Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Overview
Exo 30:1, The altar of incense; Exo 30:11, The ransom of souls; Exo 30:17, The brazen laver; Exo 30:22, The holy anointing oil; Exo 30:34, The composition of the incense.
The Samaritan inserts the first ten verses of this chapter after Exo 26:32.
an altar: Exo 30:7, Exo 30:8, Exo 30:10, Exo 37:25-28, Exo 40:5; Lev 4:7, Lev 4:18; Kg1 6:20; Ch2 26:16; Rev 8:3
to burn incense: Where so many sacrifices were offered, it was essentially necessary to have some pleasing perfume to counteract the disagreeable smells that must have arisen from the slaughter of so many animals, the burning of so much flesh, the sprinkling of the blood. No blood was ever sprinkled on this altar, except once a year, on the grand day of expiation. It was called also the golden altar (Num 4:11); and the incense was as constantly burnt on it every day, as the morning and evening sacrifice of a lamb was burnt on the brazen altar.
the horns: Exo 27:2
overlay it: Exo 25:11, Exo 25:24
top: Heb. roof
sides: Heb. walls
rings: Exo 25:12, Exo 25:14, Exo 25:27, Exo 26:29, Exo 27:4, Exo 27:7
two corners: Heb. ribs
veil: Exo 26:31-35, Exo 40:3, Exo 40:5, Exo 40:26; Mat 27:51; Heb 9:3, Heb 9:4
before the mercy seat that is over the testimony: The words לפני הכפרת אשׁר על העדת, liphney haccapporeth asher al haaiduth, "before the mercy-seat that is over the testimony," are thought to be a repetition of the preceding clause, לפני הפרכת אשׁר על ארן הערת, liphney happarocheth asher al aron haaiduth, "before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony; the word הפרכת , [Strong's H6532], happarocheth, "the vail," being corrupted, by transposing the letters into הכפרת , [Strong's H3727], hacapporeth, "the mercy-seat," and the word ארן, [Strong's H727], aron, "ark," omitted. This repetition, as Dr. Kennicott observes, places the altar of incense before the mercy-seat, and consequently in the Holy of Holies! Now this could not be, as the altar of incense was attended every day, and the Holy of Holies entered only once in the year. The five words which appear to be a repetition are wanting in twenty-six of Kennicott's and Rossi's manuscripts and in the Samaritan Text. Exo 25:21, Exo 25:22; Lev 16:13; Ch1 28:11; Heb 4:16, Heb 9:5
I will: Exo 30:36, Exo 29:42, Exo 29:43; Num 17:4
sweet incense: Heb. incense of spices, Exo 30:34-38
dresseth: Exo 27:20, Exo 27:21; Sa1 2:28, Sa1 3:3; Ch1 23:13; Luk 1:9; Act 6:4
lighteth: or, setteth up, Heb. causeth to ascend
at even: Heb. between the two evens. Exo 12:6 *marg.
a perpetual: Rom 8:34; Th1 5:17; Heb 7:25, Heb 9:24
Aaron: Exo 29:36, Exo 29:37; Lev 16:18, Lev 16:29, Lev 16:30, Lev 23:27; Heb 1:3, Heb 9:7, Heb 9:22, Heb 9:23, Heb 9:25
sin offering: Lev 16:5, Lev 16:6
takest: Exo 38:25, Exo 38:26; Num 1:2-5, Num 26:2-4; Sa2 24:1
their number: Heb. them that are to be numbered
a ransom: Num 31:50; Ch2 24:6; Job 33:24, Job 36:18; Psa 49:7; Mat 20:28; Mar 10:45; Ti1 2:6; Pe1 1:18, Pe1 1:19
no plague: Sa2 24:2-15; Ch1 21:12, Ch1 21:14, Ch1 27:24
a shekel is: Lev 27:25; Num 3:47; Eze 45:12
an half shekel: Exo 38:26; Mat 27:24 *Gr.
