Oil for Appointing

²² Then the Lord said to Moses, ²³ “Take the finest spices: ·twelve pounds [^Lfive hundred (shekels)] of liquid myrrh, half that amount (that is, ·six pounds [^Ltwo hundred and fifty]) of sweet-smelling cinnamon, ·six pounds [^Ltwo hundred and fifty] of sweet-smelling cane, ²⁴ and ·twelve pounds [^Lfive hundred] of cassia. Weigh all these by the Holy Place ·measure [^Lshekel]. Also take ·four quarts [^La hin] of olive oil, ²⁵ and ·mix [blend; ^Lmake] all these things like a perfume to make a holy olive oil. ·This special oil must be put on people and things to make them ready for service to God [^LIt is a holy anointing oil]. ²⁶ ·Put this oil on [^LAnoint] the Meeting Tent and the Ark of the ·Agreement [Covenant; Treaty; ^LTestimony], ²⁷ on the table and all its dishes, on the lampstand [25:31–40] and all its tools, and on the incense altar [30:1–6]. ²⁸ Also, ·put the oil on [anoint] the altar for burnt offerings [27:1–8] and on all its tools, as well as on the bowl [30:17–21] and the stand under the bowl. ²⁹ You will ·prepare all these things for service to God [consecrate/sanctify them], and they will be very holy. Anything that touches these things must be holy.

³⁰ “·Put the oil on [Anoint] Aaron and his sons to ·give them for service to me [consecrate; sanctify them], that they may serve me as priests. ³¹ Tell the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel], ‘This is to be my holy olive oil ·from now on [^Lthroughout your generations]. It is ·to be put on people and things to make them ready for service to God [^Lfor anointing]. ³² Do not pour it on the bodies of ordinary people, and do not make perfume the same way you make this oil. It is holy, and you must treat it as holy. ³³ If anyone makes perfume like it or puts it on someone who is ·not a priest [not qualified; ^Lstrange], that person must be cut off from his people.’”