It shall not be poured on man’s flesh, and do not make any like it, according to its composition. It is holy. It shall be holy to you.
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It shall not be poured on man’s flesh, and do not make any like it, according to its composition. It is holy. It shall be holy to you.
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Upon man’s flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you.
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Upon the flesh of man shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any like it, according to the composition thereof; it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you.
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Passages linked to Exodus 30:32 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 30:25 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.
- Exodus 30:37-38 The incense which you shall make, according to its composition you shall not make for yourselves: it shall be to you holy for Yahweh. Whoever shall make any like that, to smell of it, he shall be cut off from his people.”
- 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.
- Matthew 7:6 “Don’t give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Neither at their burials nor otherwise.
Neither at their burials nor otherwise.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Exo 30:32 Upon man’s flesh shall it not be…
Exo 30:32 Upon man’s flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make [any other] like it, after the composition of it: it [is] holy, [and] it shall be holy unto you.
Ver. 32. Upon man’s flesh.] A Latine Postiller hence infers, in a hyperbolical sense, that priests are angels, not having human flesh.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Upon man’s flesh shall it not be poured, except…
Upon man’s flesh shall it not be poured, except those whom God himself, the author of this law, excepts, to wit, the high priests, of which see Exo 30:30; and some of the kings, of which see 1Ki 1:39; Psa 89:20, though others think the kings were only anointed with common oil.
It shall be holy unto you, as it is unto me, Exo 30:31; you shall account it holy, as I do.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured,.... That…
Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured,.... That is, not upon common men, or on men's flesh in common, as was usual at feasts and entertainments in the eastern countries, see Psa 23:5 but this was not to be used on such occasions, otherwise it was poured on the flesh of some men, as Aaron and his sons, on whose head it was poured and ran down to the beard:
neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it; for private uses:
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it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you; it was set apart for sacred use by the Lord, and so it was to be reckoned by them, and not to be used in any way, or for any other purpose than he had directed: all which shows, that the grace of the Spirit belongs to the Lord's people, his priests; other men are carnal, and have no lot or part in this matter, and are not to be admitted to holy ordinances, as if they were holy persons; nor is fellowship in holy things to be allowed them; nor is counterfeit grace of any avail, which, though it may bear a likeness to true grace, is not that, nor to be so accounted, nor rested on, as feigned faith, the hypocrite's hope, dissembled love, and pretended humility.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Of man. Some except the king of Juda, till…
Of man. Some except the king of Juda, till the reign of Josias. (Rabbins) --- But they were anointed with common oil. (Menochius)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 32. of man] i.e. of ordinary men (cf. Psa_82:7,…
32. of man] i.e. of ordinary men (cf. Psa_82:7, Isa_8:1, Hos_6:7 [2nd marg.]).
poured] poured for anointing, viz. for the toilet; the Heb. word (sûk) being the one used distinctively in this connexion (footnote, p. 337).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (32) Upon man’s flesh shall it not be poured—i.e.,…
(32) Upon man’s flesh shall it not be poured—i.e., it shall not be in ordinary use as an unguent—a mere “man,” who is not a priest, shall not apply it to his private use. It shall be reserved altogether for holy purposes.
Neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it—i.e., after the recipe given in Exo_30:23-25. The ingredients might be used in unguents separately—they might even be so used when united in some different proportions from those laid down for the “holy ointment”—but in the proportions fixed for the holy oil they must have no secular employment.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Upon man"s flesh shall it not be pouredi.e. ,…
Upon man"s flesh shall it not be pouredi.e. , "it shall not be used by any privately as a mere unguent, but shall be reserved wholly for sacred purposes." Neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it. Rather, "after its proportion." The Israelites were not forbidden the use of the different materials in their unguents, or even the combination of the same materials, provided they varied the proportions. The object is simply that the holy oil should remain a thing separate and apart, never applied to any but a holy use.
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Yahweh continues telling Moses what Moses must tell the people.
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It must not be applied to people's skin
This can be stated in active form. AT: "You must not put the anointing oil that is dedicated to Yahweh on a person's skin" (See: Active or Passive)
with the same formula
"with the same ingredients" or "with the same items"
that person must be cut off from his people
The metaphor "cut off" has at least three possible meanings. They can be expressed in active form: 1) "I will no longer consider him to be one of the people of Israel" 2) "the people of Israel must send him away" or 3) "the people of Israel must kill him." (See: Metaphor and Active or Passive)
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oil
set apart
Yahweh
cut off
people group
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