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Exodus 30:37
Exodus 30:37 is verse 37 of Exodus chapter 30, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
You are never to use this formula to make incense for yourselves; you shall regard it as holy to the LORD.
King James Version
And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the LORD.
World English Bible
You shall not make this incense, according to its composition, for yourselves: it shall be to you holy for Yahweh.
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Exodus 30:35–38 · Berean Standard Bible
35 and make a fragrant blend of incense, the work of a perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.
36 Grind some of it into fine powder and place it in front of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be most holy to you.
37 You are never to use this formula to make incense for yourselves; you shall regard it as holy to the LORD.
38 Anyone who makes something like it to enjoy its fragrance shall be cut off from his people.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Exodus 30:32It must not be used to anoint an ordinary man, and you must not make anything like it with the same formula. It is holy, and it must be holy to you.
Exodus 30:33Anyone who mixes perfume like it or puts it on an outsider shall be cut off from his people.’”
Exodus 29:37For seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. Then the altar will become most holy; whatever touches the altar will be holy.
Leviticus 2:3The remainder of the grain offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the offerings made by fire to the LORD.