Exodus - 30:37



37 The incense which you shall make, according to its composition you shall not make for yourselves: it shall be to you holy for Yahweh.

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Explanation and meaning of Exodus 30:37.

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And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the LORD.
You shall not make such a composition for your own uses, because it is holy to the Lord.
And the incense that thou shalt make, ye shall not make for yourselves according to the proportions of it; it shall be unto thee holy to Jehovah.
And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to its composition: it shall be to thee holy for the LORD.
'As to the perfume which thou makest, with its proper proportion ye do not make to yourselves, holy it is to thee to Jehovah;
You are not to make any perfume like it for yourselves: it is to be kept holy to the Lord.
You shall not make such a compound for your own uses, because it is holy to the Lord.
Suffimentum quod facies secundum compositionem ejus non facietis vobis: sanctitas tibi erit Jehovae.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And as for the perfume which thou shalt make,.... As above directed:
ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof; that is, for their own use, for the scenting of their rooms, or to snuff up, or smell to, as in the next verse:
it shall be unto thee holy for the Lord; separated entirely for his service, to be burned upon his altar, and to be no otherwise used.

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