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Exodus 30:36

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

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

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.

38 Anyone who makes something like it to enjoy its fragrance shall be cut off from his people.”

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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
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.
KJV
And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.
WEB
You shall beat some of it very small, and put some of it before the covenant in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be to you most holy.
ASV
and thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.
DARBY
And thou shalt beat [some] of it to powder, and put [some] of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.
BLB
And you shall grind some of it very fine and put some of it before the face of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you there. It shall be holy of holies to you⁺.
ÅB
Og du skal støte noe av det smått og legge det foran vitnesbyrdet i sammenkomstens telt, hvor jeg vil komme sammen med deg; høyhellig skal det være for dere.
OTB
Mal noe av det til pulver og plasser det foran paktens ark i møteteltet, der jeg vil møte deg. Det skal være høyhellig for deg.
B1930
Og du skal støte noget av det smått og legge det foran vidnesbyrdet i sammenkomstens telt, hvor jeg vil komme sammen med dig; høihellig skal det være for eder.

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Cross references

  • Exodus 25:22

    And I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony; I will speak with you about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.

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  • Leviticus 16:2

    And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.

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  • Exodus 16:34

    And Aaron placed it in front of the Testimony, to be preserved just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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  • Exodus 29:42–43

    For the generations to come, this burnt offering shall be made regularly at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD, where I will meet you to speak with you.

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  • Exodus 30:6

    Place the altar in front of the veil that is before the ark of the Testimony —before the mercy seat that is over the Testimony—where I will meet with you.

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