22 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, 23 'And thou, take to thyself principal spices, wild honey five hundred 'shekels'; and spice-cinnamon, the half of that, two hundred and fifty; and spice-cane two hundred and fifty; 24 and cassia five hundred, by the shekel of the sanctuary, and olive oil a hin; 25 and thou hast made it a holy anointing oil, a compound mixture, work of a compounder; it is a holy anointing oil. 26 'And thou hast anointed with it the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, 27 and the table and all its vessels, and the candlestick and its vessels, and the altar of perfume, 28 and the altar of burnt-offering and all its vessels, and the laver and its base;
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Exodus 30:22-28
Commentary on Exodus 30:22-38
(Read Exodus 30:22-38)
Directions are here given for making the holy anointing oil, and the incense to be used in the service of the tabernacle. To show the excellency of holiness, there was this spiced oil in the tabernacle, which was grateful to the sight and to the smell. Christ's name is as ointment poured forth, Ecclesiastes 7:1. The incense burned upon the golden altar was prepared of sweet spices. When it was used, it was to be beaten very small; thus it pleased the Lord to bruise the Redeemer, when he offered himself for a sacrifice of a sweet-smelling savour. The like should not be made for any common use. Thus God would keep in the people's minds reverence for his own services, and teach us not to profane or abuse any thing whereby God makes himself known. It is a great affront to God to jest with sacred things, and to make sport with his word and ordinances. It is most dangerous and fatal to use professions of the gospel of Christ to forward wordly interests.