⁶ olive oil^(A) for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;^(B)

²⁵ Make these into a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer.^(A) It will be the sacred anointing oil.^{(B) 26} Then use it to anoint^(C) the tent of meeting, the ark of the covenant law, ²⁷ the table and all its articles, the lampstand and its accessories, the altar of incense, ²⁸ the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand. ²⁹ You shall consecrate them^(D) so they will be most holy, and whatever touches them will be holy.^(E)

³⁰ “Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate^(F) them so they may serve me as priests.^{(G) 31} Say to the Israelites, ‘This is to be my sacred anointing oil^(H) for the generations to come.^(I)

¹² He poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed^(A) him to consecrate him.^(B)

⁷ Do not leave the entrance to the tent of meeting^(A) or you will die, because the Lord’s anointing oil^(B) is on you.” So they did as Moses said.

¹⁰ “‘The high priest, the one among his brothers who has had the anointing oil poured on his head^(A) and who has been ordained to wear the priestly garments,^(B) must not let his hair become unkempt^[a] or tear his clothes.^(C)

²⁵ The assembly must protect the one accused of murder from the avenger of blood and send the accused back to the city of refuge to which they fled. The accused must stay there until the death of the high priest,^(A) who was anointed^(B) with the holy oil.^(C)