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Exodus 30:25

And make these into a holy oil, a perfume made by the art of the perfume-maker; it is to be a holy oil.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Anointing Oil;   Apothecary;   Art;   Oil;   Ointment;   Tabernacle;   Thompson Chain Reference - Anointing Oil;   Apothecaries;   Arts and Crafts;   Oil;   Olive Oil;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Anointing, Sacred;   Arts of the;   Oil;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Altar;   Anointing;   Ointments;   Perfumes;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Anointing;   Holiness;   Oil;   Sanctification;   Spices;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Fruit;   Sanctification;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Apothecary;   Ointment;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Aaron;   Hananiah;   High Priest;   King;   Pentateuch;   Priest;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Apothecary;   Confectioner;   Cosmetics;   Messiah;   Ointment;   Perfume, Perfumer;   Saints;   Spices;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Apothecary;   Holiness;   Medicine;   Oil;   Ointment;   Tabernacle;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Oil (Olive);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Apothecary, Raqach;   Oil;   Ointment;   Ointment, the Holy;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Myrrh;   Oil;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Handicraft;   High priest;   Obsolete or obscure words in the english av bible;   Priest;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Handicraft;   Medicine;   Perfumes;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Ointment;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Peculiarities of the Law of Moses;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Apothecary;   Composition;   Holiness;   Medicine;   Oil, Anointing;   Ointment;   Perfume;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Arabia;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ark of the Covenant;   Priestly Code;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for November 5;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
You shall make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.
King James Version
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.
Lexham English Bible
And you will make it into holy anointing oil, a spice blend of a fragrant ointment the work of a perfumer; it will be holy anointing oil.
New Century Version
and mix all these things like a perfume to make a holy olive oil. This special oil must be put on people and things to make them ready for service to God.
New English Translation
You are to make this into a sacred anointing oil, a perfumed compound, the work of a perfumer. It will be sacred anointing oil.
Amplified Bible
"You shall make of these a holy anointing oil, a perfume mixture, the work of a perfumer; it shall be a sacred anointing oil.
New American Standard Bible
"You shall make from these a holy anointing oil, a fragrant mixture of ointments, the work of a perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So thou shalt make of it the oyle of holie oyntment, euen a most precious oyntment after the arte of the Apothecarie: this shalbe the oyle of holy oyntment.
Legacy Standard Bible
And you shall make of these a holy anointing oil, a perfume mixture, the work of a perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.
Complete Jewish Bible
and make them into a holy anointing oil; blend it and perfume it as would an expert perfume-maker; it will be a holy anointing oil.
Darby Translation
and make of it an oil of holy ointment, a perfume of perfumery after the work of the perfumer: it shall be the holy anointing oil.
Easy-to-Read Version
"Mix all these things to make a special sweet-smelling anointing oil.
English Standard Version
And you shall make of these a sacred anointing oil blended as by the perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.
George Lamsa Translation
And you shall make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compounded after the art of the perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.
Good News Translation
and make a sacred anointing oil, mixed like perfume.
Christian Standard Bible®
Prepare from these a holy anointing oil, a scented blend, the work of a perfumer; it will be holy anointing oil.
Literal Translation
And you shall make it an oil of holy anointing, ointment compound, the work of a perfumer, an oil of holy anointing it shall be.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and make an holy anoyntinge oyle, after the craft of the Apotecary.
American Standard Version
and thou shalt make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And thou shalt make of the oyle an holy oyntment, euen an oyntment compound after the craft of the apoticarie:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And thou shalt make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.
King James Version (1611)
And thou shalt make it an oyle of holy oyntment, an oyntment compound after the arte of the Apothecarie: it shalbe an holy anointing oyle.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou shalt make it a holy anointing oil, a perfumed ointment tempered by the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.
English Revised Version
and thou shalt make it an holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer: it shall be an holy anointing oil.
Berean Standard Bible
Prepare from these a holy anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer; it will be a holy anointing oil.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and thou schalt make the hooly oile of anoyntyng, an oynement maad bi the werk of a `makere of oynement.
Young's Literal Translation
and thou hast made it a holy anointing oil, a compound mixture, work of a compounder; it is a holy anointing oil.
Update Bible Version
And you shall make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.
Webster's Bible Translation
And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be a holy anointing oil.
World English Bible
You shall make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.
New King James Version
And you shall make from these a holy anointing oil, an ointment compounded according to the art of the perfumer. It shall be a holy anointing oil.
New Living Translation
Like a skilled incense maker, blend these ingredients to make a holy anointing oil.
New Life Bible
Mix these to make a holy oil for holy use, mixed like perfume made by an able workman. It will be a holy oil for holy use.
New Revised Standard
and you shall make of these a sacred anointing oil blended as by the perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And thou shalt make it an oil for holy anointing, a compounded perfume the work of a perfumer, - an oil for holy anointing, shall it be.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt make the holy oil of unction, an ointment compounded after the art of the perfumer,
Revised Standard Version
and you shall make of these a sacred anointing oil blended as by the perfumer; a holy anointing oil it shall be.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You shall make of these a holy anointing oil, a perfume mixture, the work of a perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.

