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Scofield's Bible Commentary

Exodus 30:34

frankincense

Frankincense is not to be confounded with incense (to which it was to be added), as it is often used apart from incense. We are told what composed the incense -- never in Scripture what the frankincense was. All speaks of Christ -- the sweet spices of those perfections which we may apprehend, the frankincense of that which God saw in Jesus ineffable.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Exodus 30:34. _TAKE UNTO THEE SWEET SPICES_] The holy _perfume_ was compounded of the following ingredients: _STACTE_] נטף _nataph_, supposed to be the same with what was afterwards called the...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Exodus 37:29. The incense, like the anointing oil, consisted of four aromatic ingredients. STACTE - supposed to be either the gum of the Storax tree (Styrax officinale) found in Syria and the neighbor...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 30 THE ALTAR OF INCENSE AND THE WORSHIPPERS _ 1. The altar (Exodus 30:1)_ 2. The atonement money (Exodus 30:11) 3. The brazen laver and the unction of the Spirit (Exodus 30:22) 4. The ince...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    EXODUS 30-31. P S. PRIESTLY SUPPLEMENTS. These two Chapter s form an appendix to Exodus 25-29. The golden incense altar finds no place in Exodus 25 or Exodus 26:33 or Leviticus 16 (where the annual ri...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE LORD [Jehovah] said. See note on Exodus 3:7 and p. Exodus 6:10. SWEET SPICES. Five in number. Compare App-10. ONYCHA. a sweet-smelling shell found on the shores of the Red Sea and Indian Ocean....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _sweet spices_ In the Heb. one word, _sammim_(plur.), from the same root as the Arab. _shamma_, to -smell," not the one rendered -spices" (_besâmim_) in _v._3, and, to judge from Exodus 25:6 (- _besâm...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The holy _Incense_(cf. Exodus 37:29 b). Incense to be made, of, four specified ingredients, mixed together in equal proportions, and tempered with salt, for use upon the altar of incense (_vv._7 f.)....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    TAKE UNTO THEE SWEET SPICES— The composition of the _perfume_ for the golden altar of incense is next prescribed; concerning which the same prohibition is made, Exodus 30:37 as concerning the holy oin...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 30 And thou shalt make an altar to bum incense upon: of acacia wood shalt thou make it. (2) A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursqu...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES, TAKE UNTO THEE SWEET SPICES, STACTE, AND ONYCHA, AND GALBANUM; THESE SWEET SPICES WITH PURE FRANKINCENSE: OF EACH SHALL THERE BE A LIKE WEIGHT:_ Take unto thee sweet sp...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE ALTAR OF INCENSE. THE RANSOM MONEY. THE LAVER. THE ANOINTING OIL. THE INCENSE 1-10. The Altar of Incense. The use of incense in worship was probably due to the worshipper's desire to honour God by...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    STACTE] a kind of gum, probably myrrh. ONYCHA] part of the shell of a shell fish. It burns with a pungent odour. GALBANUM] a gum resin. FRANKINCENSE] a fragrant gum obtained by slitting the bark of an...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    EXODUS: *ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSES EXODUS CHAPTER S 19 TO 40 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 30 THE *ALTAR WHERE THE PRIESTS BURNT POWDER THAT HAS A SWEET SMELL...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE COMPOSITION OF THE HOLY INCENSE. (34) TAKE UNTO THEE SWEET SPICES. — Rather, _Take unto thee spices._ The word translated “spices” has no epithet. Incense, as commonly used in the ancient world,...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּאמֶר֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֶל ־מֹשֶׁ֜ה קַח ־לְךָ֣

