Exo 30:23 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 23. Take-unto thee principal spices ] From this and the following verse we learn that the holy anointing oil was compounded of the following ingredients:- |500 shekels-Myrrh is | the produce of an | oriental tree not well | known, and is col- Pure myrrh , mar || lected by making an deror ................ || incision in the tree. | What is now called | by this name is pre- | cisely the same with |that of the ancients. Sweet cinnamon , | kinnemon besem , (probably 250 shekels. from Arabia).............| Sweet calamus , | keneh bosem , or sweet 250 shekels. cane, .- | Calamus aromaticus .......| Cassia , kildah , | ( cassia lignea ,) brought 500 shekels. also from Arabia.........| Olive oil , shemen | sayith , one hin, about.... 5 quarts. lbs. oz. dwts. grs. 500 shekels of the first and last, make 48 4 12 21 21/31 250 of the cinnamon and calamus........ 24 2 6 10 26/31 Olive oil is supposed to be the best preservative of odours . As the gifts and graces of the Holy Spirit are termed the anointing of the Holy Ghost, therefore this holy ointment appears to have been designed as emblematical of those gifts and graces. See .

‏ Exodus 30:23

Verse 23. Take-unto thee principal spices] From this and the following verse we learn that the holy anointing oil was compounded of the following ingredients:-

|500 shekels-Myrrh is

| the produce of an

| oriental tree not well

| known, and is col-

Pure myrrh, mar || lected by making an

deror................ || incision in the tree.

| What is now called

| by this name is pre-

| cisely the same with

|that of the ancients.

Sweet cinnamon, |

kinnemon besem, (probably 250 shekels. from Arabia).............|

Sweet calamus, |

keneh bosem, or sweet 250 shekels. cane, Jer 6:20.- |

Calamus aromaticus.......|

Cassia, kildah, |

(cassia lignea,) brought 500 shekels. also from Arabia.........|

Olive oil, shemen |

sayith, one hin, about.... 5 quarts.

lbs. oz. dwts. grs. 500 shekels of the first and last, make 48 4 12 21 21/31 250 of the cinnamon and calamus........ 24 2 6 10 26/31

Olive oil is supposed to be the best preservative of odours. As the gifts and graces of the Holy Spirit are termed the anointing of the Holy Ghost, therefore this holy ointment appears to have been designed as emblematical of those gifts and graces. See Ac 1:5; 10:38; 2Co 1:21; 1Jo 2:20,27.