[There is] a treasure to be desired
Gold, silver, jewels, and precious stones; all sorts food, as
Aben Ezra explains it, and rich and costly, raiment; all which
may be lawfully desired and sought after, and, when obtained,
laid up for future use; which may be spared for their own service
and that of posterity: but there are riches of grace, a pearl of
great price and treasure in heaven, more desirable than these, (
Matthew
6:19 Matthew 6:20
) ; and oil in the dwelling of the wise;
which is particularly mentioned, because a principal blessing of
the land of Canaan; much used for food, and was for delight and
refreshment: and something of this was in the house of every
wise, provident, and industrious man, for the use of him and his
family; even though he lived but in a "cottage", as the word