Exodus 30:24

What does Exodus 30:24 mean?

A plain-English look at Exodus 30:24 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And of cassia, five hundred shekels' weight measured by the scale of the holy place, and of olive oil a hin:

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and cassia five hundred, by the shekel of the sanctuary, and olive oil a hin;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And of cassia five hundred sicles by the weight of the sanctuary, of oil of olives the measure hin:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin;

Context

v.23Take thou also unto thee the chief spices: of flowing myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty,

v.24This passage

v.25and thou shalt make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Numbers 15:5

    and wine for the drink-offering, the fourth part of a hin, shalt thou prepare with the burnt-offering, or for the sacrifice, for each lamb.

  • Psalms 45:8

    All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia; Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad.

  • Exodus 29:40

    and with the one lamb a tenth part of an ephah of fine flour mingled with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil, and the fourth part of a hin of wine for a drink-offering.

  • Leviticus 19:36

    Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

  • Ezekiel 45:12

    And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs; twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.

  • Numbers 3:47

    thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll; after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs):

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