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Exodus 35:28

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Exodus 35:28 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “and the spice, and the oil; for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

and the spice, and the oil; for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.
Exodus 35:28 — American Standard Version

Context — Exodus 35

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
25And all the women that were wise-hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, the blue, and the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen.
26And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun the goats` [hair].
27And the rulers brought the onyx stones, and the stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate;
28and the spice, and the oil; for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.
29The children of Israel brought a freewill-offering unto Jehovah; every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all the work, which Jehovah had commanded to be made by Moses.
30And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, Jehovah hath called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
31And he hath filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And spice and oil, etc.] Such excellent spices and precious oil, pure oil olive, as the common people had not, and which they brought out of Egypt; the one was for the light: for the light of the candlestick only; the oil, and other spices, were for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense; the spices for the former were pure myrrh, sweet cinnamon, sweet calamus and cassia; and for the latter, stacte, onycha, galbanum, with pure frankincense.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Exo 35:8, 30:23-38 Exodus 35:29”
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