Exodus 35:8 meaning and explanation
olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;
Exodus 35:8, Berean Standard Bible
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Moses is speaking to the assembled Israelites, listing the materials the people may bring as a freewill offering for building the tabernacle, the portable sanctuary where God will dwell among them. Olive oil was the fuel for the lampstand that burned continually before the LORD, while the spices were compounded into the anointing oil that consecrated the priests and furnishings, and into the fragrant incense burned on the altar.
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