Prepare from these a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer; it will be a sacred anointing oil.
Parallel translations
- WEB You shall make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.
- KJV And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.
- NKJV And you shall make from these a holy anointing oil, an ointment compounded according to the art of the perfumer. It shall be a holy anointing oil.
- NASB You shall make from these a holy anointing oil, a fragrant mixture of ointments, the work of a perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.
- NLT Like a skilled incense maker, blend these ingredients to make a holy anointing oil.
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Quick answer
The ingredients were blended into a holy anointing oil by skilled craft. What set people and things apart for God was itself made holy.
Overview
The expertly compounded oil was designated 'holy,' reserved exclusively for sacred consecration. Its skilled preparation reflected the care due to the things of God. The anointing it conferred points to Christ and to believers, who are anointed and sealed by the Holy Spirit (2 Corinthians 1:21-22).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Exod 37:29He also made the sacred anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense, the work of a perfumer.
- Exod 40:9Take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything in it; consecrate it along with all its furnishings, and it shall be holy.
- 1 Chr 9:30And some of the sons of the priests mixed the spices.
- Ps 89:20I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.
- Ps 133:2It is like fine oil on the head, running down on the beard, running down Aaron’s beard over the collar of his robes.
- Num 35:25The assembly is to protect the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the city of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.
- Heb 1:9You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You above Your companions with the oil of joy.”
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