Exodus 30:35

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“and make a fragrant blend of incense, the work of a perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.”

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BSBPD

“and make a fragrant blend of incense, the work of a perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“and thou shalt make of it incense, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and thou hast made it a perfume, a compound, work of a compounder, salted, pure, holy;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Exodus 30:35 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 28:41After you put these garments on your brother Aaron and his sons, anoint them, ordain them, and consecrate them so that they may serve Me as priests.
  2. Exodus 30:25Prepare from these a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer; it will be a sacred anointing oil.
  3. Leviticus 2:13And you shall season each of your grain offerings with salt. You must not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offering; you are to add salt to each of your offerings.
  4. Leviticus 16:12Then he must take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, and take them inside the veil.
  5. 1 Kings 1:39Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the ram’s horn, and all the people proclaimed, “Long live King Solomon!”
  6. 1 Chronicles 9:30And some of the sons of the priests mixed the spices.
  7. Psalms 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.
  8. Proverbs 27:9Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is counsel to the soul.
  9. Song of Solomon 1:3The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.
  10. Song of Solomon 3:6Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from all the spices of the merchant?
  11. John 12:3Then Mary took about a pint of expensive perfume, made of pure nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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