Êxodo 30

Êxodo 30

Clarke: "If I have seen iniquity in my heart," if I have known it was there, and encouraged it; if I pretended to be what I was not; if I loved iniquity, while I professed to pray and be sorry for my sin; the Lord." Cross references on the LORD will not hear - Job 27:9 Isa 1:15 Isa 59:2 Pr 15:8,29 Pr 21:13, Pr 28:9 Jn 9:31 Ps 4:3 Jer 11:11 Mic 3:4 Zec 7:13 Jas 4:3 1Pe 3:12 1Jn 3:21 Exodus 30:21 "So they shall wash their hands and their feet, so that they will not die; and it shall be a perpetual statute for them, for Aaron and his descendants throughout their generations." a statute: Ex 28:43 Exodus 30 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries WASHING IS A PERPETUAL STATUTE So they shall wash their hands and their feet, so that they will not die - Just in case we missed how serious failure to wash is, God repeats it! Beloved, we dare not seek to go boldly into His presence (which is our privilege now in Christ) before we have "cleansed" ourselves with confession! and it shall be a perpetual statute for them, for Aaron and his descendants throughout their generations - By way of application to reiterate what has been discussed earlier in this section, this "statute" prescribing washing is still important to New Covenant believer-priests! Exodus 30:22 Moreover, the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, Exodus 30 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Moreover, the LORD spoke to Moses, saying - Yahweh spoke either LORD spoke or LORD said in Ex 30:11, 17, 22, 34, Ex 31:1, 12 David Thompson - Those who worship God must use proper anointing oil or they will be cut off from God’s people. Ex 30:22-33 Now it was critical that in order to worship God there needed to be an amazing perfumed oil for anointing purposes. God wanted things in His place of worship to smell nice. As one writer observed, the amount of ingredients here would add up to a sizeable and expensive quantity. Exodus 30:23 "Take also for yourself the finest of spices: of flowing myrrh five hundred shekels, and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, two hundred and fifty, and of fragrant cane two hundred and fifty, Take also for yourself: Ex 37:29 Ps 45:8 Pr 7:17 Song 1:3,13 4:14 Jer 6:20 Eze 27:19,22 Exodus 30 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries SPICES FOR THE ANOINTING OIL ake also for yourself the finest of spices: of flowing myrrh five hundred shekels, and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, two hundred and fifty, and of fragrant cane two hundred and fifty - This is quite a lot of material. "The quantity of fifteen hundred shekels of fragrance (five hundred of myrrh, two hundred and fifty of cinnamon, two hundred and fifty of cane, and five hundred of cassia) was about thirty-eight pounds in modern measurement." (Stuart) Criswell - God described the exact ingredients, including the weight of each spice and the quantity of olive oil, to be used in making the "holy anointing oil" (v. 25). Directions are given for its use (vv. 26-30), and warning is issued against its misuse (vv. 31-33). David Thompson - Fact #1 This perfumed oil was to be made of the finest spices. These were the very best and highest valued of spices that were to be used. Fact #2 - This perfumed oil was to be made of flowing myrrh worth 500 shekels. Free-flowing myrrh has been identified as an aromatic gum that seeps out from cracks in the bark that typically grows in Arabia and India. Now a shekel was a weight that was used for measuring the value of something. It is unclear as to the specific weight. Some have suggested that one shekel was equivalent to the weight of 10 pennies. So 500 shekels would be quite a total weight value and would probably purchase a substantial amount of myrrh. Fact #3 - This perfumed oil was to be made of fragrant cinnamon worth 250 shekels. 30:23c Cinnamon appears only three times in the Hebrew Bible (Ex. 30:23; Song 4:14; Pr 7:17). Fact #4 - This perfumed oil was to be made of fragrant cane worth 250 shekels. Stuart has an interesting comment - Anointing related to cleanness and purity as symbols of holiness. God demanded that his priests, the servants of his house, be clean and pure. But lice were endemic in biblical times, and to be “lousy” was hardly to be clean and pure. The solution was regular use of oil, which kills lice. Only the high priest was ritually anointed (“oiled”) as a condition of being installed in office (chap. 29), but all priests were required to use a perfumed sacred oil, described in this passage, not only on their own heads but also on the tabernacle furnishings. Oiling the furnishings did not imply that they were capable of supporting lice in the same way that a living body can, but oiling would help protect the furnishings from any lice accidentally transmitted by an imperfectly oiled priest or by priests’ clothing as it received lice from contact with lice-bearing worshipers bringing their offerings to the tabernacle. As v. 29 states, “Whatever touches them [must be] holy.” Lice are not