And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:
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Gill's Exposition
And thou shalt make it a perfume,.... By mixing the above spices together:
a confection after the art of the apothecary; in the manner they beat, compound, and mix several ingredients together:…
Exo 37:29. The incense, like the anointing oil, consisted of four aromatic ingredients. Stacte - supposed to be either the gum of the Storax tree (Styrax officinale) found in Syria and the neighboring…
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 perfume, the work of the perfumer as v.25.
seasoned with salt salted (cf. Sir 49:1 Heb.). In spite of the Versions (-mixed"; and so RVm. = AV. tempered together[without -with salt"]), this is the…
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