from twenty: Num 1:3, Num 1:18, Num 1:20, Num 14:29, Num 26:2, Num 32:11
rich: Job 34:19; Pro 22:2; Eph 6:9; Col 3:25
give more: Heb. multiply
give less than: Heb. diminish, an atonement. Exo 30:12; Lev 17:11; Num 31:50; Sa2 21:3
appoint: Exo 38:25-31; Neh 10:32, Neh 10:33
a memorial: Exo 12:14; Num 16:40; Luk 22:19
a laver: Exo 31:9, Exo 38:8; Lev 8:11; Kg1 7:23, Kg1 7:38; Ch2 4:2, Ch2 4:6, Ch2 4:14, Ch2 4:15; Zac 13:1; Tit 3:5 *Gr: Jo1 1:7
put it: Exo 40:7, Exo 40:30-32
Exo 40:31, Exo 40:32; Psa 26:6; Isa 52:11; Joh 13:8-10; Co1 6:9-11; Tit 3:5; Heb 9:10, Heb 10:22; Rev 1:5, Rev 1:6
die not: Exo 12:15; Lev 10:1-3, Lev 16:1, Lev 16:2; Sa1 6:19; Ch1 13:10; Psa 89:7; Act 5:5, Act 5:10; Heb 12:28, Heb 12:29
a statute: Exo 28:43
thee principal: Exo 37:29; Psa 45:8; Pro 7:17; Sol 1:3, Sol 1:13, Sol 4:14; Jer 6:20; Eze 27:19, Eze 27:22
pure myrrh: Myrrh is a white gum, issuing from the trunk and larger branches of a thorny tree resembling the acacia, growing in Arabia, Egypt, and Abyssinia. Its taste is extremely bitter; but its smell, though strong, is agreeable; and it entered into the composition of the most costly ointments among the ancients. The epithet deror, rendered pure, properly denotes fluid, from the Arabic darra, to flow; by which is meant the finest and most excellent kind, called stacte, which issues of itself from the bark without incision.
cinnamon: Kinnamon bosem, odoriferous or spicy cinnamon, is the bark of the canella, a small tree of the size of a willow growing in the island of Ceylon.
sweet calamus: Kenaih bosem, calamus aromaticus, or odoriferous cane, is a reed growing in Egypt, Syria, and India, about two feet in height, bearing from the root a knotted stalk, quite round, containing in its cavity a soft white pith. It is said to scent the air while growing; and when cut down, dried, and powdered, makes an ingredient in the richest perfumes.
cassia: Psa 45:8
the shekel: Num 3:47; Eze 45:12
hin: Exo 29:40; Lev 19:36; Num 15:5
apothecary: or, perfumer, Ch1 9:30
an holy: Exo 37:29; Num 35:25; Psa 89:20, Psa 133:2; Heb 1:9
Exo 40:9-15; Lev 8:10-12; Num 7:1, Num 7:10; Isa 61:1; Act 10:38; Co2 1:21, Co2 1:22; Jo1 2:20, Jo1 2:27
whatsoever: Exo 29:37; Lev 6:18; Mat 23:17, Mat 23:19
anoint: Exod. 29:7-37, Exo 40:15; Lev 8:12, Lev 8:30; Num 3:3
consecrate: Exo 28:3, Exo 29:9, Exo 29:35
an holy: Exo 37:29; Lev 8:12, Lev 21:10; Psa 89:20
it is: Exo 30:25, Exo 30:37, Exo 30:38
compoundeth: Exo 30:38; Luk 12:1, Luk 12:2; Heb 10:26-29
a stranger: Exo 29:33
cut off: Exo 12:15, Exo 12:19; Gen 17:14; Lev 7:20, Lev 7:21, Lev 17:4, Lev 17:9, Lev 19:8, Lev 23:29; Num 9:13
unto thee: Exo 30:23, Exo 25:6, Exo 37:29
stacte: Heb. nataph, The Jews and others suppose it to be what was afterwards called the balm of Jericho, or Gilead.
onycha: The word shechaileth is generally allowed to denote onycha (nail-fish, from its form), as it is rendered by the LXX and Vulgate. It is the shell of the purpura, and of the whole class of murex; and serves as the basis of the principal perfumes in India.
galbanum: Chelbenah, (probably from chalay, milk or gum, and lavan, white), is the gummy, resinous juice of an umbelliferous plant, the bubon gumniferum of Linneus, growing in Syria, Persia, and Africa. It rises with a ligneous stalk from eight to ten feet, and is garnished with leaves at every joint. The top of the stalk is terminated by an umbel of yellow flowers which are succeeded by oblong channelled seeds, which have a thin membrane or wing on their border. When any part of the plant is broken, there issues out a little thin juice, of a cream colour, of a fat, tough substance, like gum ammoniac, composed of many small, shining grains, of a strong, piercing smell and a sharp, warm taste.
frankincense: Lev 2:1, Lev 2:15, Lev 5:11, Lev 24:7; Ch1 9:29, Ch1 9:30; Neh 13:5; Sol 3:6; Mat 2:11
perfume: Pro 27:9; Sol 1:3, Sol 3:6; Joh 12:3
after the: Exo 30:25
tempered: Heb. salted, Lev 2:13
the testimony: Exo 16:34
where I will: Exo 30:6, Exo 25:22, Exo 29:42, Exo 29:43; Lev 16:2
ye shall: Exo 30:32, Exo 30:33
be cut off: Exo 30:33