You shall make it into a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.
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You shall make it into a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.
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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.
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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.
Cross-references (7)
Passages linked to Exodus 30:25 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 37:29 He made the holy anointing oil and the pure incense of sweet spices, after the art of the perfumer.
- Exodus 40:9 “You shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and shall make it holy, and all its furniture, and it will be holy.
- 1 Chronicles 9:30 Some of the sons of the priests prepared the mixing of the spices.
- Psalms 89:20 I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,
- Psalms 133:2 It is like the precious oil on the head, that ran down on the beard, even Aaron’s beard, that came down on the edge of his robes,
- Numbers 35:25 The congregation shall deliver the man slayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge, where he had fled. He shall dwell therein until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.
- Hebrews 1:9 You have loved righteousness and hated iniquity; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.”
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And thou shalt make it an oil of holy…
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:
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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 Psa 45:7 Jo1 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.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 25. After the art of the apothecary] The…
Verse 25. After the art of the apothecary] The original, רקח rokeach, signifies a compounder or confectioner; any person who compounds drugs, aromatics, &c.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 25. Compound after the art of the apothecary —…
25. Compound after the art of the apothecary — In the times after the exile some of the priest’s sons were intrusted with the preparation of the ointment of spices. 1Ch_9:30. As it was made the special care of the high priest to guard it, (Num_4:16,) we may naturally suppose that he was charged with the duty of either compounding it himself or employing some competent person to assist him. The original preparation of it would seem, from Exo_37:29, to have been intrusted to Bezaleel, the architect. Being of a special character, and known as an oil of holy ointment, or a holy anointing oil, it might not be used for ordinary purposes, such as anointing one’s flesh, (Exo_30:32,) or using it on a foreigner, (Exo_30:33,) and any attempt to make any other oil like it was strictly forbidden. The ceremony of anointing with oil denoted the setting apart and consecrating to a holy purpose, and accordingly this holy ointment was to be used solely for such consecration of the priests and the tabernacle and its sacred vessels. Exo_30:26-30.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 25. it] i.e. the olive oil of v. 24,…
25. it] i.e. the olive oil of v. 24, by mixing it viz. with the other ingredients specified. ‘According to the Rabbis, the essences of the different spices were first extracted, and then mixed with the oil’ (Kn.).
a perfume, &c.] lit. a perfume of perfumery, the work of the perfumer (like the ‘work of the weaver,’ &c., see on Exo_26:1 : so v. 35, Exo_37:29). 1Ch_9:30 (render ‘compounding the perfume of the spices’) shews that in the age of the Chronicler (c. 300 b.c.) the anointing oil was made by the ‘sons of the priests.’ For other allusions to perfumers or perfumery, see 1Sa_8:13 (RVm.), Isa_57:9, Neh_3:8 (RVm.), Son_5:13 (RVm.).
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26–28 (cf. Lev_8:10 b–11). The Tent of meeting, the ark and other articles belonging to it, with their various vessels, to be all anointed with the aromatic oil thus produced. The command is repeated in Exo_40:9-11 : cf. also Lev_8:10 b–11, Num_7:1, and (specially of the altar) Exo_29:36, Num_7:10; Num_7:84; Num_7:88.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (25) After the art of the apothecary.—Skill was to…
(25) After the art of the apothecary.—Skill was to be called in. The spices were not to be pounded and mixed with the oil in a rude and unscientific way, but the best art of the time was to be employed in effecting the composition. Jewish tradition says that its essence was first extracted from each of the spices, and then the oil mingled with the essences.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain An oil of holy ointment. Literally, "an oil of…
An oil of holy ointment. Literally, "an oil of holy anointing," or "a holy anointing oil," as our translators render in ver. 31, and also in the last clause of the present verse. An ointment compound after the art of the apothecary. Not a simple mixture of the ingredients mentioned, but the product of trained skill and knowledge applied to the materials. Jewish tradition says that the essence of each spice was extracted from it, and only these essences mingled with the olive oil. We are told later (Exo_37:29) that the task of preparing the holy oil was committed to Bezaleel.
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