holy. (Ibid) Bush - Take thou unto the principal spices, &c. Heb. בשמים ראש besamim rosh, head spices; intimating that the several spices which formed the ingredients of the anointing oil were to be of the very best kinds then known and valued. These we may consider in their order. Pure myrrh. Heb. מר דרור mar deror, myrrh of freedom; i. e. myrrh which flowed freely and spontaneously, instead of being drawn by incision, and was therefore of the purest kind. Sweet cinnamon. Hebrew קנמן בשם kinnemon besem, aromatic cinnamon, a well-known article of spicery deriving its name directly from the Hebrew. The word is ordinarily used to denote the second or inner bark of the cinnamon-tree which grows in great abundance in the island of Ceylon. But as the bark of the root has a stronger flavor than that of the trunk, Scheuzer conjectures that that which was employed in the composition of the holy anointing oil was of the former kind. Sweet calamus. Heb. בשם קנה kenëh bosem, spiced cane. This term denotes an aromatic reed growing in moist places in Egypt, in Judea near lake Gennesareth, and in several parts of Syria. It grows to about two feet in height; bearing from the root a knotted stalk, quite round, containing in its cavity a soft, white pith. The whole is of an agreeable aromatic smell; and the plant is said to scent the air with fragrance, even while growing. When cut down, dried, and powdered, it makes an ingredient in the richest perfumes. Exodus 30:24 and of cassia five hundred, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin. cassia: Ps 45:8 the shekel: Nu 3:47 Eze 45:12 hin: Ex 29:40 Lev 19:36 Nu 15:5 Exodus 30 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries and of cassia five hundred, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin - A hin is about a gallon of olive oil. David Thompson - This perfumed oil was to be made of cassia worth 500 shekels. Douglas Stuart says that the 1500 total shekels would turn out to be about 38 pounds in modern dry measurement. This was to be mixed together to form this fragrance and it was not to be a paste, but an oil that one could pour. This perfumed oil was to be made of olive oil measured a hin . A hin is a liquid measurement which, according to Merrill Unger, is equivalent to 6 pints. Douglas Stuart says it was about a gallon Bush - Cassia. Heb. קדה kiddah; but as the Shemitic d and z are closely related in sound, the word is otherwise written kitzia, from which comes the Gr. κασσια, and thence the English, cassia. We find in the Scriptures no mention of this article except here and Ezek. 27:19, where it is joined with calamus and enumerated among the precious things which were brought from the mart of Tyre. Related Resource: What was the significance of anointing spices in the Bible? Exodus 30:25 "You shall make of these a holy anointing oil, a perfume mixture, the work of a perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil. perfumer, 1Ch 9:30 holy: Ex 37:29 Nu 35:25 Ps 89:20 133:2 Heb 1:9 Exodus 30 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries HOLY ANOINTING OIL You shall make of these a holy anointing oil, a perfume mixture, the work of a perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil David Thompson - Three times in these verses this oil is identified as Holy anointing oil (Ex 30:25, 25, 31). In Ex 30:32, it is stressed that this is very “holy.” Now there is absolutely no doubt that this anointing oil is an illustrative picture of the value of the person and work of the Holy Spirit (I Sam. 16:13). We believe that this is illustrative of the value of the Holy Spirit that is incalculable to the worth in the life of the believer....This perfumed oil is to be made into holy anointing oil. This oil was to be the work of someone specifically skilled in this field. Bush - 25–28. Thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment. The quantity of oil was sufficient to retain the compound in a liquid state, which was probably much improved by straining off the dreggy parts and leaving the residuum defecated and pure. With this holy oil was the Tabernacle, with its priesthood and its furniture, to be anointed, as the last and crowning act of consecration. By this sacred unction the whole was sanctified and set apart to the uses for which it was designed. And as every thing to which it was applied became thereby most holy, so a peculiar sanctity attached to the anointing oil itself, which imparted this, and it was on peril of death that any of the same composition was made for any other purpose. But the tradition of the Jews, founded upon the phraseology of v. 31, ‘Throughout your generations,’ that the very oil now prepared by Moses was preserved till near the captivity, and that none was to be made like it, not even for the same purpose, is undoubtedly erroneous. It is perfectly reasonable to suppose that under the inspection of the High Priest it was made as often as it was wanted; nor do we see any objection to the idea that not only the priests but also the kings of Judah were anointed with it, although