Exodus 30:17-38 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 30:17-21

Orders are here given, 1. For the making of a laver, or font, of brass, a large vessel, that would contain a good quantity of water, which was to be set near the door of the tabernacle, Exod. 30:18. The foot of brass, it is supposed, was so contrived as to receive the water, which was let into it out of the laver by spouts or cocks. They then had a laver for the priests only to wash in, but to us now there is a fountain open for Judah and Jerusalem to wash in (Zech. 13:1), an inexhaustible... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 30:22-38

Directions are here given for the composition of the holy anointing oil and the incense that were to be used in the service of the tabernacle; with these God was to be honoured, and therefore he would appoint the making of them; for nothing comes to God but what comes from him. 1. The holy anointing oil is here ordered to be made up the ingredients, and their quantities, are prescribed, Exod. 30:23-25. Interpreters are not agreed concerning them; we are sure, in general, they were the best and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 30:17

And the Lord spake unto Moses ,.... Again, at another time, and upon another subject: saying , as follows. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 30:18

Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal ,.... For Aaron, and his sons, and the priests in succession, to wash at before their entrance on their ministry; and denotes in general the necessity of purity, in order to minister in the priestly office; and which was in its perfection in Christ, who being holy and harmless, was an high priest becoming us, and suitable to us, qualified to offer himself without spot to God, and to take away sin; of which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 30:19

For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat. Not in it, but at it; the laver had mouths or spouts, as Ben Melech says, from whence the water flowed when the priests washed their hands and feet at it; and so Bartenora says F26 In Misn. Zebachim, c. 2. sect. 1. they did not wash out of the laver, but from water flowing out of it; it is said "out of it", not in it; it seems at first there were but two of these spouts; for it is said F1 Misn. Yoma. c. 3. sect.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 30:20

When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water ,.... The laver standing near the door of the tabernacle, they washed at it as soon as they entered; and no man, we are told F3 Misn. Yoma, c. 3. sect. 3. , entered into the court before he washed, even though he was clean; though he had contracted no filthiness, and even though he had washed his hands and feet at home, he was obliged to do it when he went into the tabernacle, before he attempted to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 30:21

So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not ,.... By the immediate hand of God, who would so greatly resent such a neglect of his command; and by how much easier it was to perform it, by so much the more were they inexcusable, and to be treated with greater severity; and this is repeated, that they might carefully observe it, lest they perish: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed, throughout their generations ; to be observed by... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 30:22

Moreover, the Lord spake unto Moses ,.... Some little time afterwards, while he was yet with him on the mount: saying ; as follows. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 30:23

Take thou also unto thee principal spices ,.... To make the anointing oil with, and are as follow: of pure myrrh five hundred shekels ; it is strange that Saadiah, and so Maimonides F6 Cele Hamikdash, c. 1. sect. 3. , should take this for musk, which comes from a beast, and is confuted by Aben Ezra from Song of Solomon 5:1 from whence it plainly appears to be what comes from a tree; and the word "mor", here used, gives the tree the name of myrrh almost in all languages. And it is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 30:24

And of cassia five hundred shekels ,.... Or two hundred and fifty ounces: after the shekel of the sanctuary ; according to the standard weight kept there. This "cassia" was not the "cassia solutiva", which is of a purgative nature, and now in use in physic, but the "cassia odorata", or the sweet smelling "cassia": which, Pancirollus F19 Ut supra, (Rer. Memorab. sive Deperd. par. 1.) Titus 11 . p. 30. says, some take to be the nard, out of which a most sweet oil is pressed; and... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 30:17-21

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 30:22-38

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 30:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 30:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 30:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 30:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 30:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 30:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 30:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 30:24

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