38And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door,
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And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.
And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,
And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 32-43)Observe here, I. The builders of the tabernacle made very good despatch. It was not much more than five months from the beginning to the finishing of it. Though there was a great deal of fine work about it, such as is usually the work of time, embroidering and engraving, not only in gold, but in precious stones, yet they went through with it in a little time. Church-work is usually slow work, but…
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