You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘This shall be a holy anointing oil to me throughout your generations.
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You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘This shall be a holy anointing oil to me throughout your generations.
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And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.
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And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying: This shall be a holy anointing oil unto Me throughout your generations.
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Passages linked to Exodus 30:31 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.
- Leviticus 8:12 He poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head, and anointed him, to sanctify him.
- Leviticus 21:10 “ ‘He who is the high priest among his brothers, upon whose head the anointing oil is poured, and who is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not let the hair of his head hang loose, or tear his clothes.
- Psalms 89:20 I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain i.e. Reserved for my service alone, not employed to…
i.e. Reserved for my service alone, not employed to any profane or civil use, as it follows.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And thou shall speak unto the children of Israel,....…
And thou shall speak unto the children of Israel,.... When he was come down from the mount, and gave the instructions about the making and using of this oil:
saying, this shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations; Abarbinel, and other Jewish writers, conclude from hence, that this same oil, which was made by Moses, lasted throughout the generations to the times of Josiah, when it was hid with other things; but this, notion is justly exploded by Aben Ezra; it is not probable, that so small a quantity that was now made, which is supposed by some to be no more than a gallon and a half of wine measure, should suffice so long: it does not seem to be more than what was sufficient for present use; for the anointing of so many persons, and things as were anointed, and much less to be sufficient for the anointing of priests and kings in after times, until that period. This cannot be supposed without a miraculous interposition, to which the Talmudists (z) fly, and observe, that there were many miracles in this affair; but there is no need to have recourse to them, since, for aught that is said, it might be made again in like manner for sacred uses, which is meant by the phrase "unto me"; though it might not be made for any other use, private or profane.
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(z) Massachet Cerithot, fol. 5. 2. & Horayot, fol. 11. 2.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Holy unto me, or set apart for the persons…
Holy unto me, or set apart for the persons and things employed in my service. (Haydock)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 31. throughout your generations] See on Exo_12:14.
31. throughout your generations] See on Exo_12:14.
31–33. The oil thus prepared to be reserved exclusively for the sacred purposes thus specified.
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain Anointing oil, type of the Holy Spirit for service…
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Anointing oil, type of the Holy Spirit for service Act 1:8.
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