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 must burn fragrant incense on it; he must burn it every morning when he tends the lamps. 8When Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he must burn incense. There is to be an incense offering before the Lord throughout your generations. You must not offer unauthorized incense on it, or a burnt or grain offering; you are not to pour a drink offering on it. 10“Once a year Aaron is to perform the atonement ceremony for the altar. Throughout your generations he is to perform the atonement ceremony for it once a year, with the blood of the sin offering for atonement on the horns. The altar is especially holy to the Lord.” 11The Lord spoke 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 10:1Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu each took his own firepan, put fire in it, placed incense on it, and presented unauthorized fire before the Lord, 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