35 and make a fragrant blend of incense, the work of a perfumer. It is to be salted and pure and sacred.
35 And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered
35 and make an incense blended as by the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.
35 to make an aromatic incense, the art of a perfumer, salted and pure - holy.
35 You shall make of these an incense, a compound according to the art of the perfumer, salted, pure, and holy.
35 Using the usual techniques of the incense maker, blend the spices together and sprinkle them with salt to produce a pure and holy incense.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Exodus 30:35
Commentary on Exodus 30:22-38
(Read Exodus 30:22-38)
Directions are here given for making the holy anointing oil, and the incense to be used in the service of the tabernacle. To show the excellency of holiness, there was this spiced oil in the tabernacle, which was grateful to the sight and to the smell. Christ's name is as ointment poured forth, Ecclesiastes 7:1. The incense burned upon the golden altar was prepared of sweet spices. When it was used, it was to be beaten very small; thus it pleased the Lord to bruise the Redeemer, when he offered himself for a sacrifice of a sweet-smelling savour. The like should not be made for any common use. Thus God would keep in the people's minds reverence for his own services, and teach us not to profane or abuse any thing whereby God makes himself known. It is a great affront to God to jest with sacred things, and to make sport with his word and ordinances. It is most dangerous and fatal to use professions of the gospel of Christ to forward wordly interests.