Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 30:33
Whosoever compoundeth [any] like it, or whosoever putteth [any] of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.
33. a stranger ] i.e. one not authorized to be anointed with it = one not of the seed of Aaron: cf. on Exo 29:33.
shall be cut off, &c.] a formula signifying emphatically the Divine disapproval: see on Exo 12:15.
from his father’s kin ] The word, though it is externally the same as the ordinary Heb. word for ‘a people,’ is plural: as it is impossible to speak of a man’s ‘peoples,’ the word, when it is so used, must have some different meaning; and this is shewn by Arabic (where ‘ am means both patruus and patruelis) to be father’s kin (cf. EB. iii. 3289). The word, in this sense, is almost entirely confined to P: with to be cut off from it occurs in it 12 times, and with to be gathered to (Gen 25:8 al.) 9 times.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The word stranger is commonly used to note the Gentiles, or such as were not of Israels race; but sometimes it notes those that are not of the priestly race, as Exo 29:33; Lev 22:12,13; and so it seems to be here. And if any of the kings were anointed with this oil, it was done by Gods special appointment, who may dispense with his own laws.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Whosoever compoundeth any like it,…. For his own use, or for any other than what God appointed it for: or
whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger; meaning not a Gentile, an alien from the commonwealth of israel; though Japhet interprets it of such a stranger who was not of the children of Israel; this Aben Ezra says is not right, but he says it means one that is not of the seed of Aaron; and so the Targum of Jonathan,
“upon a profane person (or a common person, a laic) that is not of the sons of Aaron:”
though the kings of Israel seem to be an exception to this, which might be by a special order from the Lord; yet it is a question whether it was with this, or with common oil, that they were anointed: indeed, the oil with which Solomon was anointed was taken out of the tabernacle, 1Ki 1:39
shall even be cut off from his people; either by death, by the immediate hand of God inflicting some disease upon him, or by excommunication from the congregation of Israel, or by not favouring him with any posterity, to keep up his name in the nation.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Exo 30:33 Whosoever compoundeth [any] like it, or whosoever putteth [any] of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.
Ver. 33. Whosoever compoundeth any like it. ] Holy things must not be profaned, on pain of death. No people so abuse Scripture to common and ordinary use as the Jews do.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
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
Reciprocal: Exo 30:37 – ye shall Exo 40:15 – everlasting 1Ch 9:30 – of the sons Gal 5:12 – cut
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
30:33 Whosoever compoundeth [any] like it, or whosoever putteth [any] of it upon {q} a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.
(q) Either a stranger or an Israelite, save only the priests.