Cassia

“And of cassia five hundred shekels.”
The cassia is the outer bark-sweet and fragrant. Expressive of the gentleness, sweetness, and excellency of the external character and conduct of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Pure Myrrh 500 shekels. Bitter.
Cinnamon 250 shekels. Sweet.
Calamus 250 shekels. Sweet.
Cassia 500 shekels. Sweet.
500 shekels bitter, 1000 sweet-such is the composition.
“After the shekel of the sanctuary.”
The weight or estimate was to be after the shekel of the sanctuary; for it is God’s holy estimate of the graces of the Spirit of his Christ, which is here set forth.