Exodus 30:35
WEB
You shall make incense of it, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.
BSB
and make a fragrant blend of incense, the work of a perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.
KJV
And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:
Matthew Henry
Hebrew interlinear
H6213
v — do, make
Derivation: a primitive root;
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
KJV: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, × certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, feast, (fight-) ing man, finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, hinder, hold (a feast), × indeed, be industrious, journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, × sacrifice, serve, set, shew, × sin, spend, × surely, take, × thoroughly, trim, × very, vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.
vb — do
עָשָׂה 2622 vb. do, make
Qal 2524
I.
1. do (1560 t.)
2. deal with
3. oft. in phr. do kindness with
4. abs. act, act with effect
II.
1. make (670 t.)
2. produce, yield
3. prepare, esp. of dressing and cooking food
4. make offering
5. attend to, put in order
6. observe, celebrate, religious festival
7. acquire property of various kinds
8. appoint priests
9. bring about of י׳’s effecting a deliverance
10. use
11. spend, pass, days of life
Niph. 97
1. be done
2.
a. be made, of concr. things
b. be produced from vine
c. be prepared, of food
d. be offered
e. be observed, passover
f. be used
Pu. I was made
vb — press
[עָשָׂה] vb. Pi. press, squeeze
H853
prt — self, even, namely
Derivation: apparent contracted from 226 in the demonstrative sense of entity;
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
KJV: [as such unrepresented in English].
mark of the accusative
אֵת the mark of the accusative, prefixed as a rule only to nouns that are definite
H7004
n-f — fumigation
Derivation: from 6999;
a fumigation
KJV: (sweet) incense, perfume.
n.f — smoke
קְטֹ֫רֶת 60 n.f. smoke, odour of (burning) sacrifice, incense
H7545
n-m — aromatic
Derivation: from 7543;
an aromatic
KJV: confection, ointment.
n.[m.] — spice-mixture
רֹ֫קֵחַ n.[m.] spice-mixture, prefume
H4639
n-m — action, transaction, activity, product, poem, property
Derivation: from 6213;
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
KJV: act, art, bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, × well, (handy-, needle-, net-) work(ing, -manship), wrought.
n.m — deed
מַעֲשֶׂה 233 n.m. deed, work
H7543
v — to perfume
Derivation: a primitive root;
to perfume
KJV: apothecary, compound, make (ointment), prepare, spice.
vb — mix
[רָקַח] vb. mix, or compound oil, ointment (perh. denom.);—
Qal mix, compound; pt. as subst. compounders of the ointment; as a professional name, mixer, perfumer
Pu. mixed as ointment
Hiph. spice the spicing (?), i.e. spice (the meat) well, but very dub.
H4414
v — rub, disappear, salt, season, rub
Derivation: a primitive root; also as denominative from 4417
properly, to rub to pieces or pulverize; intransitively, to disappear as dust; also to salt whether internally (to season with salt) or externally (to rub with salt)
KJV: × at all, salt, season, temper together, vanish away.
vb. denom — salt
[מָלַח] vb. denom. salt, season
Qal Lv 2:13 (obj. offering).
Pu. salted, i.e. the incense
Hoph. i.e. rubbed or washed with salt (of infant, in personification).
vb — tear away
[מָלַח] vb. tear away, dissipate;—Niph. fig. be dispersed in fragments, dissipated, Is 51:6.
H2889
a — pure
Derivation: or טָהֹר; from 2891;
pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)
KJV: clean, fair, pure(-ness).
adj — clean
טָהוֹר adj. clean, pure
H6944
n-m — sacred, sanctity
Derivation: from 6942;
a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
KJV: consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, (× most) holy (× day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.
n.m — apartness
קֹ֫דֶשׁ 469 n.m. apartness, sacredness
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Verses 22–38
Exodus 30:22–38
Directions are here given for the composition of the holy anointing oil and the incense that were to be used in the service of the tabernacle; with these God was to be honoured, and therefore he would appoint the making of them; for nothing comes to God but what comes from him. 1. The holy anointing oil is here ordered to be made up the ingredients, and their quantities, are prescribed, Exo 30:23-25. Interpreters are not agreed concerning them; we are sure, in general, they were the best and fittest for the purpose; they must needs be so when the divine wisdom appointed them for the divine honour. It was to be compounded secundum artem - after the art of the apothecary (Exo 30:25); the spices, which were in all nearly half a hundred weight, were to be infused in the oil, which was to be about five or six quarts, and then strained out, leaving an admirable sweet smell in the oil. With this oil God's tent and all the furniture of it were to be anointed; it was to be used also in the consecration of the priests, Exo 30:26-30. It was to be continued throughout their generations, Exo 30:31. The tradition of the Jews is that this very oil which was prepared by Moses himself lasted till near the captivity. But bishop Patrick shows the great improbability of the tradition, and supposes that it was repeated according to the prescription here, for Solomon was anointed with it (Kg1 1:39), and some other of the kings; and all the high priests with such a quantity of it that it ran down to the skirts of the garments; and we read of the making up of this ointment (Ch1 9:30): yet all agree that in the second temple there was none of this holy oil, which he supposes was owing to a notion they had that it was not lawful to make it up, Providence overruling that want as a presage of the better unction of the Holy Ghost in gospel times, the variety of whose gifts was typified by these several sweet ingredients. To show the excellency of holiness, there was that in the tabernacle which was in the highest degree grateful both to the sight and to the smell. Christ's name is said to be as ointment poured forth (Sol 1:3), and the good name of Christians better than precious ointment, Ecc 7:1. 2. The incense which was burned upon the golden altar was prepared of sweet spices likewise, though not so rare and rich as those of which the anointing oil was compounded, Exo 30:34, Exo 30:35. This was prepared once a year (the Jews say), a pound for each day of the year, and three pounds over for the day of atonement. When it was used, it was to be beaten very small: thus it pleased the Lord to bruise the Redeemer when he offered himself for a sacrifice of a sweet-smelling savour. 3. Concerning both these preparations the same law is here given (Exo 30:32, Exo 30:33, Exo 30:37, Exo 30:38), that the like should not be made for any common use. Thus God would preserve in the people's minds a reverence for his own institutions, and teach us not to profane nor abuse any thing whereby God makes himself known, as those did who invented to themselves (for their common entertainments) instruments of music like David, Amo 6:5. It is a great affront to God to jest with sacred things, particularly to make sport with the word and ordinances of God, or to treat them with lightness, Mat 22:5. That which is God's peculiar must not be used as a common thing.
Cross-references: Exod 30:23 · Exod 30:25 · Exod 30:26 · Exod 30:31 · 1Kgs 1:39 · 1Chr 9:30 · Song 1:3 · Eccl 7:1 · Exod 30:34 · Exod 30:35 · Exod 30:32 · Exod 30:33 · Exod 30:37 · Exod 30:38 · Amos 6:5 · Matt 22:5