Discovery BoxExodus 27:20 
Context27:20 “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
Context30:24 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
Context31:11 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
Context35:15 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
Context39:38 and the gold altar, and the anointing oil, and the fragrant incense; and the curtain for the entrance to the tent;
Exodus 40:9
Context40:9 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).
