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Sforno on Exodus Chapter 37

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וַיַּעַשׂ אֶת שֶׁמֶן הַמִּשְׁחָה קֹדֶשׁ. בְּכַוָּנַת הֱיוֹתוֹ בִּלְתִּי נִפְסָד, כַּאֲמָרוֹ (שמות ל:לא) "קֹדֶשׁ יִהְיֶה זֶה לִי לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם".

Sefaria Community Translation

ויעש את שמן המשחה קדש, he meant for it to be enduring infinitely (not to evaporate or otherwise disintegrate). We have encountered the meaning of the word קדש in this sense already on Exodus 30,31קדש יהיה לכם ולדורותיכם, “it shall be sacred for you as it will last throughout your generations.”

וְאֶת קְטֹרֶת הַסַּמִּים טָהוֹר. בִּבְשָׂמִים מְנֻקִּים מִפְּסֹלֶת, כְּאָמְרוֹ "מְמֻלָּח טָהוֹר" (שמות ל:לה).

Sefaria Community Translation

ואת קטורת הסמים טהור; with spices from which any foreign elements had been carefully removed, i.e. טהור, “pure, unadulterated.”

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