John Gill's Exposition on Exodus 30:24

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And of cassia five hundred [shekels], etc.] 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 f908 says, some take to be the nard, out of which a most sweet oil is pressed; and Servius f909 says, that cassia is an herb of a most sweet smell. Pliny f910 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 f911; Leo Africanus speaks of trees in Africa bearing cassia, and which chiefly grew in Egypt f912; and of oil olive an hin; containing twelve logs: according to Godwin f913, 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.

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