Exodus 30:23
“Take these fine spices: five hundred shekels of flowing myrrh, 250 shekels of sweet-smelling cinnamon, 250 shekels of sweet-smelling cane,
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22Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Cross References
Exodus 37:29He made the holy anointing oil and the pure fragrant incense, the work of a perfumer.
1 Chronicles 9:29Some of them also were assigned to take care of the holy things, the equipment, and the supplies, including the fine flour, the wine, the oil, the frankincense, and the spices.
Psalms 45:8All your garments smell of myrrh, aloes, and cassia; 1 out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made you glad. 1
Song of Solomon 1:3Your anointing oils have a delightful fragrance; 1 your name is like flowing perfume, 1 so the young women love you. 1
Song of Solomon 4:14Nard and saffron, 1 calamus and cinnamon with all kinds of spices, 1 myrrh and aloes with all the finest spices. 1
Jeremiah 6:20“What does this frankincense going up from Sheba mean to me? Or these sweet smells from a distant land? 1 Your burnt offerings are not acceptable to me, nor are your sacrifices. 1
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 →