as that form of government was not especially contemplated at this time, nothing is said on this subject. Exodus 30:26 "With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony, Ex 40:9-15 Lev 8:10-12 Nu 7:1,10 Isa 61:1 Ac 10:38 2Co 1:21,22 1Jn 2:20,27 Exodus 30 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony - This would surely be in the form of symbolic sprinkling for the amount of incense oil to anoint the entire tent would have been huge. The Ark of the Testimony is a picture of Jesus (especially the Mercy Seat) Who Himself was anointed Isaiah 61:1+ The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me, Because the LORD has anointed Me To bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to captives And freedom to prisoners; Acts 10:38+ “You know of Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him. THOUGHT - What is the tent to a believer? Paul describes our body as a tent (2 Cor 5:4). And what was the "tent" anointed with? The Spirit of Christ (1 Jn 2:20, 27+, cf 2 Cor 5:5). Our body is also a Temple that has been "anointed" with "the oil of the Spirit" - "Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? 20 For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body." (1 Cor 6:19-20+). Exodus 30:27 and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense, Exodus 30 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense David Thompson - This perfumed oil is to be used to anoint the table, the lampstand and altar of incense plus all the utensils. Exodus 30:28 and the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the laver and its stand. Exodus 30 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries and the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the laver and its stand David Thompson - This perfumed oil is to be used to anoint the burnt offering altar and the wash basin plus all the utensils. All of these things were to be classified as holy . Exodus 30:29 "You shall also consecrate them, that they may be most holy; whatever touches them shall be holy. whatever: Ex 29:37 Lev 6:18 Mt 23:17,19 Exodus 30 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries You shall also consecrate them, that they may be most holy; whatever touches them shall be holy - So the altar of incense and the utensils were were to be most holy, repeating the instructions for the bronze altar in Ex 29:37+. “For seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it; then the altar shall be most holy, and whatever touches the altar shall be holy." (See note on that passage). Stuart comments - Holiness cannot be transmitted by touching (Hag 2:11–12, summarizing the Levitical law), but corruption can indeed be transmitted by touching (Hag 2:13, again summarizing the Levitical law). Thus all who served in the courtyard or tent had to be careful themselves to be holy, properly consecrated, so that they could then avoid contamination of anything at God’s house." (Ibid) David Thompson - Everything associated with this place needed to be holy. Everything needed to look good and smell good. Bush - 29. Whatsoever toucheth them shall be most holy. The two leading attributes of the anointing oil were its preciousness and its sanctity. The spices of which it was composed were peculiarly rare and odoriferous, and the oil with which they were blended was most pure. This was doubtless intended to shadow forth the excellency of the gifts of the Holy Spirit, whose distinguishing emblem under the old economy was oil. And what is to be compared with the preciousness of those divine influences which emanate from this source? Upon whomsoever they are poured forth, they impart light to the understanding, pliancy to the will, purity to the affections, tenderness to the conscience, and holiness to the entire man. There is nothing beside them to be so earnestly coveted or so advantageously possessed. They are the true riches of the soul, and the sealing title to an eternal inheritance. Wherever enjoyed they constitute the subject of them, ‘a new creature,’ and so far sanctify every offering which he presents, that ‘God smells a sweet savor from it,’ and is well pleased. And not only so. It is a diffusive blessedness which is thus conferred. As every vessel that was anointed with the holy ointment, imparted a sanctity to every thing with which it came in contact, so every true Christian communicates to others, as far as his influence extends, the same divine principles which he has imbibed. As was said in mystic language of the Savior, so may it be said of all his anointed ones, ‘Their garments smell of myrrh, aloes, and cassia,’ and wherever they go they diffuse around them ‘the savor of the knowledge of Christ.’ Let us seek then this ‘unction from the Holy One,’ the ‘crown of the anointing oil,’ which sanctifies and separates all those upon whom it comes. Let us guard against any thing that would reflect dishonor upon the Holy Spirit. Let us bear in mind the striking admonition conveyed in the figurative style of Solomon; ‘Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savor; so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.’ There is a sanctity about the Christian character which should be kept inviolate, and he that dishonors his calling puts fire to the oil of his consecration to his own consuming. Exodus 30:30 "You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister as priests to Me. anoint: Ex 29:7-37 40:15 Lev 8:12,30 Nu 3:3 consecrate: Ex 28:3 29:9,35 Exodus 30 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister as priests to Me - The priests were to bring a pleasing aroma into the presence of the LORD. This reminds us of our Great High Priest Christ Jesus in Ephesians 5:2+ "walk (present imperative with a negative see our need to depend on the Holy Spirit to obey) in love, just as (TERM OF COMPARISON) Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us (FOR US = SUBSTITUTION), an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma." David Thompson - All of the priests must be anointed and consecrated so they may minister as priests unto God. Every believer who comes into the presence of God needs to realize the value of purity in regard to the Holy Spirit. Exodus 30:31 "You shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'This shall be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations. holy: Ex 37:29 Lev 8:12 21:10 Ps 89:20 Exodus 30 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries You shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'This shall be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations - NLT = "from generation to generation." "No one could decide to change the anointing oil formula or to stop using it in consecration/ordination ceremonies." (Stuart) David Thompson - All of the sons of Israel need to know that this is sacred anointing oil and it is not to be made or used for common purposes. Sacred things are not to be made into common things. Worship things should be viewed as sacred worship things. No sanctuary should ever be turned into a night club. No pulpit should ever be replaced by a drum set. Exodus 30:32 'It shall not be poured on anyone's body, nor shall you make any like it in the same proportions; it is holy, and it shall be holy to you. man's: Lev 21:10 Mt 7:6 it is: Ex 30:25,37,38 Exodus 30 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries It shall not be poured on anyone's body, nor shall you make any like it in the same proportions; it is holy, and it shall be holy to you. Exodus 30:33 'Whoever shall mix any like it or whoever puts any of it on a layman shall be cut off from his people.'" shall mix: Ex 30:38 Lu 12:1,2 Heb 10:26-29 a layman : Ex 29:33 cut off: Ex 12:15,19 Ge 17:14 Lev 7:20,21 17:4,9 19:8 23:29 Nu 9:13 Exodus 30 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Whoever shall mix any like it or whoever puts any of it on a layman shall be cut off from his people - Cut off is karath and translated in the Septuagint with exolethreuo which means to utterly destroy (to be eliminated by destruction) and is used in Acts 3:23+. David Thompson - Any wrong use of this anointing oil will cut off a person from God’s people. t is very serious business to do anything wrong in a sacred place of worship or to sacred things involved in worship. Exodus 30:34 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Take for yourself spices, stacte and onycha and galbanum, spices with pure frankincense; there shall be an equal part of each. NET Exodus 30:34 The LORD said to Moses: "Take spices, gum resin, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense of equal amounts NLT Exodus 30:34 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Gather fragrant spices-- resin droplets, mollusk shell, and galbanum-- and mix these fragrant spices with pure frankincense, weighed out in equal amounts. ESV Exodus 30:34 The LORD said to Moses, "Take sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum, sweet spices with pure frankincense (of each shall there be an equal part), NIV Exodus 30:34 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Take fragrant spices--gum resin, onycha and galbanum--and pure frankincense, all in equal amounts, KJV Exodus 30:34 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: LXE Exodus 30:34 And the Lord said to Moses, Take for thyself sweet herbs, stacte, onycha, sweet galbanum, and transparent frankincense; there shall be and equal weight of each. ASV Exodus 30:34 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight; CSB Exodus 30:34 The LORD said to Moses: "Take fragrant spices: stacte, onycha, and galbanum; the spices and pure frankincense are to be in equal measures. NKJ Exodus 30:34 And the LORD said to Moses: "Take sweet spices, stacte and onycha and galbanum, and pure frankincense with these sweet spices; there shall be equal amounts of each. NRS Exodus 30:34 The LORD said to Moses: Take sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum, sweet spices with pure frankincense (an equal part of each), YLT Exodus 30:34 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Take to thee spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum, spices and pure frankincense; they are part for part; NAB Exodus 30:34 The LORD told Moses, "Take these aromatic substances: storax and onycha and galbanum, these and pure frankincense in equal parts; take: Ex 30:23 25:6 37:29 frankincense: Lev 2:1,15 5:11 24:7 1Ch 9:29,30 Ne 13:5 Song 3:6 Mt 2:11 Exodus 30 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Then the LORD said to Moses - Yahweh spoke either LORD spoke or LORD said in Ex 30:11, 17, 22, 34, Ex 31:1, 12 "Take for yourself spices, stacte and onycha and galbanum, spices with pure frankincense; there shall be an equal part of each - "The spices themselves cannot be confidently identified except for frankincense, which is mentioned here first and will be mentioned frequently hereafter in the Old Testament, most often in connection with its role as an ingredient in the cereal offerings." (Stuart) David Thompson - Ex 30:34-38 - Those who worship God must use specific spices and incense or they will be cut off from God’s people.Not only was there to be this anointing oil, but these were special spices for the twice daily incense burning. There is one more worship mandate that God spells out in this section and that is the mandate of making a special type of incense for worship. The incense was to be made of different spices. The incense was to be made of stacte. - gum that comes from the storax tree. This is a very sweet spice. The incense was to be made of onycha. - a powder scraped from a shell that was found near the Dead Sea, which when burned gave off perfume. The incense was to be made of galbanum. - this was a brownish resin that came from a thick-stalked plant, which was a Mediterranean Sea coastal plant. - The incense was to be made from pure frankincense. - fragrant gum that comes from Boswellia trees that are found in the Mediterranean world. Dr. C. I. Scofield said all of this speaks of the beauty and perfections of Jesus Christ. His entire life was a rich, sweet-smelling aroma before God (cf Eph 5:2+ walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.). Bush - Take unto thee sweet spices, &c. This order has respect to the composition of the Incense which was to be burnt upon the golden Altar. This also was prepared of sweet spices, though not of so rare or precious a quality as those of which the anointing oil was compounded. But concerning both preparations the same law is given that nothing like them should be made for common use. This would tend to beget among the Israelites a reverence for whatever was of divine institution, and a sedulous care to guard against its profanation or abuse, and as to us, who are privileged to look deeper into the spiritual drift of the Mosaic economy, it may well admonish us to beware of any ‘counterfeit presentment,’ or any unhallowed prostitution, of those ordinances, gifts, or graces which emanate from the Spirit of God and in which his honor is especially concerned. Stacte. Heb. נטף netaph from נטף nataph, to drop. Gr. στακτη, from σταζω, to distil. This was a fine kind of gum which was produced from the myrrhtree, but differing from that substance mentioned v. 23, by retaining a waxy or resinous form, instead of flowing out as a liquid. It is supposed to have been the same with what was afterwards called ‘opobalsam’ or ‘the balm of Jericho.’ Onycha. Heb. שחלת shehëleth, a word which occurs only in this place, and of which the true sense is consequently very difficult to be determined. In Syriac שחלתא shehelta, is a tear, a distillation, and the Hebrew word would seem therefore to mean something that exuded, some vegetable gum of odorous qualities. The Gr. indeed has ονυχα, onycha, from ονυξ, nail, and several learned critics have supposed it to be the external covering (nail) of the shell-fish purpura or murex, which possessed aromatic properties and was thence called unguis odoriferans, odoriferous onyx. This, according to Rumphius, was the basis of the principal perfumes employed in India, just as aloes is the basis of all their pills. But as India was too distant for drugs to be brought from thence to Judea or Arabia, where the Israelites now were, and as the context and the etymology seem to require some vegetable substance, the opinion is far preferable that makes it the gum of some aromatic plant; and as the Arabic version has ‘Ladana,’ it is not improbable that gum-ladanum, the produce of the ‘Cistus ladaniferus,’ was the drug in question. This is a secretion from the leaves, which is swept off by the beard of the browzing goats, from whence it was collected. The shrub is a native of the Levant, the isles of the Mediterranean, and Arabia. Galbanum. Heb. חלבנה helbenah, which Michaelis supposes to be a compound of חלב heleb, milk or gum and לבן leben, white, denoting the white milk or gum of some plant, as it is common with us to call the white juice which exudes from certain plants the ‘milk,’ and the phraseology is retained in medical nomenclature ‘gum lac, &c. The ‘galbanum’ is supposed to have been the gum-resin or thickened