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New King James Version

Exodus 30:35

You shall make of these an incense, a compound according to the art of the perfumer, salted, pure, and holy.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Apothecary;   Art;   Incense;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Arts of the;   Incense;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Altar;   Incense;   Perfumes;   Salt;   Stacte;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Incense;   Spices;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Fruit;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Confection;   Incense;   Perfumes;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Aaron;   Frankincense;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Apothecary;   Confectioner;   Cosmetics;   Occupations and Professions in the Bible;   Ointment;   Perfume, Perfumer;   Purity-Purification;   Spices;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Apothecary;   Confection;   Medicine;   Salt;   Tabernacle;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Apothecary, Raqach;   Confection, Confectionary;   Incense;   Temper, to;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Oil;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Frankincense;   Handicraft;   Incense;   Obsolete or obscure words in the english av bible;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Frankincense,;   Handicraft;   Medicine;   Perfumes;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Perfume;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Peculiarities of the Law of Moses;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Apothecary;   Confection;   Crafts;   Perfume;   Temper;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Holiness;   Incense;   Priestly Code;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
and you shall make incense of it, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy:
King James Version
And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:
Lexham English Bible
and make it into a compound of incense, the work of a perfumer, salted, pure, holy.
New Century Version
Make incense as a person who makes perfume would do. Add salt to it to keep it pure and holy.
New English Translation
and make it into an incense, a perfume, the work of a perfumer. It is to be finely ground, and pure and sacred.
Amplified Bible
and make incense with it, a perfume, the work of a perfumer, salted, pure and sacred.
New American Standard Bible
"You shall make incense from it all, a skillful mixture, the work of a perfumer, salted, pure, and holy.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then thou shalt make of them perfume composed after the arte of the apothecarie, mingled together, pure and holy.
Legacy Standard Bible
With it you shall make incense, a perfume, the work of a perfumer, salted, pure, and holy.
Complete Jewish Bible
and make incense, blended and perfumed as would an expert perfume-maker, salted, pure and holy.
Darby Translation
And thou shalt make it into incense, a perfume, after the work of the perfumer, salted, pure, holy.
Easy-to-Read Version
Mix the spices together to make a sweet-smelling incense. Do this the same as a perfume maker would do it. Also mix salt with this incense. This will make it pure and special.
English Standard Version
and make an incense blended as by the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.
George Lamsa Translation
And you shall make it a perfume, a compound made by the work of the perfumer, tempered together, pure and holy;
Good News Translation
Use them to make incense, mixed like perfume. Add salt to keep it pure and holy.
Christian Standard Bible®
Prepare expertly blended incense from these; it is to be seasoned with salt, pure and holy.
Literal Translation
And you shall make it incense, an ointment, a work of a perfumer, salted, pure and holy.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and make incense therof (after the craft of the Apotecary) myngled together, that it maye be pure & holy.
American Standard Version
and thou shalt make of it incense, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy:
Bible in Basic English
And make from them a perfume, such as is made by the art of the perfume-maker, mixed with salt, and clean and holy.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And make of them sweete smellyng incense, after the craft of the apoticarie, mingled together, pure and holy.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And thou shalt make of it incense, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.
King James Version (1611)
And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the arte of the Apothecarie, tempered together, pure and holy.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they shall make with it perfumed incense, tempered with the art of a perfumer, a pure holy work.
English Revised Version
and thou shalt make of it incense, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy:
Berean Standard Bible
and make a fragrant blend of incense, the work of a perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thou schal make encence, maad by werk of oynement makere, meddlid diligentli, and pure, and moost worthi of halewyng.
Young's Literal Translation
and thou hast made it a perfume, a compound, work of a compounder, salted, pure, holy;
Update Bible Version
and you shall make of it incense, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure [and] holy:
Webster's Bible Translation
And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure [and] holy:
World English Bible
and you shall make incense of it, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy:
New Living Translation
Using the usual techniques of the incense maker, blend the spices together and sprinkle them with salt to produce a pure and holy incense.
New Life Bible
Mix them to make a special perfume, salted, pure and holy, the work of an able workman.
New Revised Standard
and make an incense blended as by the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And thou shalt make of it an incense, a perfume the work of a perfumer, - salted, pure, holy.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt make incense compounded by the work of the perfumer, well tempered together, and pure, and most worthy of sanctification.
Revised Standard Version
and make an incense blended as by the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"With it you shall make incense, a perfume, the work of a perfumer, salted, pure, and holy.

Contextual Overview

22 Exodus 37:29">[xr] Moreover the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 23 "Also take for yourself quality spices--five hundred shekels of liquid myrrh, half as much sweet-smelling cinnamon (two hundred and fifty shekels), two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet-smelling cane, 24 five hundred shekels of cassia, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a hin of olive oil. 25 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. 26 With it you shall anoint the tabernacle of meeting and the ark of the Testimony; 27 the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense; 28 the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the laver and its base. 29 You shall consecrate them, that they may be most holy; whatever touches them must be holy. Numbers 4:15 and Haggai 2:11-13">[fn] 30 And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister to Me as priests. 31 "And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying: "This shall be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

perfume: Proverbs 27:9, Song of Solomon 1:3, Song of Solomon 3:6, John 12:3

after the: Exodus 30:25

tempered: Heb. salted, Leviticus 2:13

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 9:30 - of the sons Ecclesiastes 10:1 - the ointment

Cross-References

Genesis 31:9
So God has taken away the livestock of your father and given them to me.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And thou shalt make it a perfume,.... By mixing the above spices together:

a confection after the art of the apothecary; in the manner they beat, compound, and mix several ingredients together:

tempered together; or "salted" l, with salt of Sodom, as Aben Ezra interprets it; and Maimonides m says, there was a fourth part of a kab of salt of Sodom put into it: and whether this incense or perfume respects the intercession of Christ or the prayers of his people, they are both savoury and acceptable to God, the latter on account of the former; in all sacrifices salt was used, and every spiritual sacrifice of ours should be seasoned with grace:

pure and holy; such should be the prayers of the saints, and such most certainly is the mediation of Christ, which is his much incense.

l ממלח "salitum", Montanus, Drusius. Junius & Tremellius, & Piscator. m Cele Hamikdash, c. 2. sect. 3.

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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