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Yahweh said to Moses, "Take to yourself sweet spices, gum resin, and onycha, and galbanum; sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be an equal weight;
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A Divine, Specific Recipe
God commanded a specific recipe for the holy incense using four ingredients in equal measure: stacte, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense. Commentators note these were likely rare and valuable gums and spices, some sourced from as far as India. This detailed instruction highlights God's specific care for the elements of worship.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
(Exodus 37:29). The incense, like the anointing oil, consisted of four aromatic ingredients.
19th Century
Anglican
THE COMPOSITION OF THE HOLY INCENSE.
Take to yourself sweet spices. —Rather, Take to yourself…
16th Century
Protestant
Take unto you sweet spices. This oblation might have been noticed with the others; yet, since it merely describes the composition of the i…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the Lord said to Moses In a continued discourse, or some time after the former, though more probably at the same…
Directions are given here for making the holy anointing oil and the incense to be used in the service of the tabernacle. To show the excellence of …
