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Literal Standard Version

Exodus 30:37

As for the incense which you make, you do not make [any] for yourselves in its proportion; it is holy to you for YHWH;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Incense;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Altar;   Incense;   Perfumes;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Incense;   Spices;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Fruit;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Perfumes;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Aaron;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Cosmetics;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Tabernacle;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Incense;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Oil;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Incense;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Perfumes;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Perfume;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Peculiarities of the Law of Moses;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Composition;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Commandments, the 613;   Holiness;   Incense;   Priestly Code;   Sacrilege;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The incense which you shall make, according to its composition you shall not make for yourselves: it shall be to you holy for the LORD.
King James Version
And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the Lord .
Lexham English Bible
And the incense that you will make with its measurements you will not make for yourselves; it will be holy to you for Yahweh.
New Century Version
Do not make incense for yourselves the same way you make this incense. Treat it as holy to the Lord .
New English Translation
And the incense that you are to make, you must not make for yourselves using the same recipe; it is to be most holy to you, belonging to the Lord .
Amplified Bible
"The incense which you shall make, you shall not make in the same proportions for yourselves; it shall be holy to you for the LORD.
New American Standard Bible
"And the incense which you shall make, you shall not make in the same proportions for yourselves; it shall be holy to you for the LORD.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And ye shal not make vnto you any compositio like this perfume, which thou shalt make: it shalbe vnto thee holy for the Lord.
Legacy Standard Bible
The incense which you shall make, you shall not make in the same specifications for yourselves; it shall be holy to you for Yahweh.
Contemporary English Version
It is truly holy because it is dedicated to me, so don't ever make any for yourselves.
Complete Jewish Bible
You are not to make for your own use any incense like it, with the same composition of ingredients — you are to treat it as holy, for Adonai .
Darby Translation
And the incense that thou shalt make, ye shall not make for yourselves according to the proportions of it; it shall be unto thee holy to Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
You must use it only in this special way for the Lord . You must also make it in a special way. Don't make any other incense in this way.
English Standard Version
And the incense that you shall make according to its composition, you shall not make for yourselves. It shall be for you holy to the Lord .
George Lamsa Translation
And as for the perfume which you shall make, you shall not make to yourselves according to its composition; it shall be to you holy for the LORD.
Good News Translation
Do not use the same formula to make any incense like it for yourselves. Treat it as a holy thing dedicated to me.
Christian Standard Bible®
As for the incense you are making, you must not make any for yourselves using its formula. It is to be regarded by you as holy—belonging to the Lord.
Literal Translation
And the incense which you make, in its proportion, you shall not make for yourselves; it shall be holy to you for Jehovah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
but it shalbe holy vnto the for the LORDE.
American Standard Version
And the incense which thou shalt make, according to the composition thereof ye shall not make for yourselves: it shall be unto thee holy for Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English
You are not to make any perfume like it for yourselves: it is to be kept holy to the Lord.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And you shal not make to your selues, after the makyng of that incense which thou shalt make: it shalbe vnto you holy for the Lorde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the incense which thou shalt make, according to the composition thereof ye shall not make for yourselves; it shall be unto thee holy for the LORD.
King James Version (1611)
And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, you shall not make to your selues, according to the composition thereof: it shall be vnto thee holy for the Lord.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Ye shall not make any for yourselves according to this composition; it shall be to you a holy thing for the Lord.
English Revised Version
And the incense which thou shalt make, according to the composition thereof ye shall not make for yourselves: it shall be unto thee holy for the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
You are never to use this formula to make incense for yourselves; you shall regard it as sacred to the LORD.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Ye schulen not make siche a makyng in to youre vsis, for it is hooli to the Lord.
Young's Literal Translation
`As to the perfume which thou makest, with its proper proportion ye do not make to yourselves, holy it is to thee to Jehovah;
Update Bible Version
And the incense which you shall make, according to the composition thereof you shall not make for yourselves: it shall be to you holy for Yahweh.
Webster's Bible Translation
And [as for] the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to its composition: it shall be to thee holy for the LORD.
World English Bible
The incense which you shall make, according to its composition you shall not make for yourselves: it shall be to you holy for Yahweh.
New King James Version
But as for the incense which you shall make, you shall not make any for yourselves, according to its composition. It shall be to you holy for the LORD.
New Living Translation
Never use this formula to make this incense for yourselves. It is reserved for the Lord , and you must treat it as holy.
New Life Bible
Do not mix this special perfume in the same way for yourselves. It will be holy for you to the Lord.
New Revised Standard
When you make incense according to this composition, you shall not make it for yourselves; it shall be regarded by you as holy to the Lord .
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the incense which thou shalt make, according to the proportions thereof, ye shall not make for yourselves, - holy, shall it be to thee, to Yahweh.
Douay-Rheims Bible
You shall not make such a composition for your own uses, because it is holy to the Lord.
Revised Standard Version
And the incense which you shall make according to its composition, you shall not make for yourselves; it shall be for you holy to the LORD.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The incense which you shall make, you shall not make in the same proportions for yourselves; it shall be holy to you for the LORD.

