Exodus 30:18–28

¹⁸“Make a bronze basin ^afor washing and a bronze stand for it. Set it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it. ¹⁹Aaron and his sons must wash their hands and feet from the basin. ²⁰Whenever they enter the tent of meeting or approach the altar to minister by burning up an offering to the Lord, they must wash with water so that they will not die. ²¹They must wash their hands and feet so that they will not die; this is to be a permanent statute ^bfor them, for Aaron and his descendants throughout their generations.”

The Anointing Oil

²²The Lord spoke to Moses: ²³“Take for yourself the finest spices: ^c12½ pounds ^dof liquid myrrh, half as much (6¼ pounds ^e) of fragrant cinnamon, 6¼ pounds ^fof fragrant cane, ²⁴12½ pounds ^gof cassia (by the sanctuary shekel), and one gallon ^hof olive oil. ⁱ²⁵Prepare from these a holy anointing oil, a scented blend, the work of a perfumer; it will be holy anointing oil. ^j

²⁶“With it you are to anoint ^kthe tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony, ²⁷the table with all its utensils, the lampstand with its utensils, the altar of incense, ²⁸the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin with its stand.