Exodus 30:22–38

The Anointing Oil and Incense

²²The Lord said to Moses, ²³“Take the ^efinest spices: of liquid myrrh 500 shekels, and of sweet-smelling cinnamon half as much, that is, 250, and 250 of ^faromatic cane, ²⁴and 500 of cassia, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a ^ghin⁵ of olive oil. ²⁵And you shall make of these a sacred anointing oil blended as by the ^hperfumer; it shall be a ⁱholy anointing oil. ^26jWith it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony, ²⁷and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense, ²⁸and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils and the ^kbasin and its stand. ²⁹You shall consecrate them, that they may be most holy. ^lWhatever touches them will become holy. ^30mYou shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests. ³¹And you shall say to the people of Israel, ‘This shall be my holy anointing oil throughout your generations. ³²It shall not be poured on the body of an ordinary person, and you shall make no other like it in composition. ⁿIt is holy, and it shall be holy to you. ^33oWhoever compounds any like it or whoever puts any of it on an outsider shall be cut off from his people.’ ”

³⁴The Lord said to Moses, ^p“Take sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum, sweet spices with pure frankincense (of each shall there be an equal part), ³⁵and make an ^qincense blended as by the ^rperfumer, ^sseasoned with salt, pure and holy. ³⁶You shall beat some of it very small, and put part of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting ^twhere I shall meet with you. ^uIt shall be most holy for you. ³⁷And the incense that you shall make ^vaccording to its composition, you shall not make for yourselves. It shall be for you holy to the Lord. ^38wWhoever makes any like it to use as perfume shall be cut off from his people.”