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Exodus 30:33

'Whoever prepares any like it or puts any of it on a layman shall be cut off from his people [excluding him from the atonement made for them].'"

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Anointing Oil;   Church;   Oil;   Ointment;   Thompson Chain Reference - Church;   Excommunication;   Government;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Anointing, Sacred;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Altar;   Anointing;   Hair;   Ointments;   Perfumes;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Anointing;   Oil;   Spices;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Fruit;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Aaron;   Excommunication;   High Priest;   King;   Priest;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Cosmetics;   Crimes and Punishments;   Messiah;   Ointment;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Medicine;   Stranger;   Tabernacle;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Excommunication;   Ointment, the Holy;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Myrrh;   Oil;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - High priest;   Priest;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ointment;   Perfumes;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Hair;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Peculiarities of the Law of Moses;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Composition;   Crime;   Oil, Anointing;   Ointment;   Punishments;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Desecration;   Priestly Code;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Whoever compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it on a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.'"
King James Version
Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.
Lexham English Bible
Anyone who compounds perfume like it and who puts it on a stranger will be cut off from his people.'"
New Century Version
If anyone makes perfume like it or puts it on someone who is not a priest, that person must be cut off from his people.'"
New English Translation
Whoever makes perfume like it and whoever puts any of it on someone not a priest will be cut off from his people.'"
New American Standard Bible
'Whoever mixes any like it or whoever puts any of it on a layman shall be cut off from his people.'"
Geneva Bible (1587)
Whosoeuer shal make the like oyntment, or whosoeuer shal put any of it vpon a stranger, euen he shalbe cut off from his people.
Legacy Standard Bible
Whoever shall mix any like it or whoever puts any of it on a layman shall be cut off from his people.'"
Contemporary English Version
If you do, you will no longer belong to the Lord 's people."
Complete Jewish Bible
Whoever makes any like it or uses it on any unauthorized person is to be cut off from his people.'"
Darby Translation
Whoever compoundeth [any] like it, or whoever putteth [any] of it upon any strange thing, shall be cut off from his peoples.
Easy-to-Read Version
Whoever makes a perfume like that and puts it on anyone except a priest must be separated from the people."
English Standard Version
Whoever compounds any like it or whoever puts any of it on an outsider shall be cut off from his people.'"
George Lamsa Translation
Whosoever compounds any like it or whosoever shall give any of it to a stranger shall be cut off from his people.
Good News Translation
Whoever makes any like it or uses any of it on anyone who is not a priest will no longer be considered one of my people.'"
Christian Standard Bible®
Anyone who blends something like it or puts some of it on an unauthorized person must be cut off from his people.”
Literal Translation
If a man prepares any like it, or who gives from it to a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Who so maketh eny soch like, or geueth a strauger therof, the same shalbe roted out from amonge his people.
American Standard Version
Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.
Bible in Basic English
Whoever makes any like it, or puts it on one who is not a priest, will be cut off from his people.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Whosoeuer maketh lyke that, or whosoeuer putteth any of it vpon a strauger, shall perishe from amongst his people.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.'
King James Version (1611)
Whosoeuer compoundeth any like it, or whosoeuer putteth any of it vpon a stranger, shall euen be cut off from his people.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Whosoever shall make it in like manner, and whosoever shall give of it to a stranger, shall be destroyed from among his people.
English Revised Version
Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.
Berean Standard Bible
Anyone who mixes perfume like it or puts it on a layman shall be cut off from his people.'"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
What euer man makith sich oile, and yyueth therof to an alien, he schal be `destried fro his puple.
Young's Literal Translation
a man who compoundeth [any] like it, or who putteth of it on a stranger -- hath even been cut off from his people.'
Update Bible Version
Whoever compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it on a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.
Webster's Bible Translation
Whoever compoundeth [any] like it, or whoever putteth [any] of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.
World English Bible
Whoever compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it on a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.'"
New King James Version
Whoever compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it on an outsider, shall be cut off from his people."'
New Living Translation
Anyone who makes a blend like it or anoints someone other than a priest will be cut off from the community.'"
New Life Bible
Whoever mixes any like it, or puts any of it on a man who is not a religious leader, will be cut off from his people.'"
New Revised Standard
Whoever compounds any like it or whoever puts any of it on an unqualified person shall be cut off from the people."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Whosoever compoundeth any like it, and whosoever bestoweth thereof upon a stranger, shall he out off from among his people.
Douay-Rheims Bible
What man soever shall compound such, and shall give thereof to a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.
Revised Standard Version
Whoever compounds any like it or whoever puts any of it on an outsider shall be cut off from his people.'"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Whoever shall mix any like it or whoever puts any of it on a layman shall be cut off from his people.'"

