Exodus - 30:26



26 You shall use it to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the testimony,

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Explanation and meaning of Exodus 30:26.

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And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony,
And therewith thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the testimony, and the ark of the testament,
And thou shalt anoint the tent of meeting with it, and the ark of the testimony,
And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation with it, and the ark of the testimony,
'And thou hast anointed with it the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony,
This oil is to be put on the Tent of meeting, and on the ark of the law,
and with it you shall anoint the tabernacle of the testimony, and the ark of the testament,
Unges eo tabernaculum conventionis, et arcam testimonii,

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And thou shalt anoint the (o) tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony,
(o) All things which belong to the tabernacle.

And thou shall anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith,.... It cannot be thought the whole of it should be anointed all over, but only a part of it for the whole; and this was either typical of the human nature of Christ, the true tabernacle God pitched, and not man, and which was anointed with the Holy Ghost; or of the church and people of God, who are an holy tabernacle or temple of the Lord, and who receive the unction from the Holy One:
and the ark of the testimony; the chest where the law was, and stood in the most holy place of the tabernacle; and was a type of the Messiah, the anointed One, in whose heart the law was, and who is the fulfilling end of it for righteousness.

(see at Leviticus 8:10.). This anointing oil was holy, either because it was made from the four fragrant substances according to the proportions commanded by Jehovah, or because God declared this kind of mixture and preparation holy (cf. Exodus 30:32), and forbade for all time, on pain of death (Exodus 30:31), not only the use of ointment so prepared for any ordinary anointings, but even an imitation of it. "Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured," i.e., it is not to be used for the ordinary practice of anointing the human body (Exodus 30:32). "Man," i.e., the ordinary man in distinction from the priests. בּמתכּנתּו according to its measure, i.e., according to the proportions prescribed for its manufacture. זר (Exodus 30:33) a stranger, is not only the non-Israelite, but laymen or non-priests in general. On the expression, "cut off from his people," see at Genesis 17:14.

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