Exodus 30 in the early church

49 passages quote, allude to, or echo Exodus 30, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.

Verses: 1 · 6 · 7 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 18 · 22 · 23 · 24 · 25 · 29 · 30 · 32 · 34 · 37

Exodus 30:1

“You are also to make an altar of acacia wood for the burning of incense.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Exod 30:1	Miscellanies 5.6.33 · Clement of Alexandria	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 198–203
Exod 30:1	Commentary on the Song of Songs 2.160 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410)
Exod 30:1–9	Symposium 5.6 · Methodius of Olympus	quotation, high confidence	late 3rd century
Exod 30:1–6	Symposium 5.8 · Methodius of Olympus	allusion, high confidence	late 3rd century
Exod 30:1	Commentary on the Apocalypse 6.4 · Victorinus of Pettau	allusion, medium confidence	late 3rd century
Exod 30:1–10	Homily 2 · Gregory of Nyssa	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 390–394

Exodus 30:6

Place the altar in front of the veil that is before the ark of the Testimony—before the mercy seat that is over the Testimony—where I will meet with you.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Exod 30:6	Letter 235 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 357–378

Exodus 30:7

And Aaron is to burn fragrant incense on it every morning when he tends the lamps.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Exod 30:7–8	Demonstration of the Gospel 4.15.5 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 314–324
Exod 30:7	Retractations 2.55 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	426-427

Exodus 30:10

Once a year Aaron shall make atonement on the horns of the altar. Throughout your generations he shall make atonement on it annually with the blood of the sin offering of atonement. The altar is most holy to the LORD.”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Exod 30:10	On the Soul and the Resurrection, Migne page 133 · Gregory of Nyssa	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 379–380

Exodus 30:11

Then the LORD said to Moses,
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Exod 30:11–16	Commentary on Matthew 17 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, high confidence	ca. 353–355

Exodus 30:12

“When you take a census of the Israelites to number them, each man must pay the LORD a ransom for his life when he is counted. Then no plague will come upon them when they are numbered.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Exod 30:12	Tractates on the Psalms 118.17.1 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 360–367
Exod 30:12	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 48.14.2 · Ambrose	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 387-397

Exodus 30:13

Everyone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Exod 30:13	Commentary on Matthew 13.13 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 246–248

Exodus 30:18

“You are to make a bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. Set it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it,
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Exod 30:18	Catechetical Lecture 3.6 · Cyril of Jerusalem	allusion, high confidence	ca. 350
Exod 30:18	Homily 2 · Gregory of Nyssa	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 390–394

Exodus 30:22

Then the LORD said to Moses,
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Exod 30:22	Commentary on the Song of Songs 1.98 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410)
Exod 30:22–25	Demonstration of the Gospel 4.15.6 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 314–324
Exod 30:22	Tractates on the Psalms 132.5 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, high confidence	ca. 360–367
Exod 30:22–38	Exodus, lines 1115–1142 · Cyprianus Gallus	allusion, medium confidence	early 5th cent.

Exodus 30:23

“Take the finest spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half that amount (250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels of fragrant cane,
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Exod 30:23–25	Against Heresies 2.24.3 · Irenaeus of Lyons	allusion, high confidence	ca. 180–190
Exod 30:23	Commentary on the Song of Songs 1.98 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410)
Exod 30:23	Homily 9 · Gregory of Nyssa	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 390–394

Exodus 30:24

500 shekels of cassia—all according to the sanctuary shekel—and a hin of olive oil.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Exod 30:24	Commentary on the Song of Songs 1.98 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410)

Exodus 30:25

Prepare from these a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer; it will be a sacred anointing oil.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Exod 30:25	Commentary on Daniel 4.30 · Hippolytus of Rome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 202-204
Exod 30:25	Homilies on Leviticus 12.4 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Exod 30:25	Commentary on the Song of Songs 1.98 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410)
Exod 30:25	Recognitions 1.46 · Anonymous	allusion, medium confidence	Greek original 3rd–4th century; Rufinus's Latin translation before 407
Exod 30:25	Recognitions 1.47 · Anonymous	allusion, low confidence	Greek original 3rd–4th century; Rufinus's Latin translation before 407
Exod 30:25	Divine Institutes 4.7.6 · Lactantius	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 303–311
Exod 30:25	Tractates on the Psalms 132.4 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, high confidence	ca. 360–367
Exod 30:25	Oration 32.31 · Gregory of Nazianzus	echo, low confidence	ca. 362–383
Exod 30:25	Ancoratus 66.8 · Epiphanius of Salamis	allusion, medium confidence	374
Exod 30:25	Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 61.8.1 · Epiphanius of Salamis	allusion, medium confidence	374-377

Exodus 30:29

You are to consecrate them so that they will be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Exod 30:29	The Conferences 22.9 · John Cassian	allusion, low confidence	ca. 426–429

Exodus 30:30

Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them to serve Me as priests.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Exod 30:30	Demonstration of the Gospel 4.15.4 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 314–324
Exod 30:30	Tractates on the Psalms 132.4 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, high confidence	ca. 360–367

Exodus 30:32

It must not be used to anoint an ordinary man, and you must not make anything like it with the same formula. It is holy, and it must be holy to you.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Exod 30:32	Oration 2.40 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, high confidence	ca. 362–383

Exodus 30:34

The LORD also said to Moses, “Take fragrant spices—gum resin, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense—in equal measures,
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Exod 30:34	Against Heresies 2.24.3 · Irenaeus of Lyons	allusion, high confidence	ca. 180–190
Exod 30:34	Miscellanies 7.6.34 · Clement of Alexandria	allusion, high confidence	ca. 198–203
Exod 30:34	Homilies on Exodus 13.7 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Exod 30:34	Homilies on Leviticus 9.8 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Exod 30:34	Homilies on Jeremiah 18.9 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 240
Exod 30:34	Homily on the Song of Songs 1 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 240–250
Exod 30:34	Homily on the Song of Songs 2 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 240–250
Exod 30:34	Tractates on the Psalms 140.2 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, high confidence	ca. 360–367
Exod 30:34	Letter 65.14 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Exod 30:34–35	Homily 9 · Gregory of Nyssa	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 390–394

Exodus 30:37

You are never to use this formula to make incense for yourselves; you shall regard it as holy to the LORD.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Exod 30:37	Oration 2.40 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, high confidence	ca. 362–383