Exodus 30:1
And thou shalt make an altar
a to burn incense upon: [of] shittim wood shalt thou make it.
(a) Upon which the sweet perfume was burnt, ( Exodus 30:34 ).
Exodus 30:2
A cubit [shall be] the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits [shall be] the height thereof: the horns thereof [shall be]
b of the same.
(b) Of the same wood and matter.
Exodus 30:6
And thou shalt put it
c before the vail that [is] by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that [is] over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.
(c) That is, in the sanctuary, and not in the holiest of all.
Exodus 30:7
And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he
d dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
(d) Meaning, when he trims them, and refreshes the oil.
Exodus 30:9
Ye shall offer no
e strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering
f thereon.
(e) Otherwise made them this, which is described.
(f) But it must only serve to burn perfume.
Exodus 30:12
When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man
g a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when [thou] numberest them.
(g) By which he testified that he redeemed his life which he had forfeit, as is declared by David, ( 2 Samuel 24:1 ).
Exodus 30:13
This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the
h shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel [is] twenty gerahs:) an half shekel [shall be] the offering of the LORD.
(h) This shekel was worth two common shekels: and the gerah about 12 pence at a rate of five shillings sterling to an ounce of silver.
Exodus 30:15
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when [they] give an offering unto the LORD,
i to make an atonement for your souls.
(i) That God should be merciful to you.
Exodus 30:19
For Aaron and his sons shall
k wash their hands and their feet thereat:
(k) Signifying that he that comes to God must be washed from all sin and corruption.
Exodus 30:21
So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute
l for ever to them, [even] to him and to his seed throughout their generations.
(l) So long as the priesthood shall last.
Exodus 30:23
Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred
m [shekels], and of sweet cinnamon half so much, [even] two hundred and fifty [shekels], and of sweet
n calamus two hundred and fifty [shekels],
(m) Weighing so much.
(n) It is a type of reed with a very sweet savour within, and it is used in powders and odours.
Exodus 30:26
And thou shalt anoint the
o tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony,
(o) All things which belong to the tabernacle.
Exodus 30:32
Upon
p mans 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.
(p) Neither at their burials nor otherwise.
Exodus 30:33
Whosoever compoundeth [any] like it, or whosoever putteth [any] of it upon
q a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.
(q) Either a stranger or an Israelite, save only the priests.
Exodus 30:34
And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and
r onycha, and galbanum; [these] sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like [weight]:
(r) In Hebrew, Sheheleth: which is a sweet kind of gum and shines as the nail.
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