Contextual Overview

22 And the Lord said to Moses, 23 Take the best spices, five hundred shekels' weight of liquid myrrh, and of sweet cinnamon half as much, that is, two hundred and fifty shekels, and two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet calamus, 24 And of cassia, five hundred shekels' weight measured by the scale of the holy place, and of olive oil a hin: 25 And make these into a holy oil, a perfume made by the art of the perfume-maker; it is to be a holy oil. 26 This oil is to be put on the Tent of meeting, and on the ark of the law, 27 And on the table and all its vessels, and on the support for the lights, with its vessels, and on the altar for burning spices, 28 And on the altar of burned offerings with its vessels, and on the washing-vessel and its base. 29 And you are to make them most holy; anything touching them will become holy. 30 And put the oil on Aaron and his sons, making them holy to do the work of priests to me. 31 And say to the children of Israel, This is to be the Lord's holy oil, from generation to generation.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

apothecary: or, perfumer, 1 Chronicles 9:30

an holy: Exodus 37:29, Numbers 35:25, Psalms 89:20, Psalms 133:2, Hebrews 1:9

Reciprocal: Exodus 29:21 - the anointing oil Exodus 30:32 - it is Exodus 30:35 - after the 2 Chronicles 16:14 - the apothecaries' art Nehemiah 3:8 - of the apothecaries

Cross-References

Genesis 18:33
And the Lord went on his way when his talk with Abraham was ended, and Abraham went back to his place.
Genesis 24:54
Then he and the men who were with him had food and drink, and took their rest there that night; and in the morning he got up, and said, Let me now go back to my master.
Genesis 24:56
And he said, Do not keep me; the Lord has given a good outcome to my journey; let me now go back to my master.
Genesis 26:3
Keep in this land, and I will be with you and give you my blessing; for to you and to your seed will I give all these lands, giving effect to the oath which I made to your father Abraham;
Genesis 28:13
And he saw the Lord by his side, saying, I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: I will give to you and to your seed this land on which you are sleeping.
Genesis 28:15
And truly, I will be with you, and will keep you wherever you go, guiding you back again to this land; and I will not give you up till I have done what I have said to you.
Genesis 30:4
So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.
Genesis 30:5
And Bilhah became with child, and gave birth to a son.
Genesis 30:6
Then Rachel said, God has been my judge, and has given ear to my voice, and has given me a son; so he was named Dan.
Genesis 30:7
And again Bilhah, Rachel's servant, was with child, and gave birth to a second son.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment,.... All the above spices and oil being put together, an ointment was to be made out of them, not thick, as ointments usually are, but a liquid to be poured, and therefore called an "oil of ointment", and "holy", because devoted only to sacred uses:

an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: or confectioner; the spices bruised, and pounded, and mixed together, and boiled or distilled, and so an oil or ointment extracted from them:

it shall be an holy anointing oil; for the uses next mentioned: it signified the Holy Spirit of God, and his graces, that oil of gladness with which Christ and his people are anointed; and is that anointing which teacheth all things, see Psalms 45:7 1 John 2:20 comparable to these several spices, and oil olive, for their sweet smell, cheering and reviving nature, and supplying quality, and for their valuableness and preciousness, and of which there was a certain weight and measure; for though Christ received this unction without measure, yet there is a certain measure of grace and gifts bestowed upon his people, and by which they are made holy and fit for their master's use.

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 30:25. After the art of the apothecary — The original, רקח rokeach, signifies a compounder or confectioner; any person who compounds drugs, aromatics, &c.


 
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