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

7Every morning, Aaron must burn sweet incense on this altar. He must do this when he goes in to take care of the lamps. 8He must burn incense again when he lights the lamps in the evening. Incense must burn there as an offering to the Lord every day from now on. Only offer proper incense on this altar. Do not offer any burnt offerings or grain offerings on it. And do not pour any drink offerings on it. 10Once every year, Aaron must make the altar clean and pure. He must put some of the blood from the sin offering on the horns of the altar. A priest must do this every year from now on. The altar is holy because it belongs to me, 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 10:1Nadab and Abihu were sons of Aaron. They put hot material in the pots that they used to burn incense. They threw incense over the hot material. They offered the incense to the Lord. This was a wrong thing to do. The Lord had not told them that they should do it. So it was wrong.

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