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Gifts with a Purpose
Commentators explain that the spices and oil were not generic offerings but were designated for specific, holy functions. The oil was for the light of the lampstand, while the various spices were for creating the unique formulas for the anointing oil and the sacred incense.
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Exodus
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Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 35:28
19th Century
Bishop
Spice: See Exodus 30:23-24; Exodus 30:34.
John Gill
On Exodus 35:28
17th Century
Pastor
And spice and oil
Such excellent spices and precious oil, pure oil olive, as the common people had not, and which th…
Matthew Henry
On Exodus 35:20–29
17th Century
Minister
Without a willing mind, costly offerings would be abhorred; with it, the smallest will be accepted. Our hearts are willing, when we cheerfully assi…