King James Version
Exodus 25:6 in the King James Version says “Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 25 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,”
Exodus 25:6 · KJV
And blue, and purple, and scarlet , and fine linen, and goats' hair, fine: or, silk
And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,
Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.
And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Oil”
H8081grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
“for the light”
H3974properly, a luminous body or luminary, i.e., (abstractly) light (as an element); figuratively, brightness, i.e.,cheerfulness; specifically, a chandeli
“Oil”
H8081grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
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