Exodus 30:9

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“On this altar you must not offer unauthorized incense or a burnt offering or grain offering; nor are you to pour a drink offering on it.”

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BSBPD

“On this altar you must not offer unauthorized incense or a burnt offering or grain offering; nor are you to pour a drink offering on it.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt-offering, nor meal-offering; and ye shall pour no drink-offering thereon.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`Ye do not cause strange perfume to go up upon it, and burnt-offering, and present, and libation ye do not pour out on it;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Exodus 30:9 — 1 related verse from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 10:1Now Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to His command.

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