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Exodus 30:34

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30:34The Lord said to Moses: “Take71 spices, gum resin,72 onycha,73 galbanum,74 and pure frankincense75 of equal amounts76

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  1. 71 The construction is “take to you,” which could be left in that literal sense, but more likely the suffix is an ethical dative, stressing the subject of the imperative.
  2. 72 This is from a word that means “to drip”; the spice is a balsam that drips from a resinous tree.
  3. 73 This may be a plant, or it may be from a species of mollusks; it is mentioned in Ugaritic and Akkadian; it gives a pungent odor when burnt.
  4. 74 This is a gum from plants of the genus Ferula; it has an unpleasant odor, but when mixed with others is pleasant.
  5. 75 The word “spice is repeated here, suggesting that the first three formed half of the ingredient and this spice the other half—but this is conjecture (U. Cassuto, Exodus, ).
  6. 76 Heb “of each part there will be an equal part.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The Lord said to Moses, “Take sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum, sweet spices with pure frankincense (of each shall there be an equal part),

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Take fragrant spices—gum resin, onycha and galbanum—and pure frankincense, all in equal amounts,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The Lord said to Moses, “Take fragrant spices: stacte, onycha, and galbanum; the spices and pure frankincense are to be in equal measures.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Gather fragrant spices—resin droplets, mollusk shell, and galbanum—and mix these fragrant spices with pure frankincense, weighed out in equal amounts.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And Yahweh said to Moses, “Take for yourself fragrant perfumes—stacte resin and onycha and galbanum—fragrant perfumes and pure frankincense, an equal part of each,

KJV 1900King James Version

And the Lord said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight: