Exo 30:37-38 | MHM | STEP | v. 37-38 : Just as with the oil, no one was to make incense like this for personal use. If anyone did, they were to be cut off from God’s people ( v. 37, 38 ). This rule helped the people keep a deep respect for God’s worship. We must not treat holy things lightly or use them for entertainment, as some did with music in the time of Amos (Amos vi. 5 ), or as others did with God’s word (Matt. xxii. 5 ). What belongs to God must be kept special and not used as a common thing.

‏ Exodus 30:37-38

v. 37-38: Just as with the oil, no one was to make incense like this for personal use. If anyone did, they were to be cut off from God’s people (v. 37, 38 ^a). This rule helped the people keep a deep respect for God’s worship. We must not treat holy things lightly or use them for entertainment, as some did with music in the time of Amos (Amos vi. 5 ^b), or as others did with God’s word (Matt. xxii. 5 ^c). What belongs to God must be kept special and not used as a common thing.