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Exodus 30:1 open_in_new
incense
Altar of incense, type of Christ our intercessor (John 17:1-26); (Hebrews 7:25) through whom our own prayers and praises ascend to God; (Hebrews 13:15); (Revelation 8:3); (Revelation 8:4) and of the believer-priest's sacrifice of praise and worship (Hebrews 13:15).
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Exodus 30:5 open_in_new
shittim
That is, acacia.
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Exodus 30:9 open_in_new
strange
Compare (Leviticus 10:1-3); two prohibitions are given concerning worship:
(1) No "strange" incense is to be offered. This speaks of simulated or purely formal worship.
(2) No "strange" fire was permitted. This refers to the excitation of "religious" feelings by merely sensuous means, and to the substitution for devotion to Christ of any other devotion, as to religious causes, or sects.
Compare (1 Corinthians 1:11-13); (Colossians 2:8); (Colossians 2:16-19).
( See Scofield) - (Exodus 30:38).
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Exodus 30:10 open_in_new
atonement
( See Scofield) - (Exodus 29:33).
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Exodus 30:13 open_in_new
This they shall give
Compare (Exodus 38:25-27).
Silver thus becomes a type of redemption.
( See Scofield) - (Exodus 26:19).
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Exodus 30:18 open_in_new
laver
Laver, type of Christ cleansing us from defilement, and from "every spot or wrinkle or any such thing" (John 13:2-10); (Ephesians 5:25-27). It is significant that the priests could not enter the holy place after serving at the brazen altar till hands and feet were cleansed.
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Exodus 30:31 open_in_new
oil
Anointing oil, type of the Holy Spirit for service (Acts 1:8).
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Exodus 30:34 open_in_new
frankincense
Frankincense is not to be confounded with incense (to which it was to be added), as it is often used apart from incense. We are told what composed the incense -- never in Scripture what the frankincense was. All speaks of Christ -- the sweet spices of those perfections which we may apprehend, the frankincense of that which God saw in Jesus ineffable.