They also brought spices and olive oil for the light and for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense. The functional materials — oil for the lampstand, spices for the anointing oil, incense spices — are contributed alongside the structural materials. The ongoing operational requirements of the sanctuary are as necessary as its initial construction. Philippians 4:18 describes the Philippians' financial gift as a fragrant offering, acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God — the incense and oil the community brings to sustain the tabernacle's worship models the financial generosity that sustains the new covenant community's ministry.

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