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The Incense

Exodus 30:37

In 11 translations

BSB
You are never to use this formula to make incense for yourselves; you shall regard it as holy to the LORD.
KJV
And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the LORD.
WEB
You shall not make this incense, according to its composition, for yourselves: it shall be to you holy for Yahweh.
ASV
And the incense which thou shalt make, according to the composition thereof ye shall not make for yourselves: it shall be unto thee holy for Jehovah.
LSV
As for the incense which you make, you do not make [any] for yourselves in its proportion; it is holy to you for YHWH;
YLT
'As to the perfume which thou makest, with its proper proportion ye do not make to yourselves, holy it is to thee to Jehovah;
DBY
And the incense that thou shalt make, ye shall not make for yourselves according to the proportions of it; it shall be unto thee holy to Jehovah.
DRC
You shall not make such a composition for your own uses, because it is holy to the Lord.
GNV
And ye shall not make vnto you any composition like this perfume, which thou shalt make: it shalbe vnto thee holy for the Lord.
JPS
And the incense which thou shalt make, according to the composition thereof ye shall not make for yourselves; it shall be unto thee holy for the LORD.
LXXE
Ye shall not make any for yourselves according to this composition; it shall be to you a holy thing for the Lord.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְהַקְּטֹ֨רֶת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה בְּמַ֨תְכֻּנְתָּ֔הּ לֹ֥א תַעֲשׂ֖וּ לָכֶ֑ם קֹ֛דֶשׁ תִּהְיֶ֥ה לְךָ֖ לַיהוָֽה׃
LXX-Br
Κατὰ τὴν σύνθεσιν ταύτην οὐ ποιήσετε ὑμῖν ἐαυτοῖς· ἁγίασμα ἔσται ὑμῖν Κυρίῳ·

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Exodus 29:37For seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. Then the altar will become most holy; whatever touches the altar will be holy.
  • Exodus 30:32–33It must not be used to anoint an ordinary man, and you must not make anything like it with the same formula. It is holy, and it must be holy to you. Anyone who mixes perfume like it or puts it on an outsider shall be…
  • Leviticus 2:3The remainder of the grain offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the offerings made by fire to the LORD.

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