Exodus 30:26

Bible in Basic English

This oil is to be put on the Tent of meeting, and on the ark of the law,

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
You shall use it to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony,

King James Version
And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony,

Lexham English Bible
And you will anoint with it the tent of assembly and the ark of the testimony,

New Century Version
Put this oil on the Meeting Tent and the Ark of the Agreement,

New English Translation
"With it you are to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony,

Amplified Bible
"You shall anoint the Tent of Meeting with it, and the ark of the Testimony,

New American Standard Bible
"And you shall anoint the tent of meeting with it, and the ark of the testimony,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And thou shalt anoynt the Tabernacle of the Congregation therewith, and the Arke of the Testimonie:

Legacy Standard Bible
And with it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony,

Contemporary English Version
for dedicating the tent and chest,

Complete Jewish Bible
Use it to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark for the testimony,

Darby Translation
And thou shalt anoint the tent of meeting with it, and the ark of the testimony,

Easy-to-Read Version
Pour this oil on the Meeting Tent and on the Box of the Agreement. This will show that these things have a special purpose.

English Standard Version
With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony,

George Lamsa Translation
And you shall anoint the tabernacle of the congregation with it, and the ark of the testimony,

Good News Translation
Use it to anoint the Tent of my presence, the Covenant Box,

Christian Standard Bible®
“With it you are to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony,

Literal Translation
And you shall anoint with it the tabernacle of the congregation and the ark of the testimony,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And there wt shalt thou anonynte the Tabernacle of wytnesse, & the Arke of wytnes,

American Standard Version
And thou shalt anoint therewith the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
It shalbe the oyle of holy oyntment, and thou shalt annoynt the tabernacle of the congregation therwith, and the arke of the testimonie,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And thou shalt anoint therewith the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony,

King James Version (1611)
And thou shalt anoint the Tabernacle of the Congregation therewith, and the Arke of the Testimonie:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou shalt anoint with it the tabernacle of witness, and the ark of the tabernacle of witness,

English Revised Version
And thou shalt anoint therewith the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony,

Berean Standard Bible
Use this oil to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the Ark of the Testimony,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thou schal anoynte therof the tabernacle of witnessyng, and the ark of testament, and the boord with hise vessels,

Young's Literal Translation
`And thou hast anointed with it the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony,

Update Bible Version
And you shall anoint therewith the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony,

Webster's Bible Translation
And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation with it, and the ark of the testimony,

World English Bible
You shall use it to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony,

New King James Version
With it you shall anoint the tabernacle of meeting and the ark of the Testimony;

New Living Translation
Use this sacred oil to anoint the Tabernacle, the Ark of the Covenant,

New Life Bible
Pour it on the meeting tent and the box of the Law,

New Revised Standard
With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the covenant,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And thou shalt anoint therewith the tent of meeting, - and the ark of the testimony;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And therewith thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the testimony, and the ark of the testament,

Revised Standard Version
And you shall anoint with it the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony,

THE MESSAGE
"Use it to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the Chest of The Testimony, the Table and all its utensils, the Lampstand and its utensils, the Altar of Incense, the Altar of Whole-Burnt-Offerings and all its utensils, and the Washbasin and its base. Consecrate them so they'll be soaked in holiness, so that anyone who so much as touches them will become holy.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony,

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

Exodus 40:9-15, Leviticus 8:10-12, Numbers 7:1, Numbers 7:10, Isaiah 61:1, Acts 10:38, 2 Corinthians 1:21, 2 Corinthians 1:22, 1 John 2:20, 1 John 2:27

Reciprocal: Exodus 29:36 - anoint it Ezekiel 28:14 - the anointed Matthew 23:17 - or

Cross-References

Genesis 29:30
Then Jacob took Rachel as his wife, and his love for her was greater than his love for Leah; and he went on working for Laban for another seven years.

Genesis 30:19
And again Leah became with child, and she gave Jacob a sixth son.

Genesis 30:20
And she said, God has given me a good bride-price; now at last will I have my husband living with me, for I have given him six sons: and she gave him the name Zebulun.

Genesis 30:29
Then Jacob said, You have seen what I have done for you, and how your cattle have done well under my care.

Genesis 30:30
For before I came you had little, and it has been greatly increased; and the Lord has given you a blessing in everything I have done; but when am I to do something for my family?

Genesis 30:38
And he put the banded sticks in the drinking-places where the flock came to get water; and they became with young when they came to the water.

Genesis 30:41
And whenever the stronger ones of the flock became with young, Jacob put the sticks in front of them in the drinking-places, so that they might become with young when they saw the sticks.

Genesis 31:6
And you have seen how I have done all in my power for your father,

Genesis 31:26
And Laban said to Jacob, Why did you go away secretly, taking my daughters away like prisoners of war?

Genesis 31:31
And Jacob, in answer, said to Laban, My fear was that you might take your daughters from me by force.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And thou shall anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith,.... It cannot be thought the whole of it should be anointed all over, but only a part of it for the whole; and this was either typical of the human nature of Christ, the true tabernacle God pitched, and not man, and which was anointed with the Holy Ghost; or of the church and people of God, who are an holy tabernacle or temple of the Lord, and who receive the unction from the Holy One:

and the ark of the testimony; the chest where the law was, and stood in the most holy place of the tabernacle; and was a type of the Messiah, the anointed One, in whose heart the law was, and who is the fulfilling end of it for righteousness.

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.