Teks -- Exodus 30:36 (NET)

30:36 You are to beat some of it very fine and put some of it before the ark of the testimony in the tent of meeting where I will meet with you; it is to be most holy to you.

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JFB: Exo 30:34-38 - the Lord said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices

These were:

JFB: Exo 30:34-38 - stacte

The finest myrrh;

JFB: Exo 30:34-38 - onycha

Supposed to be an odoriferous shell;

JFB: Exo 30:34-38 - galbanum

A gum resin from an umbelliferous plant.

JFB: Exo 30:34-38 - frankincense

A dry, resinous, aromatic gum, of a yellow color, which comes from a tree in Arabia, and is obtained by incision of the bark. This incense was placed within the sanctuary, to be at hand when the priest required to burn on the altar. The art of compounding unguents and perfumes was well known in Egypt, where sweet-scented spices were extensively used not only in common life, but in the ritual of the temples. Most of the ingredients here mentioned have been found on minute examination of mummies and other Egyptian relics; and the Israelites, therefore, would have the best opportunities of acquiring in that country the skill in pounding and mixing them which they were called to exercise in the service of the tabernacle. But the recipe for the incense as well as for the oil in the tabernacle, though it receives illustration from the customs of Egypt, was peculiar, and being prescribed by divine authority, was to be applied to no common or inferior purpose.

TSK: Exo 30:36 - the testimony // where I will

the testimony : Exo 16:34

where I will : Exo 30:6, Exo 25:22, Exo 29:42, Exo 29:43; Lev 16:2

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Poole: Exo 30:36 - Some of it

Some of it ; so much as is sufficient for the daily incense.

Haydock: Exo 30:36 - Place

Place. On the table of perfumes, to be burnt morning and evening. (Calmet)

Gill: Exo 30:36 - And thou shall 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

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:

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.