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Exodus 30:24

12½ pounds of cassia (by the sanctuary shekel), and a gallon of olive oil.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Anointing Oil;   Measure;   Oil;   Ointment;   Thompson Chain Reference - Cassia;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Anointing, Sacred;   Oil;   Weights;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Altar;   Anointing;   Cassia;   Hin;   Money;   Ointments;   Perfumes;   Weights;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Anointing;   Oil;   Spices;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Fruit;   Micah, Theology of;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Cassia;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Aaron;   Cassia;   Hananiah;   High Priest;   King;   Messiah;   Priest;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Cassia;   Cosmetics;   Messiah;   Ointment;   Plants in the Bible;   Spices;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Cassia;   Oil;   Ointment;   Tabernacle;   Weights and Measures;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Oil (Olive);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Cassia;   Oil;   Ointment, the Holy;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Myrrh;   Oil;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Cassia;   High priest;   Measures;   Oil;   Priest;   Tables of measures weights and money in the bible;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Medicine;   Perfumes;   Weights and Measures;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Hin;   Money;   Shekel;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Peculiarities of the Law of Moses;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Cassia;   Oil;   Oil, Anointing;   Ointment;   Weights and Measures;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ark of the Covenant;   Cassia;   Priestly Code;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary; and a hin of olive oil.
King James Version
And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:
Lexham English Bible
and five hundred shekels of cassia, according to the sanctuary shekel, and a hin of olive oil.
New Century Version
and twelve pounds of cassia. Weigh all these by the Holy Place measure. Also take four quarts of olive oil,
New English Translation
and twelve and a half pounds of cassia, all weighed according to the sanctuary shekel, and four quarts of olive oil.
Amplified Bible
and five hundred shekels of cinnamon blossom according to the sanctuary shekel, and a hin of olive oil.
New American Standard Bible
and of cassia 500, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Also of cassia fiue hundreth, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, & of oyle oliue an Hin.
Legacy Standard Bible
and of cassia 500, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin.
Complete Jewish Bible
500 shekels of cassia (use the sanctuary standard), and one gallon of olive oil —
Darby Translation
and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin;
Easy-to-Read Version
and 12 pounds of cassia. Use the official measure to measure all these things. Also get 1 gallon of olive oil.
English Standard Version
and 500 of cassia, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a hin of olive oil.
George Lamsa Translation
And of cassia five hundred shekels, by the weight of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin:
Good News Translation
and 12 pounds of cassia (all weighed according to the official standard). Add one gallon of olive oil,
Literal Translation
and five hundred of cassia, by the shekel of the sanctuary; and a hin of olive oil.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and of Kalmus two hundreth and fiftye, and of Cassia fyue hundreth (after the Sycle of the Sanctuary) & an Hin of oyle olyue,
American Standard Version
and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin;
Bible in Basic English
And of cassia, five hundred shekels' weight measured by the scale of the holy place, and of olive oil a hin:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Of Cassia fiue hundreth sicles, after the waight of the sanctuarie, and of oyle Olyue an hyn:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin.
King James Version (1611)
And of Cassia fiue hundred shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuary, and of oyle oliue an Hin.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and of cassia five hundred shekels of the sanctuary, and a hin of olive oil.
English Revised Version
and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil an hin:
Berean Standard Bible
500 shekels of cassia-all according to the sanctuary shekel-and a hin of olive oil.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
in lijk maner of calamy twei hundrid and fifti siclis; also of casia fyue hundrid siclis, in the weiyte of seyntuarie; oile of olyue trees, the mesure hyn;
Young's Literal Translation
and cassia five hundred, by the shekel of the sanctuary, and olive oil a hin;
Update Bible Version
and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin.
Webster's Bible Translation
And of cassia five hundred [shekels], after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive-oil a hin:
World English Bible
and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary; and a hin of olive oil.
New King James Version
five hundred shekels of cassia, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a hin of olive oil.
New Living Translation
and 12 1⁄2 pounds of cassia—as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel. Also get one gallon of olive oil.
New Life Bible
and a heavy weight of cassia, the weight decided upon by the holy place, and a large jar of olive oil.
New Revised Standard
and five hundred of cassia—measured by the sanctuary shekel—and a hin of olive oil;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, cassia, five hundred, by the shekel of the sanctuary, - and, oil olive, a hin.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And of cassia five hundred sicles by the weight of the sanctuary, of oil of olives the measure hin:
Revised Standard Version
and of cassia five hundred, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and of cassia five hundred, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin.

Contextual Overview

22The Lord spoke to Moses: 23“Take for yourself the finest spices: 12½ pounds of liquid myrrh, half as much (6¼ pounds) of fragrant cinnamon, 6¼ pounds of fragrant cane, 2412½ pounds of cassia (by the sanctuary shekel), and a gallon of olive oil. 25Prepare from these a holy anointing oil, a scented blend, the work of a perfumer; it will be holy anointing oil. 26“With it you are to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony, 27the table with all its utensils, the lampstand with its utensils, the altar of incense, 28the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin with its stand. 29Consecrate them and they will be especially holy. Whatever touches them will be consecrated. 30Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them to serve me as priests. 31“Tell the Israelites: This will be my holy anointing oil throughout your generations.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

cassia: Psalms 45:8

the shekel: Numbers 3:47, Ezekiel 45:12

hin: Exodus 29:40, Leviticus 19:36, Numbers 15:5

Reciprocal: Exodus 38:24 - the shekel Leviticus 23:13 - the fourth Isaiah 43:24 - no sweet Ezekiel 27:19 - cassia

Cross-References

Genesis 30:1
When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she envied her sister. “Give me sons, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.
Genesis 30:9
When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she took her slave Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.
Genesis 30:13
Leah said, “I am happy that the women call me happy,” so she named him Asher.
Genesis 30:15
But Leah replied to her, “Isn’t it enough that you have taken my husband? Now you also want to take my son’s mandrakes?”
Genesis 30:17
God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son.
Genesis 30:18
Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my slave to my husband,” and she named him Issachar.
Genesis 30:21
Later, Leah bore a daughter and named her Dinah.
Genesis 30:22
Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb.
Genesis 30:23
She conceived and bore a son, and she said, “God has taken away my disgrace.”
Genesis 30:26
Give me my wives and my children that I have worked for, and let me go. You know how hard I have worked for you.”

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And of cassia five hundred [shekels],.... Or two hundred and fifty ounces:

after the shekel of the sanctuary; according to the standard weight kept there. This "cassia" was not the "cassia solutiva", which is of a purgative nature, and now in use in physic, but the "cassia odorata", or the sweet smelling "cassia": which, Pancirollus s says, some take to be the nard, out of which a most sweet oil is pressed; and Servius t says, that cassia is an herb of a most sweet smell. Pliny u speaks of it along with cinnamon; and Galen says, when cinnamon was wanting, it was usual to put in its stead a double quantity of cassia w; Leo Africanus speaks of trees in Africa bearing cassia, and which chiefly grew in Egypt x;

and of oil olive an hin; containing twelve logs: according to Godwin y, it was of our measure three quarts; but, as Bishop Cumberland has more exactly calculated it, it held a wine gallon, a quart, and a little more: this was the purest and best of oil, and most fit and proper to be a part of this holy anointing oil.

s Ut supra, (Rer. Memorab. sive Deperd. par. 1.) tit. 11. p. 30. t In Virgil. Bucol. Eclog. 2. u Ut supra, (Nat. Hist. l. 12.) c. 19. w Apud Dalechamp in Plin. ib. x Descriptio Africae, l. 9. p. 752. y Moses & Aaron, l. 6. c. 9.

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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