Exodus 30:34
And the Lord said to Mosheh, Take thee spices, stachte and onycha, and galbanum spices, and pure frankincense, weight for weight shall they be;
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Exodus 25:6Oil for the illuminators, aromatics for the anointing oil, and aromatics for the incense;
Exodus 30:23Take thou also to thee choice (first or principal) aromatics: pure myrrh, five hundred ( shekels’ weight); and sweet cinnamon, one half (as much), two hundred and fifty ( shekels) weight; of sweet calamus, two hundred and fifty ( shekels’) weight;
Leviticus 2:1But if a man bring an oblation of a mincha before the Lord, his oblation shall be of meal, and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon,
Leviticus 5:11But if (neither) two turtle doves nor a pair of young pigeons pertain to him, he shall bring, as his oblation for the sin that he hath sinned, the tenth of three sein of flour for a sin offering; he shall not put oil upon it, nor put frankincense upon it, for it is a sin offering.
Leviticus 24:7And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon (each) order, and it shall be for Bread of Memorial, ( Lechem leadkara,) an oblation before the Lord.
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 →