Contextual Overview

22Moreover, the LORD said to Moses, 23"Take for yourself the best spices: five hundred shekels of liquid myrrh, half as much—two hundred and fifty—of sweet-scented cinnamon, and two hundred and fifty of fragrant cane, 24and five hundred shekels of cinnamon blossom according to the sanctuary shekel, and a hin of olive oil. 25"You shall make of these a holy anointing oil, a perfume mixture, the work of a perfumer; it shall be a sacred anointing oil. 26"You shall anoint the Tent of Meeting with it, and the ark of the Testimony, 27and the table [for the bread] and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense, 28and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin [for cleansing] and its base. 29"You shall consecrate them, that they may be most holy; whatever touches them must be holy (set apart for God). 30"You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may serve as priests to Me. 31"You shall say to the Israelites, 'This shall be a holy and sacred anointing oil, to Me [alone] throughout your generations.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

compoundeth: Exodus 30:38, Luke 12:1, Luke 12:2, Hebrews 10:26-29

a stranger: Exodus 29:33

cut off: Exodus 12:15, Exodus 12:19, Genesis 17:14, Leviticus 7:20, Leviticus 7:21, Leviticus 17:4, Leviticus 17:9, Leviticus 19:8, Leviticus 23:29, Numbers 9:13

Reciprocal: Exodus 30:37 - ye shall Exodus 40:15 - everlasting 1 Chronicles 9:30 - of the sons Galatians 5:12 - cut

Cross-References

Genesis 31:37
"Although you have searched through all my possessions, what have you found of your household goods? Put it here before my relatives and your relatives, so that they may decide [who has done right] between the two of us.
Exodus 13:14
"And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, 'What does this mean?' you shall say to him, 'With a strong and powerful hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, from the house of bondage and slavery.
1 Samuel 26:23
"The LORD will repay each man for his righteousness and his faithfulness; for the LORD handed you over to me today, but I refused to put out my hand against the LORD'S anointed.
2 Samuel 22:21
"The LORD has dealt with me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has rewarded me.
Psalms 37:6
He will make your righteousness [your pursuit of right standing with God] like the light, And your judgment like [the shining of] the noonday [sun].
Isaiah 59:12
For our transgressions are multiplied before You [O LORD], And our sins testify against us; For our transgressions are with us, And we know and recognize our wickedness [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing]:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Whosoever compoundeth any like it,.... For his own use, or for any other than what God appointed it for: or

whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger; meaning not a Gentile, an alien from the commonwealth of israel; though Japhet interprets it of such a stranger who was not of the children of Israel; this Aben Ezra says is not right, but he says it means one that is not of the seed of Aaron; and so the Targum of Jonathan,

"upon a profane person (or a common person, a laic) that is not of the sons of Aaron:''

though the kings of Israel seem to be an exception to this, which might be by a special order from the Lord; yet it is a question whether it was with this, or with common oil, that they were anointed: indeed, the oil with which Solomon was anointed was taken out of the tabernacle, 1 Kings 1:39

shall even be cut off from his people; either by death, by the immediate hand of God inflicting some disease upon him, or by excommunication from the congregation of Israel, or by not favouring him with any posterity, to keep up his name in the nation.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare Exodus 37:29.

Exodus 30:23

Principal spices - i. e. the best spices.

Pure myrrh - Is a gum which comes from the stem of a low, thorny, ragged tree, that grows in Arabia Felix and Eastern Africa, called by botanists Balsamodendron myrrha. The word here rendered pure, is literally, “freely flowing”, an epithet which is explained by the fact that the best myrrh is said to exude spontaneously from the bark, while that of inferior quality oozes out in greater quantity from incisions made in the bark.

Five hundred shekels - Probably rather more than 15 1/4 lbs. See Exodus 38:24.

Cinnamon - is obtained from a tree allied to the laurel that grows in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and other islands of the Indian Ocean, known in Botany as the Cinnamomum zeylanicum. It is the inner rind of the tree dried in the sun. It was imported from India in very early times by the people of Ophir, and brought with other spices from the south part of Arabia by the trading caravans that visited Egypt and Syria. The mention of these spices in Exodus may be taken as the earliest notice we have connected with commerce with the remote East.

Two hundred and fifty shekels - about 7 lbs. 14 oz.

Sweet calamus - The fragrant cane (or rush) was probably what is now known in India as the Lemon Grass.

Exodus 30:24

Cassia - is the inner bark of an Indian tree (Cinnamomum cassia), which differs from that which produces cinnamon in the shape of its leaves and some other particulars. It was probably in ancient times, as it is at present, by far less costly than cinnamon, and it may have been on this account that it was used in double quantity.

An hin - Probably about six pints. See Leviticus 19:36.

Exodus 30:25

An oil of holy ointment - Rather, a holy anointing oil.

After the art of the apothecary - According to Jewish tradition, the essences of the spices were first extracted, and then mixed with the oil. The preparation of the anointing oil, as well as of the incense, was entrusted to Bezaleel Exodus 37:29, and the care of preserving it to Eleazar, the son of Aaron Numbers 4:16. In a later age, it was prepared by the sons of the priests 1 Chronicles 9:30.

Exodus 30:32

Upon man’s flesh - i. e. on the persons of those who were not priests who might employ it for such anointing as was usual on festive occasions (Psalms 104:15; Proverbs 27:9; Matthew 6:17, etc.).

Exodus 30:33

A stranger - See Exodus 29:33.

Cut off from his people - See Exodus 31:14.


 
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