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Num 4:16 — And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest [pertaineth] the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, [and] the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein [is], in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

the office		Eleazar himself, perhaps with the other priests, was required to carry the oil for the light, the incense, and the flour for the daily meat offering, and the holy ointment; besides superintending the Levites. It may be supposed, that he himself carried no more of the oil than for present use. (see Num 4:9.) Num 3:32
the oil		Exd 25:6; Exd 27:20,21; Lev 24:2
the sweet		Exd 30:34-38; Exd 37:29
the daily		Exd 29:39-41
the anointing		Exd 30:23-33
the oversight		Luk 4:18; Act 20:28; 1Cr 4:1; 1Ti 2:5; Hbr 3:1,6; 1Pe 2:25; 1Pe 5:2

Correlating Passages

the office

	Num 4:9	And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:
	Num 3:32	And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest [shall be] chief over the chief of the Levites, [and have] the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.

the oil

	Exd 25:6	Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
	Exd 27:20	And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.
	Exd 27:21	In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which [is] before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: [it shall be] a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.
	Lev 24:2	Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.

the sweet

	Exd 30:34	And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; [these] sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like [weight]:
	Exd 30:35	And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure [and] holy:
	Exd 30:36	And thou shalt beat [some] of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.
	Exd 30:37	And [as for] the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the LORD.
	Exd 30:38	Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.
	Exd 37:29	And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.

the daily

	Exd 29:39	The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even:
	Exd 29:40	And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine [for] a drink offering.
	Exd 29:41	And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

the anointing

	Exd 30:23	Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred [shekels], and of sweet cinnamon half so much, [even] two hundred and fifty [shekels], and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty [shekels],
	Exd 30:24	And of cassia five hundred [shekels], after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:
	Exd 30:25	And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.
	Exd 30:26	And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony,
	Exd 30:27	And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense,
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the oversight

	Luk 4:18	The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
	Act 20:28	Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
	1Cr 4:1	Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
	1Ti 2:5	For [there is] one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
	Hbr 3:1	Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
	Hbr 3:6	But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
	1Pe 2:25	For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
	1Pe 5:2	Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight [thereof], not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

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