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE ANOINTING OIL AND THE INCENSE. Exodus 30:22. We have already seen the meaning of the anointing oil and of the incense. But we have further to remark that their ingredients were accurately presc...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE ANOINTING OIL AND THE INCENSE Exodus 30:22 _ The anointing oil_ was extremely rich and costly. Pure myrrh; sweet cinnamon, imported probably from Sumatra or China; sweet calamus, the product of I...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    We may come to the description of the altar of incense. It is significant that in the earlier description of the Holy Place, with its furnishing, this altar was not named. It was specifically the alta...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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, Sh...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Onycha. An aromatic root, shining like "the nail," or perhaps the bdellium of Arabia, which is clearer than that of the Indies. (Dioscor.; Gallen Medic.) It distills from a tree. Others affirm, that i...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The fragrancy of those ingredients perhaps referred to the merits of the Lord Jesus. Song of Solomon 1:3. And subordinately to this, it is said in scripture, that the name of believers is valuable lik...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    "In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai." Up to this point all the dealings of God have been the...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    34._Take unto thee sweet spices. _This oblation might have been noticed with the others, yet, since it merely describes the composition of the incense, which is connected with the altar of incense, an...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 30 AND 31. Having thus established the priesthood, and the relationship of the people with God who dwelt in the midst of them, the intercession of Christ in g...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES,.... In a continued discourse, or some time after the former, though more probably at the same time; since it concerns the incense to be offered on the altar of incense, a...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    The incense which was burned upon the golden altar was prepared of _sweet spices_ likewise, though not so rare and rich as those which the anointing oil was compounded of. This was prepared once a yea...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The Altar of incense. 11 The ransome of soules. 17 The brasen lauer. 22 The holy anoynting oyle. 34 The composition of the perfume. 1 AND thou shalt make an Altar to burne incense vpon: of Shit...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, a sweet-smelling gum similar to myrrh, AND ONYCHA, the pulverized shell of a mollusk, AND GALBANUM, a bitter resin gained from a shru...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE HOLY INCENSE...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    5. _The Altar of Incense_. Exodus 30:1-10 The reason why the directions concerning the altar of incense are given so late is seen in the design of it, which puts it among the things directly connected...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    H. THE VISION OR THE IDEAL OF THE TABERNACLE. THE ORDERING OF THE ARK AND OF THE HOUSE OF THE COVENANT; OF THE LIVING PRESENCE OF THE LAW AND OF THE DWELLING-PLACE OF THE LAW-GIVER Exodus 25-31 I. C...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE GOLDEN ALTAR OF INCENSE (vs.1-10) Before this chapter the Lord has given instructions concerning the tabernacle, its court and all the furniture both outside and inside, except the altar of incen...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    22-38 Directions are here given for making the holy anointing oil, and the incense to be used in the service of the tabernacle. To show the excellency of holiness, there was this spiced oil in the ta...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    STACTE, AND ONYCHA, AND GALBANUM: the Jews themselves are not agreed what these were, and it concerns not Christians much to know, the use of them being abolished. It is evident they were each of them...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    The priesthood being instituted, as in the two preceding Chapter s, we are here introduced to the position of true priestly worship and communion. The order is marked and instructive; and, moreover, p...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Exodus 30:34 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) Moses H4872 Take H3947 (H8798) spices H5561 stacte H5198 onycha...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE INCENSE (EXODUS 30:34). a The constituents of the incense to be taken (Exodus 30:34). b They are to be made into incense, a perfume after the art of the perfumer. c Seasoned with salt, pure and...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The altar of incense and the brazen laver. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron. CONCLUSION: (See Psalms 141:2). The prayer of a contrite believer ascends as a fragrant cloud to God. (Proverbs 15...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Exodus 30:6. _Before the veil._ This altar, formed like the ark, of the incorruptible wood covered over with pure gold, represented the Son of God in human nature; and the incense typified his interce...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Sweet spices._ THE INCENSE The incense employed in the service of the Tabernacle was compounded of four ingredients: stacte, onycha, galbanum, and frankincense. It might only be used in the worship...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 30:22 This section gives instructions for making the ANOINTING OIL and INCENSE. Since the oil is to consecrate the elements of the tabernacle and the priests, and the incense is...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 30:33 SHALL BE CUT OFF FROM HIS PEOPLE. See note on 12:15. ⇐...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 30:34_ SPIRITUAL WORSHIP Notice here— I. THE ELEMENTS OF TRUE WORSHIP. 1. There must be nothing in prayer but what is _sweet_. “Sweet spices.” No _anger_....

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE HOLY INCENSE. It remained to give directions concerning the composition of the incense, which, according to Exodus 30:7, was to be burnt upon the altar of gold. That it was to be of one...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of acacia wood shalt thou make it. It's to be eighteen by eighteen, and forty-five inches high (Exodus 30:1). This is a little altar that was set in...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    unto thee Exodus 30:23 Exodus 25:6 Exodus 37:29 stacte. Heb. nataph. The Jews and others suppose it to be what Leviticus 2:1...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The incense which was burned upon the golden altar was prepared of sweet spices likewise, though not so rare and rich as those which the anointing oil was compounded of. This was prepared once a year,...

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