Holy Anointing Oil

22-25 God spoke to Moses: “Take the best spices: twelve and a half pounds of liquid myrrh; half that much, six and a quarter pounds, of fragrant cinnamon; six and a quarter pounds of fragrant cane; twelve and a half pounds of cassia—using the standard Sanctuary weight for all of them—and a gallon of olive oil. Make these into a holy anointing oil, a perfumer’s skillful blend.

26-29 “Use it to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the Chest of The Testimony, the Table and all its utensils, the Lampstand and its utensils, the Altar of Incense, the Altar of Whole-Burnt-Offerings and all its utensils, and the Washbasin and its base. Dedicate them so they’ll be soaked in holiness, so that anyone who so much as touches them will become holy.

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24 500 shekels(A) of cassia(B)—all according to the sanctuary shekel—and a hin[a] of olive oil. 25 Make these into a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer.(C) It will be the sacred anointing oil.(D) 26 Then use it to anoint(E) the tent of meeting, the ark of the covenant law,

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 30:24 That is, probably about 1 gallon or about 3.8 liters