Exodus 30:8
And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations.
Exodus 30:8 in other translations
| BSB | When Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he must burn the incense perpetually before the LORD for the generations to come. |
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| WEB | When Aaron lights the lamps at evening, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations. |
| ASV | And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before Jehovah throughout your generations. |
| YLT | and in Aaron's causing the lamps to go up between the evenings, he doth perfume it; a continual perfume before Jehovah to your generations. |
| DARBY | And when Aaron lighteth the lamps between the two evenings, he shall burn the incense — a continual incense before Jehovah throughout your generations. |
| BBE | And every evening, when he puts the lights up in their places, the spices are to be burned, a sweet-smelling smoke going up before the Lord from generation to generation for ever. |
| Webster | And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at evening, he shall burn incense upon it; a perpetual incense before the LORD, throughout your generations. |
What does Exodus 30:8 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 30:7-8
7-8. Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense--literally, "incense of spices"--Strong aromatic substances were burnt upon this altar to counteract by their odoriferous fragrance the offensive fumes of the sacrifices; or the incense was employed in an offering of tributary homage which the Orientals used to make as a mark of honor to kings; and as God was Theocratic Ruler of Israel, His palace was not to be wanting in…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 30:1-10
The altar of incense represented the Son of God in his human nature, and the incense burned thereon typified his pleading for his people. The continual intercession of Christ was represented by the daily burning of incense thereon, morning and evening. Once every year the blood of the atonement was to be applied to it, denoting that the intercession of Christ has all its virtue from his sufferings on earth, and that…
Exodus 30:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 30:8
- Hebrews 9:24
For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
- 1 Thessalonians 5:17
Pray without ceasing.
- Exodus 12:6
And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
- Hebrews 7:25
Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
- Romans 8:34
Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
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Context
- Exodus 30:7
And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
- Exodus 30:8
And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations.
- Exodus 30:9
Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.
Exodus 30:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y cuando Aarón encenderá las lámparas al anochecer, quemará el sahumerio: rito perpetuo delante de Jehová por vuestras edades. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et quand Aaron allumera les lampes, entre les deux soirs, il le fera fumer, – un encens continuel devant l’ Éternel, en vos générations. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und wenn Aaron die Lampen anzündet zwischen den zwei Abenden, soll er es räuchern: ein beständiges Räucherwerk vor Jehova bei euren Geschlechtern. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et quando collocabit eas ad vesperum, uret thymiama sempiternum coram Domino in generationes vestras. |