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Exodus 25

Ex. 25:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Oil
shemen (Hebrew #8081)
grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
KJV usage: anointing, X fat (things), X fruitful, oil((-ed)), ointment, olive, + pine.
Pronounce: sheh'-men
Origin: from 8080
for the light
ma'owr (Hebrew #3974)
also (in plural) feminine mpowrah {meh-o-raw'}; or morah {meh-o-raw'}; from 215; properly, a luminous body or luminary, i.e. (abstractly) light (as an element): figuratively, brightness, i.e.cheerfulness; specifically, a chandelier
KJV usage: bright, light.
Pronounce: maw-ore'
Origin: or maor {maw-ore'}
, spices
besem (Hebrew #1314)
from the same as 1313; fragrance; by implication, spicery; also the balsam plant
KJV usage: smell, spice, sweet (odour).
Pronounce: beh'-sem
Origin: or bosem {bo'-sem}
for anointing
mishchah (Hebrew #4888)
from 4886; unction (the act); by implication, a consecratory gift
KJV usage: (to be) anointed(-ing), ointment.
Pronounce: meesh-khaw'
Origin: or moshchah {mosh-khaw'}
oil
shemen (Hebrew #8081)
grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
KJV usage: anointing, X fat (things), X fruitful, oil((-ed)), ointment, olive, + pine.
Pronounce: sheh'-men
Origin: from 8080
, and for sweet
cam (Hebrew #5561)
an aroma
KJV usage: sweet (spice).
Pronounce: sam
Origin: from an unused root meaning to smell sweet
incense
qtoreth (Hebrew #7004)
a fumigation
KJV usage: (sweet) incense, perfume.
Pronounce: ket-o'-reth
Origin: from 6999
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Anointing,
Incense,
Light,
Oil,
Spices

Cross References

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Oil for.
Ex. 25:37• 37And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it. (Ex. 25:37)
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Ex. 27:20• 20And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always. (Ex. 27:20)
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Ex. 40:24‑25• 24And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.
 25And he lighted the lamps before the Lord; as the Lord commanded Moses. (Ex. 40:24‑25)
spices.
Ex. 30:23‑38• 23Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,
 24And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:
 25And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.
 26And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony,
 27And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense,
 28And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot.
 29And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.
 30And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.
 31And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.
 32Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you.
 33Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.
 34And the Lord said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:
 35And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:
 36And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.
 37And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the Lord.
 38Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people. (Ex. 30:23‑38)

J. N. Darby Translation

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oil for the lightd; spices for the anointing oil, and for the incense of fragrant drugs;

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "light-bearer," as Gen. 1.14.