olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;
Parallel translations
- WEB oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense,
- KJV And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,
- NKJV oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense;
- NASB and oil for lighting, and spices for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense,
- NLT olive oil for the lamps; spices for the anointing oil and the fragrant incense;
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Quick answer
Oil for the lamps and spices for anointing oil and fragrant incense are to be brought.
Overview
These offerings supplied the tabernacle's light, the consecrating oil, and the incense of worship. Light, anointing, and fragrant prayer all pointed to fellowship with the living God. They find fulfillment in Christ, the light of the world and the Anointed One, and in the prayers of the saints offered through Him (John 8:12; Revelation 5:8).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Exod 25:1–40Then the LORD said to Moses,
- Exod 27:20And you are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
- Exod 30:28the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand.
- Exod 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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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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