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Exodus 35:8

in Exodus 35

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

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

and oil for the light, and 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,

This verse in Exodus 35

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

This is what the LORD has commanded

on Exodus 35:4-9

The offering is asked of everyone whose heart is willing, with no rate set and no man named. The list runs from gold down to fine leather in the graded order the finished structure keeps, precious metal innermost and plain hide outside.

This site's exposition

olive oil for the light

The oil and spices repeat 25:6, and 27:20 asks for pure oil of pressed olives to keep the lamps burning. Exodus 30:22-38 gives the recipes for the anointing oil and the incense. John Gill notes that these were goods brought out of Egypt.

The words behind it

7 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְשֶׁ֖מֶןand oil

    veshemenH8081 →193 times

  • לַמָּא֑וֹרfor the light

    lamaorH3974 →19 times

  • וּבְשָׂמִים֙and spices

    uvesamimH1314 →29 times

  • לְשֶׁ֣מֶןfor [the] oil of

    leshemenH8081 →193 times

  • הַמִּשְׁחָ֔ה<the> anointing

    hamishchahH4888 →26 times

  • וְלִקְטֹ֖רֶתand for [the] incense of

    veliktoretH7004 →60 times

  • הַסַּמִּֽים׃the perfume<s>

    hasamimH5561 →16 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    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.

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 24:1–4

      Then the LORD said to Moses,

    • Psalms 23:5

      You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

    • Zechariah 4:11–14

      Then I asked the angel, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?”

    • Judges 9:9

      But the olive tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my oil that honors both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’

    • Exodus 39:37

      the pure gold lampstand with its row of lamps and all its utensils, as well as the oil for the light;

  • Through

    Exodus 30:23

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

    it leads to

    • Song of Solomon 4:14

      with nard and saffron, with calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of frankincense tree, with myrrh and aloes, with all the finest spices.

    • Ezekiel 27:19

      and casks of wine from Izal for your wares. Wrought iron, cassia, and sweet cane were exchanged for your merchandise.

    • Ezekiel 27:22

      The merchants of Sheba and Raamah traded with you; for your wares they exchanged gold, the finest of all spices, and precious stones.

Where this verse is studied

About Exodus

The Israelites Leaving Egypt, David Roberts, 1829. Public domain.
The Israelites Leaving Egypt, David Roberts, 1829. Public domain.

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.