Matthew Poole and continuators on Exodus 30:23
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Exodus30:23
23 Take thou also unto thee principal spices , of pure myrrhe five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels.
The words are very emphatical, and the Jews from hence do rightly infer, that this ointment was but once made, and that by Moses his own hands.
See Cant. 4. 14. Ezek. 27. 22. and compare Psal. 45. 8. Amos 6. 6.
Heb. myrrhe of liberty, either, 1. Free from adulteration or mixture, or rather 2. Freely dropping from the Tree, which is esteemed better than that which is forced out of it.
A sweet reed, of which see Isa. 43. 24. Ier. 6. 20.
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