Charles Ellicott Commentary Exodus 30:35

"and thou shalt make of it incense, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure [and] holy:" — Exodus 30:35 (ASV)

A confection after the art of the apothecary. —See Note on Exodus 30:25. Bezaleel’s art was called in, both for the composition of the holy oil and of the holy incense (Exodus 37:29).

Tempered together. —So the Septuagint, the Vulgate, and the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan. But most moderns render “salted,” or “mixed with salt.” (See Buxtorf, Gesenius, Lee, Rosenmüller, De Wette, Kalisch, Keil, etc.). The word used is capable of either meaning.