Exodus 35:28

28 They also brought spices and olive oil for the sweet-smelling incense, the special oil, and the oil to burn in the lamps.

Exodus 35:28 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 35:28

And spice and oil
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.

Exodus 35:28 In-Context

26 All the women who were skilled and wanted to help made thread of the goat hair.

27 The leaders brought onyx stones and other jewels to put on the holy vest and chest covering for the priest.

28 They also brought spices and olive oil for the sweet-smelling incense, the special oil, and the oil to burn in the lamps.

29 All the men and women of Israel who wanted to help brought gifts to the Lord for all the work the Lord had commanded Moses and the people to do.

30 Then Moses said to the Israelites, "Look, the Lord has chosen Bezalel son of Uri the son of Hur, from the tribe of Judah.