Exodus 30:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Take the best spices, five hundred shekels' weight of liquid myrrh, and of sweet cinnamon half as much, that is, two hundred and fifty shekels, and two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet calamus,

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Referenced Verses

  • Song 4:14 : 14 Spikenard and safron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices.
  • Ezek 27:19 : 19 ... for your goods: they gave polished iron and spices for your goods.
  • Ezek 27:22 : 22 The traders of Sheba and Raamah did trade with you; they gave the best of all sorts of spices and all sorts of stones of great price and gold for your goods.
  • Jer 6:20 : 20 To what purpose does sweet perfume come to me from Sheba, and spices from a far country? your burned offerings give me no pleasure, your offerings of beasts are not pleasing to me.
  • Exod 37:29 : 29 And he made the holy oil and the perfume of sweet spices for burning, after the art of the perfume-maker.
  • Ps 45:8 : 8 Your robes are full of the smell of all sorts of perfumes and spices; music from the king's ivory houses has made you glad.
  • Prov 7:17 : 17 I have made my bed sweet with perfumes and spices.
  • Song 1:3 : 3 Sweet is the smell of your perfumes; your name is as perfume running out; so the young girls give you their love.
  • Song 1:13 : 13 As a bag of myrrh is my well-loved one to me, when he is at rest all night between my breasts.

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  • Exod 30:24-27
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    88%

    24And of cassia, five hundred shekels' weight measured by the scale of the holy place, and of olive oil a hin:

    25And make these into a holy oil, a perfume made by the art of the perfume-maker; it is to be a holy oil.

    26This oil is to be put on the Tent of meeting, and on the ark of the law,

    27And on the table and all its vessels, and on the support for the lights, with its vessels, and on the altar for burning spices,

  • Exod 30:33-37
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    83%

    33Whoever makes any like it, or puts it on one who is not a priest, will be cut off from his people.

    34And the Lord said to Moses, Take sweet spices, stacte and onycha and galbanum, with the best frankincense, in equal weights;

    35And make from them a perfume, such as is made by the art of the perfume-maker, mixed with salt, and clean and holy.

    36And put some of it, crushed very small, in front of the ark in the Tent of meeting, where I will come face to face with you; it is to be most holy.

    37You are not to make any perfume like it for yourselves: it is to be kept holy to the Lord.

  • Song 4:14
    79%

    14Spikenard and safron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices.

  • Exod 30:22
    77%

    22And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Exod 25:6
    77%

    6Oil for the light, spices for the sweet-smelling oil, sweet perfumes for burning;

  • Exod 35:28
    75%

    28And the spice and the oil for the light, and the holy oil and the sweet perfumes.

  • Exod 37:29
    74%

    29And he made the holy oil and the perfume of sweet spices for burning, after the art of the perfume-maker.

  • Exod 35:8
    74%

    8And oil for the lights, and spices for the holy oil and for the sweet perfumes for burning.

  • Num 7:32
    73%

    32One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;

  • Num 7:14
    72%

    14One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice for burning;

  • Num 7:38
    72%

    38One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;

  • Num 7:26
    72%

    26One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;

  • Num 7:50
    72%

    50One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;

  • Num 7:20
    72%

    20One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;

  • Num 7:56
    72%

    56One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;

  • Num 7:44
    71%

    44One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;

  • Prov 7:17
    71%

    17I have made my bed sweet with perfumes and spices.

  • Num 7:80
    71%

    80One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;

  • Num 7:62
    71%

    62One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;

  • Num 7:74
    71%

    74One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;

  • Exod 31:11
    70%

    11And the holy oil, and the perfume of sweet spices for the holy place; they will do whatever I have given you orders to have done.

  • Num 7:68
    70%

    68One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;

  • Exod 35:15
    69%

    15And the altar for burning spices, with its rods, and the holy oil and the sweet perfume, and the curtain for the door, at the door of the House;

  • 1 Chr 9:29-30
    2 verses
    69%

    29And some of them were responsible for the holy things and for the vessels of the holy place, and the meal and the wine and the oil and the perfume and the spices.

    30And some of the sons of the priests were responsible for crushing the spices.

  • Ps 45:8
    68%

    8Your robes are full of the smell of all sorts of perfumes and spices; music from the king's ivory houses has made you glad.

  • Num 16:17
    68%

    17And let every man take a vessel for burning perfumes, and put sweet spices in them; let every man take his vessel before the Lord, two hundred and fifty vessels; you and Aaron and everyone with his vessel.

  • Rev 18:13
    68%

    13And sweet-smelling plants, and perfumes, and wine, and oil, and well crushed grain, and cattle and sheep; and horses and carriages and servants; and souls of men.

  • Exod 39:38
    67%

    38And the gold altar, and the holy oil, and the sweet perfume for burning, and the curtain for the doorway of the tent;

  • Gen 43:11
    67%

    11And take twice as much money with you; that is to say, take back the money which was put in your bags, for it may have been an error;

  • 1 Chr 28:15
    67%

    15And gold by weight for the light-supports and the vessels for the lights, the weight of gold needed for every support and every vessel for lights; and for the silver light-supports, the weight of silver needed for every support and for the different vessels as every one was to be used;

  • Lev 6:15
    67%

    15And the same offering is to be given by that one of his sons who takes his place as priest; by an order for ever, all of it is to be burned before the Lord.

  • Exod 25:31
    67%

    31And you are to make a support for lights, of the best gold; its base and its pillar are to be of hammered gold; its cups, its buds, and its flowers are to be made of the same metal.

  • Lev 2:2
    67%

    2And let him take it to Aaron's sons, the priests; and having taken in his hand some of the meal and of the oil, with all the perfume, let him give it to the priest to be burned on the altar, as a sign, an offering made by fire, for a sweet smell to the Lord.

  • Exod 38:24
    67%

    24The gold used for all the different work done for the holy place, the gold which was given, was twenty-nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels in weight, by the scale of the holy place.

  • Exod 31:8
    67%

    8And the table with its vessels, and the holy light-support with all its vessels, and the altar for the burning of spices,

  • Lev 2:15
    67%

    15And put oil on it and perfume: it is a meal offering.

  • 2 Chr 9:9
    66%

    9And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a great store of spices and jewels: never had such spices been seen as the queen of Sheba gave to Solomon.

  • Num 28:5
    66%

    5And the tenth part of an ephah of the best meal for a meal offering mixed with the fourth part of a hin of clear oil.

  • Exod 30:1
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    1And you are to make an altar for the burning of perfume; of hard wood let it be made.

  • Lev 23:13
    66%

    13And let the meal offering with it be two tenth parts of an ephah of the best meal mixed with oil, an offering made by fire to the Lord for a sweet smell; and the drink offering with it is to be of wine, the fourth part of a hin.

  • 1 Kgs 10:10
    66%

    10And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a great store of spices and jewels: never again was such a wealth of spices seen as that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon.