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Exodus 30:30

Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them to serve me as priests.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Anointing;   Ointment;   Symbols and Similitudes;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Emblems of the Holy Spirit, the;   Priests;  

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;   Anoint;   High Priest;   Jesus Christ;   King;   Pentateuch;   Priest;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Cosmetics;   Messiah;   Sanctification;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Medicine;   Tabernacle;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Anointing;   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 - Perfumes;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Peculiarities of the Law of Moses;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Anointing;   Consecrate;   Leviticus;   Oil, Anointing;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Anointing;   High Priest;   Priestly Code;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
You shall anoint Aharon and his sons, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the Kohen's office.
King James Version
And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.
Lexham English Bible
And you will anoint Aaron and his sons, and you will consecrate them to serve as priests for me.
New Century Version
"Put the oil on Aaron and his sons to give them for service to me, that they may serve me as priests.
New English Translation
"You are to anoint Aaron and his sons and sanctify them, so that they may minister as my priests.
Amplified Bible
"You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may serve as priests to Me.
New American Standard Bible
"And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, so that they may serve as priests to Me.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thou shalt also anoint Aaron & his sonnes, & shalt consecrate them, that they may minister vnto me in the Priests office.
Legacy Standard Bible
And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and you shall set them apart as holy, that they may minister as priests to Me.
Contemporary English Version
When you ordain Aaron and his sons as my priests, sprinkle them with some of this oil,
Complete Jewish Bible
Then you are to anoint Aharon and his sons — you are to consecrate them to serve me in the office of cohen.
Darby Translation
And Aaron and his sons thou shalt anoint, and shalt hallow them, that they may serve me as priests.
Easy-to-Read Version
"Pour the oil on Aaron and his sons to show that they are separated from the rest of the people to serve as priests.
English Standard Version
You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests.
George Lamsa Translation
And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them that they may minister to me in the priests office.
Good News Translation
Then anoint Aaron and his sons, and ordain them as priests in my service.
Literal Translation
And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and you shall consecrate them to minister as priests to Me.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou shalt anoynte Aaron also, and his sonnes, and consecrate them to be my prestes.
American Standard Version
And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.
Bible in Basic English
And put the oil on Aaron and his sons, making them holy to do the work of priests to me.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And thou shalt anoynt Aaron and his sonnes, and consecrate them, that they may minister vnto me in the priestes office.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto Me in the priest's office.
King James Version (1611)
And thou shalt annoint Aaron and his sonnes, and consecrate them, that they may minister vnto mee in the priests office.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them that they may minister to me as priests.
English Revised Version
And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.
Berean Standard Bible
Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them to serve Me as priests.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thou schalt anoynte Aaron, and hise sones, and thou schalt halewe hem, that thei be set in presthod to me.
Young's Literal Translation
and Aaron and his sons thou dost anoint, and hast sanctified them for being priests to Me.
Update Bible Version
And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them, that they may serve me in the priest's office.
Webster's Bible Translation
And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that [they] may minister to me in the priest's office.
World English Bible
You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest's office.
New King James Version
And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister to Me as priests.
New Living Translation
"Anoint Aaron and his sons also, consecrating them to serve me as priests.
New Life Bible
Pour oil on Aaron and his sons. Set them apart so they may serve as religious leaders for Me.
New Revised Standard
You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, in order that they may serve me as priests.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Aaron also, and his sons, shalt thou anoint, - so shalt thou hallow them to minister as priests unto me.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and shalt sanctify them, that they may do the office of priesthood unto me.
Revised Standard Version
And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests.
THE MESSAGE
"Then anoint Aaron and his sons. Consecrate them as priests to me. Tell the Israelites, ‘This will be my holy anointing oil throughout your generations.' Don't pour it on ordinary men. Don't copy this mixture to use for yourselves. It's holy; keep it holy. Whoever mixes up anything like it, or puts it on an ordinary person, will be expelled."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister as priests to Me.

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

anoint: Exodus 29:7-37, Exodus 40:15, Leviticus 8:12, Leviticus 8:30, Numbers 3:3

consecrate: Exodus 28:3, Exodus 29:9, Exodus 29:35

Reciprocal: Exodus 28:1 - among Exodus 29:29 - anointed Leviticus 10:7 - the anointing Luke 1:8 - he

Cross-References

Deuteronomy 11:10
For the land you are entering to possess is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated by hand as in a vegetable garden.
2 Corinthians 12:14
Look, I am ready to come to you this third time. I will not burden you, since I am not seeking what is yours, but you. For children ought not save up for their parents, but parents for their children.
1 Timothy 5:8
But if anyone does not provide for his own family, especially for his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And thou shall anoint Aaron and his sons,.... Them alone, and not others, as Aben Ezra, who were typical of Christ anointed with the Spirit of God without measure, to his various offices of prophet, priest and King; and also of all the saints, who are anointed priests to God, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Christ:

and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office; by anointing them, and by other rites mentioned in the preceding chapter; whereby they were set apart for that office, and were qualified for it, and had authority to exercise it.

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 30:30. Thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons — For the reason of this anointing, Exodus 29:7; Exodus 29:7. It seems that this anointing oil was an emblem of Divine teaching, and especially of those influences by which the Church of Christ was, in the beginning, guided into all truth; as is evident from the allusion to it by St. John: "Ye have an unction from the HOLY ONE, and ye know all things. The anointing which ye have received from him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you; but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in HIM; 1 John 2:20, 1 John 2:27.


 
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