Exodus 35:8

olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — Moses relays the Lord’s command to the Israelites as they gather materials for the tabernacle’s construction. The verse specifies items required immediately after listing structural components and before detailing priestly garments.

The words — שֶׁמֶן (shemen) translates literally as oil, and בְּשָׂמִים (besamim) translates literally as spices.

The thread — The oil for the light reappears in Exodus 27:20, while the spices for the fragrant incense are detailed in Exodus 30:23.

Why it lands — The text demands the community supply consecrated materials to sustain the sanctuary’s lighting and worship rituals.

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The Hebrew words

וְשֶׁ֖מֶןve./She.menand/ oil לַמָּא֑וֹרla./ma.'orfor the/ light וּבְשָׂמִים֙u./ve.sa.Mimand/ spices לְשֶׁ֣מֶןle./She.menfor/ [the] oil of הַמִּשְׁחָ֔הha./mish.Chah<the>/ anointing וְלִקְטֹ֖רֶתve./li/k.To.retand/ for/ [the] incense of הַסַּמִּֽים׃ha./sa.Mimthe/ perfume<s>

King James Version

And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,

Cross-references

Exodus 25:1 Then the LORD said to Moses,
Exodus 27:20 And you are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
Exodus 30:23 “Take the finest spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half that amount (250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels of fragrant cane,
Exodus 30:28 the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand.