Exodus 30:25

Wycliffe Bible

and thou schalt make the hooly oile of anoyntyng, an oynement maad bi the werk of a `makere of oynement.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
You shall make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.

King James Version
And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.

Lexham English Bible
And you will make it into holy anointing oil, a spice blend of a fragrant ointment the work of a perfumer; it will be holy anointing oil.

New Century Version
and mix all these things like a perfume to make a holy olive oil. This special oil must be put on people and things to make them ready for service to God.

New English Translation
You are to make this into a sacred anointing oil, a perfumed compound, the work of a perfumer. It will be sacred anointing oil.

Amplified Bible
"You shall make of these a holy anointing oil, a perfume mixture, the work of a perfumer; it shall be a sacred anointing oil.

New American Standard Bible
"You shall make from these a holy anointing oil, a fragrant mixture of ointments, the work of a perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.

Geneva Bible (1587)
So thou shalt make of it the oyle of holie oyntment, euen a most precious oyntment after the arte of the Apothecarie: this shalbe the oyle of holy oyntment.

Legacy Standard Bible
And you shall make of these a holy anointing oil, a perfume mixture, the work of a perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.

Complete Jewish Bible
and make them into a holy anointing oil; blend it and perfume it as would an expert perfume-maker; it will be a holy anointing oil.

Darby Translation
and make of it an oil of holy ointment, a perfume of perfumery after the work of the perfumer: it shall be the holy anointing oil.

Easy-to-Read Version
"Mix all these things to make a special sweet-smelling anointing oil.

English Standard Version
And you shall make of these a sacred anointing oil blended as by the perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.

George Lamsa Translation
And you shall make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compounded after the art of the perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.

Good News Translation
and make a sacred anointing oil, mixed like perfume.

Christian Standard Bible®
Prepare from these a holy anointing oil, a scented blend, the work of a perfumer; it will be holy anointing oil.

Literal Translation
And you shall make it an oil of holy anointing, ointment compound, the work of a perfumer, an oil of holy anointing it shall be.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and make an holy anoyntinge oyle, after the craft of the Apotecary.

American Standard Version
and thou shalt make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.

Bible in Basic English
And make these into a holy oil, a perfume made by the art of the perfume-maker; it is to be a holy oil.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And thou shalt make of the oyle an holy oyntment, euen an oyntment compound after the craft of the apoticarie:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And thou shalt make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.

King James Version (1611)
And thou shalt make it an oyle of holy oyntment, an oyntment compound after the arte of the Apothecarie: it shalbe an holy anointing oyle.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou shalt make it a holy anointing oil, a perfumed ointment tempered by the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.

English Revised Version
and thou shalt make it an holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer: it shall be an holy anointing oil.

Berean Standard Bible
Prepare from these a holy anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer; it will be a holy anointing oil.

Young's Literal Translation
and thou hast made it a holy anointing oil, a compound mixture, work of a compounder; it is a holy anointing oil.

Update Bible Version
And you shall make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.

Webster's Bible Translation
And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be a holy anointing oil.

World English Bible
You shall make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.

New King James Version
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.

New Living Translation
Like a skilled incense maker, blend these ingredients to make a holy anointing oil.

New Life Bible
Mix these to make a holy oil for holy use, mixed like perfume made by an able workman. It will be a holy oil for holy use.

New Revised Standard
and you shall make of these a sacred anointing oil blended as by the perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And thou shalt make it an oil for holy anointing, a compounded perfume the work of a perfumer, - an oil for holy anointing, shall it be.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt make the holy oil of unction, an ointment compounded after the art of the perfumer,

Revised Standard Version
and you shall make of these a sacred anointing oil blended as by the perfumer; a holy anointing oil it shall be.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You shall make of these a holy anointing oil, a perfume mixture, the work of a perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.

