oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense,
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oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense,
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oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense;
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Passages linked to Exodus 25:6 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 27:20 “You shall command the children of Israel, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.
- Exodus 25:37 You shall make its lamps seven, and they shall light its lamps to give light to the space in front of it.
- Exodus 30:23-38 “Also take fine spices: of liquid myrrh, five hundred shekels; and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, even two hundred and fifty; and of fragrant cane, two hundred and fifty; and of cassia five hundred, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; and a hin of olive oil. You shall make it into a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil. You shall use it to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the covenant, the table and all its articles, the lamp stand and its accessories, the altar of incense, the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin with its base. You shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy. You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest’s office. You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘This shall be a holy anointing oil to me throughout your generations. It shall not be poured on man’s flesh, and do not make any like it, according to its composition. It is holy. It shall be holy to you. Whoever compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it on a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.’ ” Yahweh said to Moses, “Take to yourself sweet spices, gum resin, onycha, and galbanum; sweet spices with pure frankincense. There shall be an equal weight of each. You shall make incense of it, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy. You shall beat some of it very small, and put some of it before the covenant in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be to you most holy. The incense which you shall make, according to its composition you shall not make for yourselves: it shall be to you holy for Yahweh. Whoever shall make any like that, to smell of it, he shall be cut off from his people.”
- Exodus 40:24-25 He put the lamp stand in the Tent of Meeting, opposite the table, on the south side of the tabernacle. He lit the lamps before Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Ordained for the Priests.
Ordained for the Priests.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Exo 25:6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing…
Exo 25:6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
Ver. 6. Spices.] As cinnamon; which in Galen’s time was very rare, and hard to be found but in princes’ storehouses. {a}
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{a} Antidit. Gal., lib. i.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Oil for the light; for the lamps or candlesticks,…
Oil for the light; for the lamps or candlesticks, Exo 25:37.
Anointing oil, wherewith the priests, and the tabernacle, and the utensils thereof, were to be anointed. Sweet
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incense; Heb. incense of spices, or sweet odours; so called to distinguish it from the incense of the fat of sacrifices, which was burnt upon the altar.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Oil for the light,.... For the light of the…
Oil for the light,.... For the light of the lamps in the candlestick: this was oil olive, as the Targum of Jonathan, and so Jarchi, see Exo 27:20,
spices for anointing oil; for the anointing of Aaron and his sons, and the tabernacle and its vessels, such as pure myrrh, sweet cinnamon, sweet calamus, and cassia:
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and for sweet incense; as stacte, onycha, and galbanum; from whence they had this oil and these spices, it is not easy to say, unless they brought them out of Egypt with them; which is likely, since the deserts of Arabia could not furnish them with them.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 6. Oil for the light] This they must…
Verse 6. Oil for the light] This they must have brought with them from Egypt, for they could not get any in the wilderness where there were no olives; but it is likely that this and some other directions refer more to what was to be done when in their fixed and settled residence, than while wandering in the wilderness.
Spices] To make a confection for sweet incense, abounded in different parts of these countries.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 6. Oil for the light — This, according to…
6. Oil for the light — This, according to Exo_27:20, was to be pure olive oil and beaten.
Spices — Such as are more fully described in Exo_30:22-25. The various things for which the anointing oil was used are mentioned in Exo_30:26-33.
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Sweet incense — See more fully Exo_30:34-38.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 6. Oil and spices. For the reason of the…
6. Oil and spices. For the reason of the verse being assigned to P3[199], see pp. 296, 328: cf. pp. 378 f., and xi f.
[199] Secondary strata of P (see p. xii top; pp. 328f., 378).
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oil for the light] See on Exo_27:20.
spices for the anointing oil] Exo_30:22 ff.
and for the incense of fragrant powders] Exo_30:34 ff.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (6) Oil for the light.—It is assumed that the…
(6) Oil for the light.—It is assumed that the “sanctuary,” which is to be built (Exo_25:8), will need to be lighted. Oil therefore is to be provided for the lighting. Later on (Exo_27:20) it is laid down that the oil must be “pure olive oil beaten.”
Spices for anointing oil.—Rather, for the anointing oil. Here, again, there is an assumption that anointing oil will be needed, and that spices will be a necessary ingredient in such oil. We find afterwards that the Tabernacle itself, all its vessels, and the priests appointed to serve in it, had to be consecrated by anointing (Exo_29:7; Exo_29:36; Exo_30:26-30). The particular spices to be mixed with the “anointing oil” are enumerated in Exo_30:23-24.
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And for sweet incense.—Rather, for the sweet incense—the incense, i.e., which would have to be burnt. (See Exo_30:1-8; and for the composition of the incense, Exo_30:34.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Oil for the light. That the sanctuary to be…
Oil for the light. That the sanctuary to be erected would require to be artificially lighted is assumed. Later, a "candlestick" is ordered (vers. 31-37). The people were to provide the oil which was to be burnt in the "candlestick." in Exo_27:20, we are told that the oil was to be "pure oil olive beaten." Spices for anointing oil. Anointing oil would be needed for the sanctification of the Tabernacle, the ark, and all the holy vessels, as also for the consecration of Aaron and his sons to the priesthood. The spices required are enumerated in Exo_30:23, Exo_30:24. They consisted of pure myrrh, sweet cinnamon, sweet calamus, and cassia. And for sweet incense. The spices needed for the incense were, according to our translators, stacte, onycha, galbanum and frankincense (ib, 34).
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