King James Version
Exodus 30:31 in the King James Version says “And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your ge...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 30 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.”
Exodus 30:31 · KJV
And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.
And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.
Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you.
Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“unto the children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“And thou shalt speak”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
“oil”
H8081grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“unto me throughout your generations”
H1755properly, a revolution of time, i.e., an age or generation; also a dwelling
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