500 shekels of cassia—all according to the sanctuary shekel—and a hin of olive oil.
Parallel translations
- WEB and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary; and a hin of olive oil.
- KJV And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:
- NKJV five hundred shekels of cassia, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a hin of olive oil.
- NASB and of cassia 500, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin.
- NLT and 12-1/2 pounds of cassia—as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel. Also get one gallon of olive oil.
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Quick answer
Cassia and olive oil completed the anointing recipe, measured by the sanctuary standard. The oil was prepared exactly as God commanded.
Overview
The precise quantities and the olive oil base produced a holy, fragrant compound for consecration. The sanctuary weight ensured the recipe followed God's exact standard. As olive oil pictures the Holy Spirit throughout Scripture, this anointing anticipates the Spirit poured out on Christ and, through Him, on His people (1 John 2:20).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Exod 29:40With the first lamb offer a tenth of an ephah of fine flour, mixed with a quarter hin of oil from pressed olives, and a drink offering of a quarter hin of wine.
- Ps 45:8All your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces of ivory the harps make you glad.
- Num 3:47you are to collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs.
- Num 15:5With the burnt offering or sacrifice of each lamb, you are to prepare a quarter hin of wine as a drink offering.
- Lev 19:36You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
- Ezek 45:12The shekel will consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels will equal one mina.
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