Exodus 30:18–28

¹⁸“You shall also make ^aa laver of ¹bronze, with its base of bronze, for washing; and you shall ^bput it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it.

¹⁹“Aaron and his sons shall ^awash their hands and their feet from it;

²⁰when they enter the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, so that they will not die; or when they approach the altar to minister, by offering up in smoke a fire sacrifice to the Lord.

²¹“So they shall wash their hands and their feet, so that they will not die; and ^ait shall be a perpetual statute for them, for ¹Aaron and his ²descendants throughout their generations.”

The Anointing Oil

²²Moreover, the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

²³“Take also for yourself the finest of spices: of flowing myrrh five hundred shekels, and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, two hundred and fifty, and of fragrant cane two hundred and fifty,

²⁴and of cassia five hundred, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin.

²⁵“You shall make ¹of these a holy anointing oil, a perfume mixture, the work of a perfumer; it shall be ^aa holy anointing oil.

²⁶“With it ^ayou 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 and all its utensils, and the laver and its stand.