Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.
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Gill's Exposition
Whosoever compoundeth any like it,.... For his own use, or for any other than what God appointed it for: or
whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger; meaning not a Gentile, an alien from the…
Compare Exo 37:29. Exo 30:23 Principal spices - i. e. the best spices. Pure myrrh - Is a gum which comes from the stem of a low, thorny, ragged tree, that grows in Arabia Felix and Eastern Africa,…
Directions are here given for the composition of the holy anointing oil and the incense that were to be used in the service of the tabernacle; with these God was to be honoured, and therefore he would…
Cambridge Bible
a stranger i.e. one not authorized to be anointed with it = one not of the seed of Aaron: cf. on Exo 29:33.
shall be cut off, &c. a formula signifying emphatically the Divine disapproval: see on Exo…
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