God’s Word Translation
Exodus 25:6
6olive oil for the lamps, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet-smelling incense,
Exodus 25:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
- New International Version (NIV)olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;
- English Standard Version (ESV)oil for the lamps, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,
- New King James Version (NKJV)oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense;
Context of Exodus 25:6
4violet, purple, and bright red yarn, fine linen, goats’ hair, 5rams’ skins dyed red, fine leather, acacia wood, olive oil for the lamps, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet-smelling incense, 7onyx stones, and other precious stones to be set in the ⌞chief priest’s⌟ ephod and his breastplate. 8“Then have them make a holy place for me, and I will live among them.
Read all of Exodus 25Exodus 25:6 word by word
שֶׁ֖מֶן לַמָּאֹ֑ר בְּשָׂמִים֙ לְשֶׁ֣מֶן הַמִּשְׁחָ֔ה וְלִקְטֹ֖רֶת הַסַּמִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Exodus 25:6
- Exodus 25:37“Make seven lamps, and set them on the lamp stand so that they light up ⌞the area⌟ in front of it.
- Exodus 27:20“For the lighting, you must command the Israelites to bring you pure, virgin olive oil so that the lamps won’t go out.
- Exodus 40:24He placed the lamp stand in the tent of meeting opposite the table, on the south side of the tent.
- Exodus 30:23“Take the finest spices: 12½ pounds of powdered myrrh; half as much, that is, 6¼ pounds of fragrant cinnamon; 6¼ pounds of fragrant cane;
Commentaries on Exodus 25:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Oil 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.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-9Verses 1-9 Yahweh had redeemed the Israelites from bondage. He had made a covenant with them and had given them laws. He had promised, on condition of their obedience, to accept them as His own “peculiar treasure,” as “a kingdom of priests and an holy nation” Exodus 19:5-6. And now He was ready visibly to testify that He made his abode with them. He claimed to have a dwelling for Himself, which was to be in external form a tent of goats‘ hair Exodus 19:4…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-9These instructions first list the materials that the Israelites could give to build the tabernacle (25:3–7). Next, the instructions describe the tabernacle from the center and move outward. They begin with the ark of the covenant (also called the ark of the Testimony, 25:10–22; 27:9–19). Two items are described later. These are the altar of incense inside the sanctuary and the bronze basin in the courtyard (30:1–10, 17–21). These items appear in the…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-401. the Lord spake unto Moses, &c.--The business that chiefly occupied Moses on the mount, whatever other disclosures were made to him there, was in receiving directions about the tabernacle, and they are here recorded as given to him.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Exodus 25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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