Verses 34-38 “34And 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:
35And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:
36And 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.
37And 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.
38Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.”
The incense, crushed as it was, represents the Lord Jesus whose life is “pure and holy,” a sweet smell to His Heavenly Father, and He was crushed by our sin. However, it also typifies the prayer life of the believer in Christ. Our prayer life is most effective when our will and our lives are broken and crushed. “A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise” (Ps.51:17).