Exodus 30:24

24 500 shekels of cassia—all according to the sanctuary shekel—and a hin^[a] of olive oil.

Exodus 30:24 in Other Translations

24 And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:

24 and 500 of cassia, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a hin of olive oil.

24 and 12 pounds of cassia —as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel. Also get one gallon of olive oil.

24 twelve and a half pounds of cassia - using the standard Sanctuary weight for all of them - and a gallon of olive oil.

24 and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin.

24 12½ pounds of cassia--all weighed using the standard weight of the holy place--and 4 quarts of olive oil.

24 12 and a half pounds of cassia (by the sanctuary shekel), and one gallon of olive oil.

24 Also get 12 pounds eight ounces of cassia. All of the spices must be weighed out in keeping with the standard weights that are used in the sacred tent. Get four quarts of olive oil.

Exodus 30:24 Meaning and 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 says, some take to be the nard, out of which a most sweet oil is pressed; and Servius

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 says, that cassia is an herb of a most sweet smell. Pliny ^F21 speaks of it along with cinnamon; and Galen says, when cinnamon was wanting, it was usual to put in its stead a double quantity of cassia {w}; Leo Africanus speaks of trees in Africa bearing cassia, and which chiefly grew in Egypt ^F24;

and of oil olive an hin;
containing twelve logs: according to Godwin ^F25, it was of our measure three quarts; but, as Bishop Cumberland has more exactly calculated it, it held a wine gallon, a quart, and a little more: this was the purest and best of oil, and most fit and proper to be a part of this holy anointing oil.

F19 Ut supra, (Rer. Memorab. sive Deperd. par. 1.) tit. 11. p. 30.
F20 In Virgil. Bucol. Eclog. 2.
F21 Ut supra, (Nat. Hist. l. 12.) c. 19.
F23 Apud Dalechamp in Plin. ib.
F24 Descriptio Africae, l. 9. p. 752.
F25 Moses & Aaron, l. 6. c. 9.

Exodus 30:24 In-Context

22 Then the LORD said to Moses,

23 “Take the following fine spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half as much (that is, 250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels of fragrant calamus,

24 500 shekels of cassia—all according to the sanctuary shekel—and a hin of olive oil.

25 Make these into a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer. It will be the sacred anointing oil.

26 Then use it to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark of the covenant law,

Cross References

• 1. S ver 13
• 2. Psalms 45:8; Ezekiel 27:19

Footnotes

• [a]. That is, probably about 1 gallon or about 3.8 liters