Exodus 30:24 - Exposition

Cassia . The modern cassia is the inner bark of a tree distinct from the cinnamon tree, known to botanists as Cinnamo-mum cassia, which is a native of India, Java, and the Malay peninsula. In taste and scent, it "bears a strong resemblance to cinnamon, but is more pungent and of coarser texture" (Cook). It is uncertain, however, if this is the spice here indicated. The Hebrew word used is kiddah , not ketsioth (as in Psalms 45:8 ); and it is very doubtful whether the two are identical On the shekel of the sanctuary. see the comment on Exodus 30:13 ; and on the kin, see Exodus 29:40 .