Exodus 30:23
Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,
KJV
dicens : Sume tibi aromata, primæ myrrhæ et electæ quingentos siclos, et cinnamomi medium, id est, ducentos quinquaginta siclos, calami similiter ducentos quinquaginta,
Vulgate
Καὶ σὺ λάβε ἡδύσματα, τὸ ἄνθος σμύρνης ἐκλεκτῆς πεντακοσίους σίκλους, καὶ κινναμώμου εὐώδους τὸ ἥμισυ τούτου σν’, καὶ καλάμου εὐώδους διακοσίους πεντήκοντα,
LXX
Take thou also unto thee the chief spices: of flowing myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty,
ASV
וְ/אַתָּ֣ה קַח לְ/ךָ֮ בְּשָׂמִ֣ים רֹאשׁ֒ מָר דְּרוֹר֙ חֲמֵ֣שׁ מֵא֔וֹת וְ/קִנְּמָן בֶּ֥שֶׂם מַחֲצִית֖/וֹ חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים וּ/מָאתָ֑יִם וּ/קְנֵה בֹ֖שֶׂם חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים וּ/מָאתָֽיִם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§695Anointing. the symbolism of anointing with oil also signifies the Holy Spirit,30 to the point of becoming a synonym for the Holy Spirit. In Christian initiation, anointing is the sacramental sign of Confirmation, called "chrismation" in the Churches of the East. Its full force can be grasped only in relation to the primary anointing accomplished by the Holy Spirit, that of Jesu…
Folly of the arguments derived by the heretics from numbers, letters, and syllables. 1. This very thing, too, still further demonstrates their opinion false, and their fictitious system untenable, that they endeavour to bring forward proofs of it, sometimes through means of numbers and the syllables of names, sometimes also through the letter of syllables, and yet again through…
Cross-references
- 1Chr 9:30 — And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices.
- Exod 29:7 — Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.
- Exod 30:34 — 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:
- Exod 35:8 — And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,
- Exod 35:28 — And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.
- Ezek 27:19 — Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.
- Ezek 27:19 — Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.
- Ezek 27:22 — The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants: they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.
- Jer 6:20 — To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
- Jer 6:20 — To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
- Matt 2:11 — And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold,
- Matt 26:7 — There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.
- Num 4:16 — And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the taber
- Song 1:3 — Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
- Song 4:14 — Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
- Song 4:14 — Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: