Exodus 30:31 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

Exodus 30:31

29 You shall consecrate them, that they may be most holy; ^awhatever touches them must be holy.

30 ^aAnd you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister to Me as priests.

31 “And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘This shall be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations.

32 It shall not be poured on man’s flesh; nor shall you make any other like it, according to its composition. ^aIt is holy, and it shall be holy to you.

33 ^aWhoever compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it on an outsider, ^bshall be cut off from his people.’ ”

The Incense

34 And the Lord said to Moses: ^a“Take sweet spices, stacte and onycha and galbanum, and pure frankincense with these sweet spices; there shall be equal amounts of each.

35 You shall make of these an incense, a compound ^aaccording to the art of the perfumer, salted, pure, and holy.

36 And you shall beat some of it very fine, and put some of it before the Testimony in the tabernacle of meeting ^awhere I will meet with you. ^bIt shall be most holy to you.

37 But as for the incense which you shall make, ^ayou shall not make any for yourselves, according to its¹ composition. It shall be to you holy for the Lord.

38 ^aWhoever makes any like it, to smell it, he shall be cut off from his people.”

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

<< Exodus 30:30

Exodus 30:32 >>

Exodus 30:23-33

Take thou also . . . principal spices, etc.—Oil is frequently mentioned in Scripture as an emblem of sanctification, and anointing with it a means of designating objects as well as persons to the service of God. Here it is prescribed by divine authority, and the various ingredients in their several proportions described which were to compose the oil used in consecrating the furniture of the tabernacle.

myrrh—a fragrant and medicinal gum from a little known tree in Arabia.

sweet cinnamon—produced from a species of laurel or sweet bay, found chiefly in Ceylon, growing to a height of twenty feet: this spice is extracted from the inner bark, but it is not certain whether that mentioned by Moses is the same as that with which we are familiar.

sweet calamus—or sweet cane, a product of Arabia and India, of a tawny color in appearance; it is like the common cane and strongly odoriferous.

**Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Exodus 30:31:**

Song of Solomon 1:3

<< Exodus 30:30

Exodus 30:32 >>

DISCLAIMER: Church of the Great God (CGG) provides these resources to aid the individual in studying the Bible. However, it is up to the individual to "prove all things, and hold fast to that which is good" (I Thessalonians 5:21). The content of these resources does not necessarily reflect the views of CGG. They are provided for information purposes only.