Exodus - 37:29



29 He made the holy anointing oil and the pure incense of sweet spices, after the art of the perfumer.

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Explanation and meaning of Exodus 37:29.

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And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.
He compounded also the oil for the ointment of sanctification, and incense of the purest spices, according to the work of a perfumer.
And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of fragrant drugs, according to the work of the perfumer.
and he maketh the holy anointing oil, and the pure spice-perfume, work of a compounder.
And he made the holy oil and the perfume of sweet spices for burning, after the art of the perfume-maker.
He also composed the oil for the ointment of sanctification, and the incense, from the purest aromatics, with the skill of a perfumer.
Fecit et oleum unctionis, sanctitatem, et suffimentum aromaticum purum, opere unguentarii.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

He made the holy anointing oil - See this and the perfume, and the materials out of which they were made, described at large in the notes on Exodus 30:23-25 and Exodus 30:34-38. As this chapter also is a repetition of what has been mentioned in preceding chapters, the reader is desired to refer to them.

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