“When you bring a grain offering to the Lord, your offering must be of the best flour. Pour olive oil on it and put frankincense on it,

Leviticus 5:11If you can't afford two turtledoves or two young pigeons you may bring a tenth of an ephah of the best flour as a sin offering. Don't put olive oil or frankincense on it, because it is a sin offering.

Leviticus 24:7Place pure frankincense beside each pile to go with the bread to act as the ‘reminder part,’ a food offering to the Lord.

1 Chronicles 9:29Others were given the job of looking after the furniture and equipment used in the sanctuary, as well as the special flour, wine, olive oil, incense, and spices.

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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