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Exodus 30:35

33 Anyone who mixes perfume like it or puts it on an outsider shall be cut off from his people.’”

34 The LORD also said to Moses, “Take fragrant spices—gum resin, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense—in equal measures,

and make a fragrant blend of incense, the work of a perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.

36 Grind some of it into fine powder and place it in front of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be most holy to you.

37 You are never to use this formula to make incense for yourselves; you shall regard it as holy to the LORD.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
and make a fragrant blend of incense, the work of a perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.
KJV
And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:
WEB
You shall make incense of it, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.
ASV
and thou shalt make of it incense, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure [and] holy:
DARBY
And thou shalt make it into incense, a perfume, after the work of the perfumer, salted, pure, holy.
BLB
And you shall make it incense, a compound, the work of a perfumer; salted, pure, [and] holy.
ÅB
Av det skal du gjøre røkelse, en krydderblanding slik som det gjøres av dem som lager salve, saltet, ren, hellig.
OTB
og lag en velluktende blanding av røkelse, en dyktig blanding, arbeidet til en parfymemaker. Den skal være saltet, ren og hellig.
B1930
Av det skal du gjøre røkelse, en krydderblanding slik som det gjøres av dem som lager salve, saltet, ren, hellig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Leviticus 2:13

    And you shall season each of your grain offerings with salt. You must not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offering; you are to add salt to each of your offerings.

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  • Exodus 30:25

    Prepare from these a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer; it will be a sacred anointing oil.

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  • John 12:3

    Then Mary took about a pint of expensive perfume, made of pure nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

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  • Song of Solomon 1:3

    The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.

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  • Song of Solomon 3:6

    Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from all the spices of the merchant?

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  • Proverbs 27:9

    Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is counsel to the soul.

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