“Whoever compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it on a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.’””

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Exodus 30 contains 38 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.