Exodus 25:6
Oil for the light, spices for the sweet-smelling oil, sweet perfumes for burning;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
In Context
5And sheepskins coloured red, and leather, and hard wood;
7Beryls and stones of value to be put on the ephod and on the priest's bag.
Cross References
Exodus 27:20Give orders to the children of Israel to give you clear olive oil for the lights, so that a light may be burning there at all times.
Exodus 38:6The rods he made of hard wood plated with brass.
Numbers 4:16And Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, is to be responsible for the oil for the light, and the sweet perfumes for burning, and the regular meal offering, and the holy oil; the House and the holy place and everything in it will be in his care.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 25:2-10
The Tabernacle and Its Furniture. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering. 3 And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass, 4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, 5 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood, 6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for… Read the whole commentary →