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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Passages linked to Exodus 30:36 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 25:22 There I will meet with you, and I will tell you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the covenant, all that I command you for the children of Israel.
- Exodus 16:34 As Yahweh commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
- Exodus 29:42-43 It shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the Tent of Meeting before Yahweh, where I will meet with you, to speak there to you. There I will meet with the children of Israel; and the place shall be sanctified by my glory.
- Exodus 30:6 You shall put it before the veil that is by the ark of the covenant, before the mercy seat that is over the covenant, where I will meet with you.
- Leviticus 16:2 and Yahweh said to Moses, “Tell Aaron your brother not to come at just any time into the Most Holy Place within the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark; lest he die; for I will appear in the cloud on the mercy seat.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Exo 30:36 And thou shalt beat [some] of it…
Exo 30:36 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.
Ver. 36. And thou shalt beat some of it very small.] This holy perfume, as in the matter costly, so in the manner it cost much pounding and beating: to show that Church prayer must be accurate and elaborate; it must cost setting on, as we say.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Some of it; so much as is sufficient for…
Some of it; so much as is sufficient for the daily incense.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And thou shall beat some of it very small,....…
And thou shall beat some of it very small,.... Or every one of the spices; for this does not seem to respect any different usage of some part of the incense from the rest; but it was all to be beat very small, that it might mix together the better, and be easier spread upon the coals, and the smoke thereof go up the sooner:
and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation; that is, upon the altar of incense, which was placed there, Exo 30:6 and here it was to be put in order to be burnt, not to be kept, either to be looked at, or smelled to:
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where I will meet with thee; See Gill on Exo 30:6.
it shall be unto you most holy; reckoned by them most sacred, and not to be put to any private or profane uses.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Place. On the table of perfumes, to be burnt…
Place. On the table of perfumes, to be burnt morning and evening. (Calmet)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 36. beat some of it very small] cf. Lev_16:12…
36. beat some of it very small] cf. Lev_16:12 ‘incense beaten small.’ The ingredients named in v. 34 were mixed together, and then apparently melted down into a solid mass: small portions of this were broken off, from time to time, and beaten into a powder, which was then placed ready for use, every morning and evening (v. 7), outside the veil, near the altar of incense. Or (Di.) ‘put’ may mean, put upon the altar and burn.
before the testimony] i.e. before the ark, as Exo_16:34 : see on Exo_25:16.
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meet with thee] See on Exo_25:22.
most holy] See on Exo_29:37. The anointing oil, not being brought into such close proximity to Jehovah, was only ‘holy’ (v. 32).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (36) Thou shalt . . . put it before…
(36) Thou shalt . . . put it before the testimony.—Some pieces of the incense were to be continually before the ark of the covenant, either on the golden altar, or perhaps at its base ready for offering. This would symbolise the need of the perpetual offering of prayer.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Thou shalt beat some of it very small. This…
Thou shalt beat some of it very small. This is against Knobel"s rendering of malakh, which would imply that all was broken into small pieces. A certain portion only was to be thus prepared from time to time and placed ready for offering. It was to be put before the testimonyi.e. , opposite the m-k, but outside the vail. This near vicinity to the Divine Presence rendered it most holy.
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