Contextual Overview

²² And the Lord spak to Moises, ²³ and seide, Take to thee swete smellynge spiceries, of the firste and chosun myrre, fyue hundrid siclis; and of canel the half, that is, twei hundrid and fifti siclis; ²⁴ 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; ²⁵ and thou schalt make the hooly oile of anoyntyng, an oynement maad bi the werk of a `makere of oynement. ²⁶ And thou schal anoynte therof the tabernacle of witnessyng, and the ark of testament, and the boord with hise vessels, ²⁷ the candilstike, and the purtenaunces therof, the auteris of encense, ²⁸ and of brent sacrifice, and al the purtenaunce, that perteyneth to the ournyng of tho. ²⁹ And thou schalt halewe alle thingis, and tho schulen be the hooli of holi thingis; he that schal touche tho, schal be halewid. ³⁰ Thou schalt anoynte Aaron, and hise sones, and thou schalt halewe hem, that thei be set in presthod to me. ³¹ And thou schalt seie to the sones of Israel, This oile of anoyntyng schal be hooli to me in to youre generaciouns.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

apothecary: or, perfumer, 1 Chronicles 9:30

an holy: Exodus 37:29, Numbers 35:25, Psalms 89:20, Psalms 133:2, Hebrews 1:9

Reciprocal: Exodus 29:21 - the anointing oil Exodus 30:32 - it is Exodus 30:35 - after the 2 Chronicles 16:14 - the apothecaries' art Nehemiah 3:8 - of the apothecaries

Cross-References

Genesis 18:33
The Lord yede forth, after that he ceesside to speke to Abraham, and Abraham turnede ayen in to his place.

Genesis 24:54
And whanne a feeste was maad, thei eeten and drunken to gider, and dwelliden there. Forsothe the child roos eerli, and spak, Delyuere ye me, that Y go to my lord.

Genesis 24:56
The child seide, Nyle ye holde me, for the Lord hath dressid my weie; delyuere ye me, that I go to my lord.

Genesis 26:3
and be thou a pilgrym ther ynne; and Y schal be with thee, and Y schal blesse thee; for Y schal yyue alle these cuntrees to thee and to thi seed, and Y schal fille the ooth which Y bihiyte to Abraham, thi fadir.

Genesis 28:13
and the Lord fastned to the laddir, seiynge to hym, Y am the Lord God of Abraham, thi fadir, and God of Isaac; Y schal yyue to thee and to thi seed the lond in which thou slepist.

Genesis 28:15
And Y schal be thi kepere, whidur euer thou schalt go; and Y schal lede thee ayen in to this lond, and Y schal not leeue no but Y schal fil alle thingis whiche Y seide.

Genesis 30:4
And sche yaf to hym Bala in to matrimony;

Genesis 30:5
and whanne the hosebonde hadde entrid to hir, sche conseyuede, and childide a sone.

Genesis 30:6
And Rachel seide, the Lord demede to me, and herde my preier, and yaf a sone to me; and therfor sche clepide his name Dan.

Genesis 30:7
And eft Bala conseyuede, and childide anothir sone,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment,.... All the above spices and oil being put together, an ointment was to be made out of them, not thick, as ointments usually are, but a liquid to be poured, and therefore called an "oil of ointment", and "holy", because devoted only to sacred uses:

an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: or confectioner; the spices bruised, and pounded, and mixed together, and boiled or distilled, and so an oil or ointment extracted from them:

it shall be an holy anointing oil; for the uses next mentioned: it signified the Holy Spirit of God, and his graces, that oil of gladness with which Christ and his people are anointed; and is that anointing which teacheth all things, see Psalms 45:7 1 John 2:20 comparable to these several spices, and oil olive, for their sweet smell, cheering and reviving nature, and supplying quality, and for their valuableness and preciousness, and of which there was a certain weight and measure; for though Christ received this unction without measure, yet there is a certain measure of grace and gifts bestowed upon his people, and by which they are made holy and fit for their master's use.

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 30:25. After the art of the apothecary — The original, רקח rokeach, signifies a compounder or confectioner; any person who compounds drugs, aromatics, &c.