Bible Strands
Exodus 30:24
500 shekels of cassia—all according to the sanctuary shekel—and a hin of olive oil.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God instructs Moses on Mount Sinai to gather specific ingredients for the sacred anointing oil. This directive occurs during the detailed tabernacle construction instructions.
The words — קִדָּה (ki.Dah) translates literally to cassia, a fragrant spice. הִין (Hin) denotes a hin, a biblical liquid measure used here for olive oil.
The thread — Cassia appears in Psalm 45:8 as a fragrance associated with royalty. The hin is referenced in Exodus 29:40 for grain offerings and Leviticus 19:36 regarding honest weights and measures.
Why it lands — The text demands exact measurement of sacred materials using standardized holy units. It requires the reader to recognize that worship obedience involves precise adherence to divine specifications rather than personal preference.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:
Cross-references
- Exodus 29:40 With the first lamb offer a tenth of an ephah of fine flour, mixed with a quarter hin of oil from pressed olives, and a drink offering of a quarter hin of wine.
- Psalms 45:8 All your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces of ivory the harps make you glad.
- Leviticus 19:36 You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
- Numbers 3:47 you are to collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs.
- Numbers 15:5 With the burnt offering or sacrifice of each lamb, you are to prepare a quarter hin of wine as a drink offering.
- Ezekiel 45:12 The shekel will consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels will equal one mina.