The Anointing Oil and Incense

Exodus 30

22 Moreover, the Lord said to Moses, 23 Take the best spices: of liquid myrrh 500 shekels, of sweet-scented cinnamon half as much, 250 shekels, of fragrant calamus 250 shekels, 24 And of cassia 500 shekels, in terms of the sanctuary shekel, and of olive oil a hin. 25 And you shall make of these a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer; it shall be a sacred anointing oil. 26 And you shall anoint the Tent of Meeting with it, and the ark of the Testimony, 27 And the [showbread] table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense, 28 And the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the laver [for cleansing] and its base. 29 You shall sanctify (separate) them, that they may be most holy; whoever and whatever touches them must be holy (set apart to God). 30 And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons and sanctify (separate) them, that they may minister to Me as priests. 31 And say to the Israelites, This is a holy anointing oil [symbol of the Holy Spirit], sacred to Me alone throughout your generations. 32 It shall not be poured upon a layman's body, nor shall you make any other like it in composition; it is holy, and you shall hold it sacred. 33 Whoever compounds any like it or puts any of it upon an outsider shall be cut off from his people.

34 Then the Lord said to Moses, Take sweet spices--stacte, onycha, and galbanum, sweet spices with pure frankincense, an equal amount of each-- 35 And make of them incense, a perfume after the perfumer's art, seasoned with salt and mixed, pure and sacred. 36 You shall beat some of it very small and put some of it before the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you; it shall be to you most holy. 37 And the incense which you shall make according to its composition you shall not make for yourselves; it shall be to you holy to the Lord. 38 Whoever makes any like it for perfume shall be cut off from his people.

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