Bible Strands
Exodus 30:33
Anyone who mixes perfume like it or puts it on an outsider shall be cut off from his people.’”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses Moses at the tabernacle site, establishing the final restriction on the consecrated anointing oil. This command immediately follows the prohibition against anointing ordinary men and precedes the detailed recipe for the sacred mixture.
The words — The text highlights יִרְקַח (yir.Kach, "he will mix") and עַל־ ('al-, "on") to define the prohibited physical acts. These terms specify the exact actions that violate the designated boundaries of the holy oil.
The thread — The penalty of being "cut off from his people" appears in Genesis 17:14 for uncircumcision and Exodus 30:38 for creating a counterfeit fragrance. This phrase marks covenant boundary violations across the Torah.
Why it lands — The verse demands strict separation between sacred ritual and common use. It requires readers to recognize that holiness dictates specific boundaries for who may access the oil and how divine instructions must be executed without alteration.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.
Cross-references
- Exodus 30:38 Anyone who makes something like it to enjoy its fragrance shall be cut off from his people.”
- Genesis 17:14 But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”
- Exodus 12:15 For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel.
- Exodus 12:19 For seven days there must be no leaven found in your houses. If anyone eats something leavened, that person, whether a foreigner or native of the land, must be cut off from the congregation of Israel.
- Exodus 29:33 They must eat those things by which atonement was made for their ordination and consecration. But no outsider may eat them, because these things are sacred.
- Leviticus 7:20 But if anyone who is unclean eats meat from the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.
- Leviticus 17:4 instead of bringing it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to present it as an offering to the LORD before His tabernacle—that man shall incur bloodguilt. He has shed blood and must be cut off from among his people.
- Leviticus 17:9 but does not bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to sacrifice it to the LORD, that man must be cut off from his people.
- Leviticus 19:8 Whoever eats it will bear his iniquity, for he has profaned what is holy to the LORD. That person must be cut off from his people.
- Leviticus 23:29 If anyone does not humble himself on this day, he must be cut off from his people.