Anointing Oil

How Nave’s arranged it

• Formula of, given by MosesExodus 30:22–25Exodus 30:31–33
• See Oil
• See Ointment

The passages, in Bible order (2)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 2 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Exodus 30:22–25

   Then the LORD said to Moses,

   ›Commentary on Exodus 30:22–252 voices

   “Moreover, the Lord spake unto Moses,.... Some little time afterwards, while he was yet with him on the mount: saying; as follows.

   “Compare Exo 37:29. Exo 30:23 Principal spices - i. e. the best spices. Pure myrrh - Is a gum which comes from the stem of a low, thorny, ragged tree, that grows in Arabia Felix and Eastern Africa, called by botanists Balsamodendron myrrha. The word here rendered pure, is literally, “freely flowing”, an epithet which is explained by the fact that the best myrrh is said to exude spontaneously from the bark, while that of inferior quality oozes out in greater quantity from incisions made in the bark. Five hundred shekels - Probably rather more than 15 1/4 lbs.

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2. Exodus 30:31–33

   And you are to tell the Israelites, ‘This will be My sacred anointing oil for the generations to come.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 30:31–332 voices

   “Take thou also . . . principal spices, &c.--Oil is frequently mentioned in Scripture as an emblem of sanctification, and anointing with it a means of designating objects as well as persons to the service of God.

   “And thou shall speak unto the children of Israel,....

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