Exodus 30:38
Verse 38 of 38. The 30th of 40 chapters in Exodus, in The Law.
34And 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:
35And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:
36And thou shalt 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.
37And 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.
38Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.
Exodus 30:38 in the World English Bible
Whoever shall make any like that, to smell of it, he shall be cut off from his people.”Read Exodus 30:38 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Exodus 30:38
Concerning both these preparations the same law is here given (v. 32, 33, 37, 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, Amos vi. 5.
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