Bible Strands
Exodus 40:9
Take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything in it; consecrate it along with all its furnishings, and it shall be holy.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God speaks to Moses during the final phase of erecting the wilderness sanctuary, immediately after the courtyard curtain is hung and before the altar is addressed.
The words — shemen ha-mishchah (the anointing oil) and ha-mishkan (the tabernacle) denote the specific sacred medium and the physical structure receiving the rite.
The thread — This consecration act recurs in Leviticus 8:10 when Moses performs the ritual, Numbers 7:1 upon the tabernacle's completion, and Exodus 30:23 where the oil's exact composition is prescribed.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that ordinary materials become holy only through prescribed divine action, requiring strict obedience to the stated procedure rather than personal modification.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shall be holy.
Cross-references
- Leviticus 8:10 Next, Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it; and so he consecrated them.
- Numbers 7:1 On the day Moses finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed and consecrated it and all its furnishings, along with the altar and all its utensils.
- 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 37:29 He also made the sacred anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense, the work of a perfumer.
- Exodus 39:39 the bronze altar with its bronze grating, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin with its stand;
- Psalms 45:7 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.
- Isaiah 11:2 The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.
- Isaiah 61:1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
- Matthew 3:16 As soon as Jesus was baptized, He went up out of the water. Suddenly the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and resting on Him.
- John 3:34 For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.