Exodus 30:35

a perfume, the work of the perfumer as v.25.

seasoned with salt salted (cf. Sir 49:1 Heb.). In spite of the Versions (-mixed"; and so RVm. = AV. tempered together[without -with salt"]), this is the only rend. which philology permits (so Ges. Di. Bä. &c.). - Seasonedwith salt" is, however, a doubtful paraphrase; for the incense was not a food. Salt, from its purifying and antiseptic properties, may have been added to the other ingredients, as symbolical of what was wholesome and sound; it has also been supposed (J. D. Michaelis, as cited by Di. and Bä.) that it may have been used, as causing the incense to kindle more rapidly, for the purpose of diffusing a wider cloud of smoke. The incense used in the Herodian temple is stated by Jos. (B.J.v. 5. 5) and the Talm, to have consisted of thirteen ingredients: see EB.ii. 2167.

pure a different word from the -pure" of v.34, and meaning free from adulteration, or other impurities.