EXODUS XXX. thou !halt put it betweene the Tent of the congregation, and the altar ; and thou halt 19 putwater therein. And Aaron and his funs !hall wafh therefrom their hands and their 20 feet. When they goe.in to the Tent of the congregation, they hall wah with water, that they dye not : or when they-come-nee r to the altar, to minifter, to burne the Fire - 21 opting, unto Iehovah. And they hall walh their hands and their feet,that they dye not: and it hall be unto them, a ftatute for ever; to him and to his feed throughout their ge- nerations. 22 And Iehovah fpakeunto Mofes, fayinzg ; 23 Thou alto, take unto thee, the chiefe of fpi- ces; of pure Myrrh five hundred (fhekels;) and of fweet Cinamon the halfe thereof, two hundred and fifty : and of fweet Ca- 4 lamus, two hundred & fifty.And of Caffia, five hundred , by the fhekell of the Sandu- 5 ary: and of oyle olive an Hin. And thou !halt make it an oyle of holy anointing ; a compound - ointment compounded, after the worke of the Apothecary : it hall bee an 26 oyle of holy anointing. And thou halt anoint therewith,the Tent of the congrega- tion : and the Arke of the Teflimony : And the Table , and all the veffels thereof: and the Candleftick, and the veffels thereof: and 28 the Altar of Incenfe : And thealtar of burnt offring, and all the veffels thereof : and the 29 Laver, and the foot thereof. And thou halt fandifie them, and they hall be holy of ho- lies: whatfoevertoucheth them fhall bee 30 holy. And thou halt anoint Aaron and his fonnes : & fandifie them,to minifler-in-the- 3 r priefts-ofñce unto me.And thou halt fpeake unto the fonnes of lfrael, faying : This hall bee an oyle of holy anointing unto mee , 32 throughout your. generations. Vpon mans fleh it hall not bee poured : and after the compofition of ir, yee hall not make like it : holineffe it is, holineffe hall it be unto you. Any man that hall compound - anointment like it, or that hall'putthereof upon a ftran- ger;hefhal even be cut- off,from his peoples. And Jehovah Paid unto Mofes ; Take un- to thee fweet- fpices, Stade , and Onycha, and Galbanum, fweet - fpices, and pure fran- kincenfe : there fhall be one alone with ano- 35 theralótte. And thou fhaltrnakeitan incenfe, a confedion,the worke of the Apothecary : falted , pure, holy. And thou (halt beat of it, pounding - it- final[; and halt put of it before the Teftimony , in the Tent of the congregation, where I will meet with thee; 27 33 34 36, holy of Holies (hall it be unto you. And the incenfe which thou (halt make, after the compoftion of it, ye hall not make to your felves : it (hall be holineffe unto thee,for Ie- hovah. Any man, that hall make like unto ir, to fine11 thereto , !hall even bee cut off, from his peoples. Annotations. fIN incenfe altar of incenfe] or , aperftmatorie (a perfun ing place ) of perfume : where odours were burned daily , and refolved into fume or fmoke. In the making it is called only an altarof incenfe,Exod.37.25. and fo the Greeke tranflateth it here. But becaufc an Altar , in Hebrew Miz. beach, hath the name of thine- facrifrces,which *ere offred thereon; and upon this,there was no fuch fervice: therefore it is called for dif inttion fake, tar, a Perfumatory, or Incen fe altar. The Chaldee expoundeth it, thou fhalt make an Altar, to or upon it incenfe of fweet -ices. Sbinim] Greeke, incor- ruptible wood : fee Exod.25.5. Verfa. hones] tharpe high places in the fours corners : fee the notes on Exod.27.r.2. &c. Verf..3. gold] whereupon it was called thegol- den altar; Nnmb.4. r 1. Reve1.8.3. as the other co- vered with braffe, was the brazen altar, Exod. 38. 3o. Of the matter underneath , it is fometime called the altar of wood; as in Ezek. 4.1.22. where the meafure of it ( prophefied to bee under the Gofpell) are larger then there under the Law. For this was but one cubit long, that two : this two cubits high , that three. Becaufe the fervice pf God,by Chritts comming,ihould he inlarged, from Eaft to Welt, Gods name lhould be great a- mong the Gentiles ; and in every place, incenfe fhould be tffred unto his name, Mal. t. t 1. and the Spirit of grace, andaf fupplications, should bee in larger mea- lre pouredout upon the Church, Zach.12.10. roofe] by the roofe and watt , aremeant the rap and fides: afimilitude taken fromanhoufe. The Greeke tranflateth, hearth, and walls. a crowne] The like was made about the Arks, Exod. 35.1i. and about the Table, Exod. 25.2'4. To thefe the Hebrewes apply the three -crowns (as they call then[) of lfrael: the Crowns of the Law,t hat is, the Arke , the Cravat of the Priefihood, that it, the golden Altar ; and the Crosne of the Kvtgdome,tbat it,theT a- ble. R. Elias , in Preface to Sepher Refblob ebocmab, page 2. Verf4. places] Hebrew, houfes: fo Exodus 25. 27. By the barres in thefe, the golden Altar was carted, when the holt and tabernacle removed, Num.4.5.11.15. V erlb. meet with thee] to anfwer by oracle ,'as 6 before, Exod. 29.42. The Greeke tranflateth, I will be knowne unto thee there; the Chaldee faith , I will prepare my word fir thee there. This golden Al- tar figured out Chrift in refpe& of his media- tion with God for his Church: bywhom, and in whole rsame,weoffer up praifes and prayers unto God, 37 38 2_ 3 4 -ir/..stw///IIt>tl
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