Exodus 27:20

Offering the Oil

27:20 “You are to command the Israelites that they bring 1  to you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, so that the lamps 2  will burn 3  regularly. 4 

Exodus 30:24

30:24 and twelve and a half pounds of cassia, all weighed 5  according to the sanctuary shekel, and four quarts 6  of olive oil.

Exodus 31:11

31:11 the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the Holy Place. They will make all these things just as I have commanded you.”

Exodus 35:15

35:15 and the altar of incense with its poles, the anointing oil, and the fragrant incense; the hanging for the door at the entrance of the tabernacle;

Exodus 39:38

39:38 and the gold altar, and the anointing oil, and the fragrant incense; and the curtain for the entrance to the tent;

Exodus 40:9

40:9 And take 7  the anointing oil, and anoint 8  the tabernacle and all that is in it, and sanctify 9  it and all its furnishings, and it will be holy.

1 tn The form is the imperfect tense with the vav showing a sequence with the first verb: “you will command…that they take.” The verb “take, receive” is used here as before for receiving an offering and bringing it to the sanctuary.

2 tn Heb “lamp,” which must be a collective singular here.

3 tn The verb is unusual; it is the Hiphil infinitive construct of עָלָה (’alah), with the sense here of “to set up” to burn, or “to fix on” as in Exod 25:37, or “to kindle” (U. Cassuto, Exodus, 370).

4 sn The word can mean “continually,” but in this context, as well as in the passages on the sacrifices, “regularly” is better, since each morning things were cleaned and restored.

5 tn The words “all weighed” are added for clarity in English.

6 tn Or “a hin.” A hin of oil is estimated at around one gallon (J. Durham, Exodus [WBC], 3:406).

7 tn Heb “you will take” (perfect with vav, ו).

8 tn Heb “and you will anoint” (perfect with vav, ו).

9 tn Heb “and you will sanctify” (perfect with vav, ו).