Exodus 30:23
“Take the finest spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half that amount (250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels of fragrant cane,
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In Context
22Then the LORD said to Moses,
24500 shekels of cassia—all according to the sanctuary shekel—and a hin of olive oil.
Cross References
Exodus 37:29He also made the sacred anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense, the work of a perfumer.
1 Chronicles 9:29Others were put in charge of the furnishings and other articles of the sanctuary, as well as the fine flour, wine, oil, frankincense, and spices.
Psalms 45:8All your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces of ivory the harps make you glad.
Song of Solomon 1:3The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.
Song of Solomon 4:14with nard and saffron, with calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of frankincense tree, with myrrh and aloes, with all the finest spices.
Jeremiah 6:20What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”
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 →