Exodus 30:37

What does Exodus 30:37 mean?

A plain-English look at Exodus 30:37 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And the incense which thou shalt make, according to the composition thereof ye shall not make for yourselves: it shall be unto thee holy for Jehovah.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And 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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And the incense which thou shalt make, according to the composition thereof ye shall not make for yourselves: it shall be unto thee holy for Jehovah.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

You are not to make any perfume like it for yourselves: it is to be kept holy to the Lord.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`As to the perfume which thou makest, with its proper proportion ye do not make to yourselves, holy it is to thee to Jehovah;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

You shall not make such a composition for your own uses, because it is holy to the Lord.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And the incense that thou shalt make, ye shall not make for yourselves according to the proportions of it; it shall be unto thee holy to Jehovah.

Context

v.36and thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.

v.37This passage

v.38Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereof, he shall be cut off from his people.

Cross references

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

  • Exodus 30:32

    Upon the flesh of man shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any like it, according to the composition thereof: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you.

  • Leviticus 2:3

    and that which is left of the meal-offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’: it is a thing most holy of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire.

  • Exodus 29:37

    Seven days thou shalt make atonement for the altar, and sanctify it: and the altar shall be most holy; whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.

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