1 Chronicles 9 · Verse 30

1 Chronicles 9:30

And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices.
1 Chronicles 9:30, King James Version

1 Chronicles 9:30 in other translations

BSBAnd some of the sons of the priests mixed the spices.
WEBSome of the sons of the priests prepared the mixing of the spices.
ASVAnd some of the sons of the priests prepared the confection of the spices.
YLTAnd some of the sons of the priests are mixing the mixture for spices.
DARBYAnd it was some one of the sons of the priests who compounded the ointment of the spices.
BBEAnd some of the sons of the priests were responsible for crushing the spices.
WebsterAnd some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices.

What does 1 Chronicles 9:30 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 30 The sons of the priests made the ointment - Only the priests were permitted to make this ointment; all others were forbidden to do it on pain of death; see Exo 30:34-38 (note), and the notes there.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

1 Chronicles 9:30 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּמִן\־u.min-and some ofH4480
בְּנֵי֙be.Nei[the] sons ofH1121
הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔יםha.Ko.ha.Nimthe priestsH3548
רֹקְחֵ֥יro.ke.Chei[were those who] mixedH7543
הַמִּרְקַ֖חַתha.mir.Ka.chat<of> the mixtureH4842
לַבְּשָׂמִֽים\׃la.be.sa.Mimof the spicesH1314

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 9:30

  • Exodus 30:23-25

    Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels, And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin: And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.

  • Exodus 37:29

    And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.

  • Exodus 30:33

    Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.

  • Exodus 30:35-38

    And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy: And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy. And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the Lord. Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
of the sons.
Ex 30:25,33,35-38; 37:29

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 9:29

    Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.

  • 1 Chronicles 9:30

    And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices.

  • 1 Chronicles 9:31

    And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made in the pans.

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1 Chronicles 9:30 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y algunos de los hijos de los sacerdotes hacían los ungüentos aromáticos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et c’étaient des fils des sacrificateurs qui composaient les parfums avec les aromates.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und von den Söhnen der Priester mischten einige die Salbenmischung der Gewürze.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Filii autem sacerdotum unguenta ex aromatibus conficiebant.