Contextual Overview

22And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying, 23"And you, take [these] principal spices for yourself: five hundred [shekels] of liquid myrrh, and the half of that—two hundred and fifty [shekels]—of spice-cinnamon, and two hundred and fifty [shekels] of spice-cane, 24and five hundred [shekels] of cassia, by the shekel of the holy place, and a hin of olive oil; 25and you have made it a holy anointing oil, a compound mixture, work of a compounder; it is a holy anointing oil. 26And with it you have anointed the Tent of Meeting, and the Ark of the Testimony, 27and the table and all its vessels, and the lampstand and its vessels, and the altar of incense, 28and the altar of burnt-offering and all its vessels, and the laver and its base; 29and you have sanctified them, and they have been most holy; all that is coming against them is holy; 30and you anoint Aaron and his sons, and have sanctified them for being priests to Me. 31And you speak to the sons of Israel, saying, This is a holy anointing oil to Me, throughout your generations;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

ye shall: Exodus 30:32, Exodus 30:33

it shall: Exodus 29:37, Leviticus 2:3

Cross-References

Genesis 30:9
And Leah sees that she has ceased from bearing, and she takes Zilpah her maidservant, and gives her to Jacob for a wife;
Genesis 30:13
and Leah says, "Because of my happiness, for daughters have pronounced me blessed"; and she calls his name Asher.
Ezekiel 31:8
Cedars have not hid him in the garden of God, || Firs have not been like to his boughs, || And plane-trees have not been as his branches, || No tree in the garden of God has been like to him in his beauty,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And [as] for the perfume which thou shalt make,.... As above directed:

ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof; that is, for their own use, for the scenting of their rooms, or to snuff up, or smell to, as in the next verse:

it shall be unto thee holy for the Lord; separated entirely for his service, to be burned upon his altar, and to be no otherwise used.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exodus 37:29. The incense, like the anointing oil, consisted of four aromatic ingredients.

Stacte - supposed to be either the gum of the Storax tree (Styrax officinale) found in Syria and the neighboring countries, or the gum known as Benzoin, or Gum Benjamin, which is an important ingredient in the incense now used in churches and mosques, and is the produce of another storax tree (Styrax benzoin) that grows in Java and Sumatra.

Onycha - , a perfume perhaps made from the cap of the strombus, or wing-shell, which abounds in the Red Sea.

Galbanum - , a gum of a yellowish brown color, in the form of either grains or masses. It is imported from India, Persia, and Africa; but the plant from which it comes is not yet certainly known.

Pure frankincense - This was the most important of the aromatic gums. Like myrrh, it was regarded by itself as a precious perfume Song of Solomon 3:6; Matthew 2:11, and it was used unmixed with other substances in some of the rites of the law. The tree from which it is obtained is not found in Arabia, and it was most likely imported from India by the Sabaeans, like Cinnamon, Cassia, and Calamus (see Exodus 30:23). The tree is now known as the Boswellia serrata, or B. thurifera, and grows abundantly in the highlands of India. The frankincense of commerce is a different substance, the resin of the spruce and of some other kinds of fir.

Exodus 30:35

See Exodus 30:25.

Tempered together - The four substances were perhaps pounded and thoroughly mixed together, and then fused into a mass. This rendering is to be preferred to that in the margin.

Exodus 30:36

See Exodus 30:6.

Exodus 30:37-38

Compare Exodus 30:32-33.


 
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