Oil

How Nave’s arranged it

• SacredExodus 30:23–25Exodus 31:11Exodus 35:8Exodus 35:15Exodus 35:28Exodus 37:29Exodus 39:38Numbers 4:161 Chronicles 9:30
• Punishment for profaningExodus 30:31–33
• Used for idolsEzekiel 23:41
• Illuminating, for tabernacleExodus 25:6Exodus 27:20Leviticus 24:2–4
• For domestic useMatthew 25:3
• Used for foodLeviticus 2:4Leviticus 2:5Leviticus 14:10Leviticus 14:21Deuteronomy 12:171 Kings 17:12–16Proverbs 21:17Ezekiel 16:13Hosea 2:5
• Used for the headPsalms 23:5Psalms 105:15Luke 7:46
• Used for anointing kings1 Samuel 10:11 Samuel 16:11 Samuel 16:131 Kings 1:39
• Tribute paid inHosea 12:1
• Commerce in2 Kings 4:1–7
• Petroleum (?)Job 29:6
• See Anointing

The passages, in Bible order (34)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Exodus 25:6

   olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;

   ›Commentary on Exodus 25:61 voice

   “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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2. Exodus 27:20

   And you are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.

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   “We read of the candlestick in the 25th chapter; here is order given for the keeping of the lamps constantly burning in it. The pure oil signified the gifts and graces of the Spirit, which are communicated to all believers from Christ the good olive, of whose fulness we receive, Zech. iv, 11, 12.

   “Pure oil olive beaten - That is, such oil as could easily be expressed from the olives after they had been bruised in a mortar; the mother drop, as it is called, which drops out of itself as soon as the olives are a little broken, and which is much purer than that which is obtained after the olives are put under the press.

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3. Exodus 30:23–25

   “Take the finest spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half that amount (250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels of fragrant cane,

   ›Commentary on Exodus 30:23–252 voices

   “Take thou also unto thee principal spices,.... To make the anointing oil with, and are as follow: of pure myrrh five hundred shekels; it is strange that Saadiah, and so Maimonides (f), should take this for musk, which comes from a beast, and is confuted by Aben Ezra from Son 5:1 from whence it plainly appears to be what comes from a tree; and the word "mor", here used, gives the tree the name of myrrh almost in all languages.

   “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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4. Exodus 30:31–33

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

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5. Exodus 31:11

   in addition to the anointing oil and fragrant incense for the Holy Place. They are to make them according to all that I have commanded you.”

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6. Exodus 35:8

   olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;

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7. Exodus 35:15

   the altar of incense with its poles; the anointing oil and fragrant incense; the curtain for the doorway at the entrance to the tabernacle;

   ›Commentary on Exodus 35:151 voice

   “And the incense altar, and his staves,.... Which were overlaid with gold; hence this altar was called the golden altar, of which see Exo 30:1. and the anointing oil and sweet incense; each of which were made of various spices, see Exo 30:23. and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle; at the east end of it, there being there, as Jarchi observes, neither boards nor curtains; see Exo 27:16.

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8. Exodus 35:28

   as well as spices and olive oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 35:281 voice

   “And spice and oil,.... Such excellent spices and precious oil, pure oil olive, as the common people had not, and which they brought out of Egypt; the one was for the light: for the light of the candlestick only; the oil, and other spices: were for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense; the spices for the former were pure myrrh, sweet cinnamon, sweet calamus and cassia; and for the latter, stacte, onycha, galbanum, with pure frankincense.

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9. Exodus 37:29

   He also made the sacred anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense, the work of a perfumer.

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10. Exodus 39:38

    the gold altar, the anointing oil, the fragrant incense, and the curtain for the entrance to the tent;

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11. Leviticus 2:4

    Now if you bring an offering of grain baked in an oven, it must consist of fine flour, either unleavened cakes mixed with oil or unleavened wafers coated with oil.

    ›Commentary on Leviticus 2:41 voice

    “Baken in the oven - תנור tannur, from נר nar, to split, divide, says Mr. Parkhurst; and hence the oven, because of its burning, dissolving, and melting heat.

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12. Leviticus 2:5

    If your offering is a grain offering prepared on a griddle, it must be unleavened bread made of fine flour mixed with oil.

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    “Baken in a pan - מחבת machabath, supposed to be a flat iron plate, placed over the fire; such as is called a griddle in some countries.

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13. Leviticus 14:10

    On the eighth day he is to bring two unblemished male lambs, an unblemished ewe lamb a year old, a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with olive oil, and one log of olive oil.

    ›Commentary on Leviticus 14:102 voices

    “Oil is added as a fit sign of God's grace and mercy, and of the leper's healing. A log is a measure containing six egg-shells full.

    "And the offering of fine flour, sirs," I said, "which was prescribed to be presented on behalf of those purified from leprosy, was a type of the bread of the Eucharist, the celebration of which our Lord Jesus Christ prescribed, in remembrance of the suffering which He endured on behalf of those who are purified in soul from all iniquity, in order that we may at the same time thank God for having created the world, with all things therein, for the sake of man, and for delivering us from the evil in which we were, and for utterly overthrowing principalities and powers by Him who suffered according to His will.

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14. Leviticus 14:21

    If, however, the person is poor and cannot afford these offerings, he is to take one male lamb as a guilt offering to be waved to make atonement for him, along with a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering, a log of olive oil,

    ›Commentary on Leviticus 14:212 voices

    “And if he be poor - he shall take one lamb - There could be no cleansing without a sacrifice. On this ground the apostle has properly observed that all things under the law are purged with blood; and that without shedding of blood there is no remission. Even if the person be poor, he must provide one lamb; this could not be dispensed with: - so every soul to whom the word of Divine revelation comes, must bring that Lamb of God which takes away the sin of the world. There is no redemption but in his blood.

    “But it is observable that though a meaner sacrifice was accepted from the poor, yet the very same ceremony was used for them as was for the rich; for their souls are as precious and Christ and his gospel are the same to both. Let not us therefore have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ with respect of persons, Jam. ii.

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15. Leviticus 24:2–4

    “Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.

    ›Commentary on Leviticus 24:2–42 voices

    “To cause the lamps to burn - Hebrew. the lamp: yet ver. 4, it is the lamps: The seven lamps made all one lamp. In allusion to which, the Blessed Spirit is represented, Rev. iv, 5, by seven lamps of fire before the throne. For there are diversities of gifts, but one spirit.

    “Command the children of Israel--This is the repetition of a law previously given (Ex 27:20, 21). pure oil olive beaten--or cold-drawn, which is always of great purity. Aaron shall order it from the evening unto the morning--The daily presence of the priests was necessary to superintend the cleaning and trimming.

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16. Numbers 4:16

    Eleazar son of Aaron the priest shall oversee the oil for the light, the fragrant incense, the daily grain offering, and the anointing oil. He has oversight of the entire tabernacle and everything in it, including the holy objects and their utensils.”

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