Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 25:6
Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
6. Oil and spices. For the reason of the verse being assigned to P 3 [199] , see pp. 296, 328: cf. pp. 378 f., and xi f.
[199] Secondary strata of P (see p. xii top; pp. 328f., 378).
oil for the light ] See on Exo 27:20.
spices for the anointing oil ] Exo 30:22 ff.
and for the incense of fragrant powders ] Exo 30:34 ff.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 6. 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.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Oil for the light; for the lamps or candlesticks, Exo 25:37.
Anointing oil, wherewith the priests, and the tabernacle, and the utensils thereof, were to be anointed. Sweet
incense; Heb. incense of spices, or sweet odours; so called to distinguish it from the incense of the fat of sacrifices, which was burnt upon the altar.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Oil for the light,…. For the light of the lamps in the candlestick: this was oil olive, as the Targum of Jonathan, and so Jarchi, see Ex 27:20,
spices for anointing oil; for the anointing of Aaron and his sons, and the tabernacle and its vessels, such as pure myrrh, sweet cinnamon, sweet calamus, and cassia:
and for sweet incense; as stacte, onycha, and galbanum; from whence they had this oil and these spices, it is not easy to say, unless they brought them out of Egypt with them; which is likely, since the deserts of Arabia could not furnish them with them.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(6) Oil for the light.It is assumed that the sanctuary, which is to be built (Exo. 25:8), will need to be lighted. Oil therefore is to be provided for the lighting. Later on (Exo. 27:20) it is laid down that the oil must be pure olive oil beaten.
Spices for anointing oil.Rather, for the anointing oil. Here, again, there is an assumption that anointing oil will be needed, and that spices will be a necessary ingredient in such oil. We find afterwards that the Tabernacle itself, all its vessels, and the priests appointed to serve in it, had to be consecrated by anointing (Exo. 29:7; Exo. 29:36; Exo. 30:26-30). The particular spices to be mixed with the anointing oil are enumerated in Exo. 30:23-24.
And for sweet incense.Rather, for the sweet incensethe incense, i.e., which would have to be burnt. (See Exo. 30:1-8; and for the composition of the incense, Exo. 30:34.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
6. Oil for the light This, according to Exo 27:20, was to be pure olive oil and beaten .
Spices Such as are more fully described in Exo 30:22-25. The various things for which the anointing oil was used are mentioned in Exo 30:26-33.
Sweet incense See more fully Exo 30:34-38.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Exo 25:6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
Ver. 6. Spices. ] As cinnamon; which in Galen’s time was very rare, and hard to be found but in princes’ storehouses. a
a Antidit. Gal., lib. i.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
the light = the light-holder, as in Gen 1:14.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Oil for: Exo 25:37, Exo 27:20, Exo 40:24, Exo 40:25
spices: Exo 30:23-38
Reciprocal: Exo 30:34 – unto thee Exo 38:6 – General Exo 39:38 – sweet incense Num 4:16 – the oil 1Ki 10:2 – spices
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
25:6 Oil for the light, spices for {d} anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
(d) Ordained for the priest.