23 Take thou also unto thee principal spices: of the most pure myrrh five hundred [a]shekels, of sweet cinnamon half so much, that is, two hundred and fifty, and of sweet [b]calamus, two hundred, and fifty:

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 30:23 Weighing so much.
  2. Exodus 30:23 It is a kind of reed of a very sweet savor within, and it is used in powders and odors.

23 “Take the following fine spices:(A) 500 shekels[a] of liquid myrrh,(B) half as much (that is, 250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon,(C) 250 shekels[b] of fragrant calamus,(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 30:23 That is, about 12 1/2 pounds or about 5.8 kilograms; also in verse 24
  2. Exodus 30:23 That is, about 6 1/4 pounds or about 2.9 kilograms

25 So thou shalt make of it the oil of holy ointment, even a most precious ointment after the art of the Apothecary: this shall be the oil of holy ointment.

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25 Make these into a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer.(A) It will be the sacred anointing oil.(B)

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