Exodus 30:9

Exodus 30:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.
• New International Version (NIV)Do not offer on this altar any other incense or any burnt offering or grain offering, and do not pour a drink offering on it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You shall not offer unauthorized incense on it, or a burnt offering, or a grain offering, and you shall not pour a drink offering on it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You shall not offer strange incense on it, or a burnt offering, or a grain offering; nor shall you pour a drink offering on it.

Context of Exodus 30:9

7Aaron shall burn sweet and fragrant incense on it; he shall burn it every morning when he trims and tends the lamps. 8When Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he shall burn incense, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations. You shall not offer any strange incense on this altar, or burnt offering or meal offering; you shall not pour out a drink offering on it. 10Once a year Aaron shall make atonement [for sin] on its horns. He shall make atonement on it with the blood of the sin offering of atonement once a year throughout your generations. It is most holy to the Lord.” 11Then the Lord said to Moses,

Exodus 30:9 word by word

לֹא־תַעֲל֥וּ עָלָ֛יו קְטֹ֥רֶת זָרָ֖ה וְעֹלָ֣ה וּמִנְחָ֑ה וְנֵ֕סֶךְ לֹ֥א תִסְּכ֖וּ עָלָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Ye shall offerעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: offer upH5927
• no strangeזוּרzûr · be a strangerH2114
• incenseקְטֹ֫רֶתqeţôreth · incenseH7004
• thereon, nor burnt sacrificeעֹלָה‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · burnt offeringH5930
• nor meat offeringמִנְחָהminchâh · offeringH4503
• neither shall ye pourנָסַךְnâsak · to pourH5258
• drink offeringנֶ֫סֶךְnesek nêsek · drink offeringH5262

Cross-references for Exodus 30:9

• Leviticus 10:1Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their respective [ceremonial] censers, put fire in them, placed incense on it and offered strange (unauthorized, unacceptable) fire before the Lord, [an act] which He had not commanded them to do.

Commentaries on Exodus 30:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9No strange incense - None made in any other way. Nor burnt-sacrifice - It should be an altar for incense, and for no other use.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-10Verses 1-10 Exodus 37:25-28; Exodus 40:26-27. The altar of incense was to be a casing of boards of shittim wood Exodus 25:5, Exodus 25:18 inches square and three feet in height (taking the cubit as 18 inches), entirely covered with plates of gold. Four “horns” were to project upward at the corners like those of the altar of burnt-offering Exodus 27:2. A crown or moulding of gold was to run round the top. On each of two opposite sides there was to be a…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-10The plans for the altar made of acacia wood are described here instead of with the other items of the holy place (25:23–40). This might be because of the reference to the priest's use of it in 30:7–10.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. Ye shall offer no strange incense--that is, of a different composition from that of which the ingredients are described so minutely.Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 30:9

• Altar
• Daily Offering
• Offerings

In the dictionaries

• Burnt Sacrifice
• Drink Offering
• Meat Offering
• Altar
• Beat
• Censer
• Compound
• Curious
• Drinkoffering
• Festivals, Religious

Commentaries on Exodus 30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings