Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 30:24
And of cassia five hundred [shekels], after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive a hin:
24. cassia ] Eze 27:19 : Heb. iddh, prob. the same as the , spoken of by Diosc. (i. 12) as one species of ; Vulg. cassia. The word in Psa 45:8 is different ( e ‘th, things scraped off, i.e. scraped or powdered bark); but doubtless denotes either the same or a kindred substance. The , cassia of the ancients (Theophr. ix. 5; Plin. xii. 19) is probably the same as the modern ‘cassia,’ viz. the inner bark, peeled off and dried in the sun, of a species of cinnamon tree, found in S. India and Malacca, which yields an inferior kind of cinnamon (see further EB. s.v.). Costus (RVm.; also written above the text in one MS. of LXX., Graec. Ven., and Saad.) is another oriental aromatic plant ( Costus Arabicus, L.), used in the preparation of unguents: Hor. Carm. iii. 1, 44; Plin. xii. Exodus 12, 25, xiii. 1, 2). All these foreign aromatic substances would come by trade-routes from the distant East, whether over-land by way of Babylon, or by sea, round Arabia (see G. A. Smith, Trade and Commerce in EB. 30, 40, 56, 58, 63, 71).
the shekel of the sanctuary ] or the sacred shekel: see on v. 13.
an hin ] prob. 1 1 /3 gallon: see on Exo 29:40.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Not the common kind of cassia, which we use in purging, but another kind of it, there being seven several kinds of it, as the learned note.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
24. cassiafrom the samespecies of tree as the cinnamonsome think the outer bark of thattree. All these together would amount to one hundred twenty pounds,troy weight.
hina word of Egyptianorigin, equal to ten pints. Being mixed with the olive oilno doubtof the purest kindthis composition probably remained always in aliquid state, and the strictest prohibition issued against using itfor any other purpose than anointing the tabernacle and itsfurniture.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And of cassia five hundred [shekels],…. Or two hundred and fifty ounces:
after the shekel of the sanctuary; according to the standard weight kept there. This “cassia” was not the “cassia solutiva”, which is of a purgative nature, and now in use in physic, but the “cassia odorata”, or the sweet smelling “cassia”: which, Pancirollus s says, some take to be the nard, out of which a most sweet oil is pressed; and Servius t says, that cassia is an herb of a most sweet smell. Pliny u speaks of it along with cinnamon; and Galen says, when cinnamon was wanting, it was usual to put in its stead a double quantity of cassia w; Leo Africanus speaks of trees in Africa bearing cassia, and which chiefly grew in Egypt x;
and of oil olive an hin; containing twelve logs: according to Godwin y, it was of our measure three quarts; but, as Bishop Cumberland has more exactly calculated it, it held a wine gallon, a quart, and a little more: this was the purest and best of oil, and most fit and proper to be a part of this holy anointing oil.
s Ut supra, (Rer. Memorab. sive Deperd. par. 1.) tit. 11. p. 30. t In Virgil. Bucol. Eclog. 2. u Ut supra, (Nat. Hist. l. 12.) c. 19. w Apud Dalechamp in Plin. ib. x Descriptio Africae, l. 9. p. 752. y Moses & Aaron, l. 6. c. 9.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(24) Cassia.In the original, kiddh not ktsith. Which is the exact equivalent of the Greek and Latin cassia. According to the best Hebrew authorities, however, cassia is intended by both words, which are derived from roots signifying to split, or to peel off. Cassia is the inner bark of a tree called by botanists cinnamomum cassia, which is a native of India, Java, and the Malay peninsula. It has nearly the same flavour as cinnamon, but is more pungent, and of a coarser texture. The word kiddh occurs in Scripture only here and in Eze. 27:19.
An hin.See Note on Exo. 29:40.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
cassia = the bark of a kind of Indian cinnamon, hin. See App-51.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
cassia: Psa 45:8
the shekel: Num 3:47, Eze 45:12
hin: Exo 29:40, Lev 19:36, Num 15:5
Reciprocal: Exo 38:24 – the shekel Lev 23:13 – the fourth Isa 43:24 – no sweet Eze 27:19 – cassia