sap of the ‘Bubon Gummiferum,’ an umbelliferous plant of Turkey, which yields this gum in softish, pliant, and pale cream-colored masses, whenever a wound is made in any part of it. It is of a strong piercing smell, and of a bitterish taste. Frankincense. Heb. לבנה tebonah, a term of which the root also is לבן labën and conveying the idea of whiteness. The English word ‘frankincense’ is supposed to have the prefixed epithet ‘frank,’ free, from the liberal and ready distribution of its odors. This drug, otherwise called ‘olibanum,’ is a dry resinous substance of a yellowish white color, a strong fragrant smell, and bitter acrid taste. It is produced from the ‘Boswellia serrata,’ a native of India, and a fine tree belonging to the family of the turpentine-bearing trees. The ‘pure frankincense’ is that which is first obtained from the tree, and for that reason considered the best. When laid upon burning coals, or a hot iron, it sends forth a vapor of most delicious fragrance. Exodus 30:35 "With it you shall make incense, a perfume, the work of a perfumer, salted, pure, and holy. perfume: Pr 27:9 Song 1:3 3:6 Joh 12:3 the: Ex 30:25 salted, Lev 2:13 Exodus 30 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries With it you shall make incense, a perfume, the work of a perfumer, salted, pure, and holy David Thompson - The incense was to be made into a perfume by a perfumer The incense was to be salted, pure and holy. Why was salt to be added? Because salt would preserve it. This gave permanence to the perfume. The fact that this is pure and holy would indicate that this relationship with God is a permanent relationship and it is always based on what is pure and holy Bush - Tempered together. Heb. ממלח memullah, salted, from מלח melah, salt. The Chal. and Gr., however, have set the example of rendering by mixed or tempered, as if their idea was that the different ingredients were to be nixed together just as salt is mixed with any substance on which it is sprinkled. Ainsworth contends for the liberal rendering, inasmuch as the law, Lev. 2:13, expressly says, ‘With all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.’ In support of this he quotes Maimonides, who affirms that ‘there was not any thing offered on the Altar without salt, except the wine of the drink-offerings, and the blood, and the wood;’ and of the incense he says still more expressly, that ‘they added to it the fourth part of a kab of salt.’ In accordance with which, it is supposed, our Savior says, Mark 9:49, ‘Every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.’ We feel incompetent to decide the question, but confess a leaning towards the view of Ainsworth, who further remarks very appropriately, that ‘if our speech is to be always with grace, seasoned with salt, as the apostle teaches, Col. 4:6, how much more should our incense, our prayers unto God, be therewith seasoned?’ Exodus 30:36 "You shall beat some of it very fine, and put part of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting where I will meet with you; it shall be most holy to you. NET Exodus 30:36 You are to beat some of it very fine and put some of it before the ark of the testimony in the tent of meeting where I will meet with you; it is to be most holy to you. NLT Exodus 30:36 Grind some of the mixture into a very fine powder and put it in front of the Ark of the Covenant,1 where I will meet with you in the Tabernacle. You must treat this incense as most holy. ESV Exodus 30:36 You shall beat some of it very small, and put part of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting awhere I shall meet with you. bIt shall be most holy for you. NIV Exodus 30:36 Grind some of it to powder and place it in front of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meeta with you. It shall be most holyb to you. KJV Exodus 30:36 And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy. LXE Exodus 30:36 And of these thou shalt beat some small, and thou shalt put it before the testimonies in the tabernacle of testimony, whence I will make myself known to thee: it shall be to you a most holy incense. ASV Exodus 30:36 and thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy. CSB Exodus 30:36 Grind some of it into a fine powder and put some in front of the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with you. It must be especially holy1 to you. NKJ Exodus 30:36 "And you shall beat some of it very fine, and put some of it before the Testimony in the tabernacle of meeting where I will meet with you. It shall be most holy to you. NRS Exodus 30:36 and you shall beat some of it into powder, and put part of it before the covenant1 in the tent of meeting where I shall meet with you; it shall be for you most holy. YLT Exodus 30:36 and thou hast beaten some of it small, and hast put of it before the testimony, in the tent of meeting, whither I am met with thee; most holy it is to you. the testimony: Ex 16:34 where I will: Ex 30:6 25:22 29:42,43 Lev 16:2 Exodus 30 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries PERFUME BEFORE THE ARK OF