With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony,
Directions are here given for the composition of the holy anointing oil and the incense that were to be used in the service of the tabernacle; with these God was to be honoured, and therefore he would appoint the making of them; for nothing comes to God but what comes from him. 1.
Commenting on Exodus 30:22-38
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...
And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony, (o) All things which belong to the tabernacle.