Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.
God Himself appointed the spices and their quantities because nothing comes to Him but what comes from Him; the oil was compounded with exact art, infused, strained, and left sweetly fragrant for the tent and all its furniture, and for consecrating the priests in their generations.
AI summary
Commenting on Exodus 30:22-38
Whoever compounds this perfume for his own use or puts it on anyone outside the priestly line violates God's command. He shall be cut off from his people, whether by death inflicted by God's hand, by excommunication from Israel, or by being denied posterity to preserve his name.
AI summary
Whosoever compoundeth [any] like it, or whosoever putteth [any] of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people. (q) Either a stranger or an Israelite, save only the priests.