THE TESTIMONY You shall beat some of it very fine, and put part of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting where I will meet with you; it shall be most holy to you - "Logically, this meant making everything “fitting to belong to God” and therefore to be placed in his presence. Anointing accomplished this purpose by symbolizing the killing of that which produced impurity (vermin), leaving behind a purified person or object. In effect the Israelites understood that the anointing of the tabernacle and its furniture, and Aaron and his sons and their clothing (29:21), showed that they were setting aside these things for God, consigning them to his realm and special possession." (Stuart) David Thompson - The incense was to be beaten into a very fine state. The incense was to be put in part before the testimony in the tent of meeting. The incense was important to God meeting with His people. The incense was to be considered most holy . Exodus 30:37 "The incense which you shall make, you shall not make in the same proportions for yourselves; it shall be holy to you for the LORD. shall make: Ex 30:32,33 it shall: Ex 29:37 Lev 2:3 Exodus 30 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries The incense which you shall make, you shall not make in the same proportions for yourselves; it shall be holy to you for the LORD - The warning is clear: The anointing oil and the incense were for the worship of the people, not for personal use. David Thompson - The incense was never to be made for anything but worship . Exodus 30:38 "Whoever shall make any like it, to use as perfume, shall be cut off from his people." cut off: Ex 30:33 Exodus 30 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries SERIOUS CONSEQUENCE FOR PROFANE USE Whoever shall make any like it, to use as perfume, shall be cut off from his people - This oil was holy and was not to be used for profane use. Cut off is karath and is translated in the Septuagint with the verb apollumi which means means to destroy or kill (as Herod sought to do to Jesus in Mt 2:13). David Thompson - Any person who made this incense for non- sacred uses would be cut off from His people. It is very clear to see that you didn’t just worship God on your terms. There needs to be careful thought and preparation that goes into worship. David Thompson - SOME NEW TESTAMENT APPLICATIONS: The ransom redemptive offering is a mandatory offering needed by all for worship. God does keep track of who gives generous offerings to Him and who doesn’t. 2 Cor. 9:6-7 God’s people need to be clean when they come to worship God. 1 John 1:9 God’s people need to be properly anointed in order to worship God. 2 Cor. 1:21 God’s people need to offer up proper incense offerings Question: What does the Bible say about anointing oil? Answer: Anointing oil, mentioned 20 times in Scripture, was used in the Old Testament for pouring on the head of the high priest and his descendants and sprinkling the tabernacle and its furnishings to mark them as holy and set apart to the Lord (Exodus 25:6; Leviticus 8:30; Numbers 4:16). Three times it is called the "holy, anointing oil," and the Jews were strictly forbidden from reproducing it for personal use (Exodus 30:32-33). The recipe for anointing oil is found in Exodus 30:23-24; it contained myrrh, cinnamon and other natural ingredients. There is no indication that the oil or the ingredients had any supernatural power. Rather, the strictness of the guidelines for creating the oil was a test of the obedience of the Israelites and a demonstration of the absolute holiness of God. Only five New Testament passages refer to the practice of anointing with oil, and none of them offer an explanation for its use. We can draw our conclusions from context. In Matthew 6:17 Jesus mentions the everyday practice of anointing oneself with oil. In Mark 6:13 the disciples anoint the sick and heal them. In Mark 14:3–9 Mary anoints Jesus’ feet as an act of worship. In James 5:14 the church elders anoint the sick with oil for healing. In Hebrews 1:8–9 God says to Christ as He returns triumphantly to heaven, “Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever,” and God anoints Jesus “with the oil of gladness.” Should Christians use anointing oil today? There is nothing in Scripture that commands or even suggests that we should use similar oil today, but neither is there anything to forbid it. Oil is often used as a symbol for the Holy Spirit in the Bible as in the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins (Matthew 25:1-13). Christians have the Spirit who leads us into all truth and “anoints” us continually with His grace and comfort. “But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth” (1 John 2:20). (Source: GotQuestions.org) Related Resource: What is the anointing? What does it mean to be anointed? BIBLIOGRAPHY - Resources Quoted in Commentary Exodus 30 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries James Bruckner - Exodus (Understanding the Bible Commentary Umberto Cassuto - A Commentary on the Book of Exodus Alan