Exodus 30:23–38

²³“Also take for yourself ^uquality spices—five hundred shekels of liquid ^vmyrrh, half as much sweet-smelling cinnamon (two hundred and fifty shekels), two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet-smelling ^wcane, ²⁴five hundred shekels of ^xcassia, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a ^yhin of olive oil. ²⁵And you shall make from these a holy anointing oil, an ointment compounded according to the art of the perfumer. It shall be ^za holy anointing oil. ^26aWith it you shall anoint the tabernacle of meeting and the ark of the Testimony; ²⁷the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense; ²⁸the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the laver and its base. ²⁹You shall consecrate them, that they may be most holy; ^bwhatever touches them must be holy. ^30cAnd you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister to Me as priests.

³¹“And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘This shall be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations. ³²It shall not be poured on man’s flesh; nor shall you make any other like it, according to its composition. ^dIt is holy, and it shall be holy to you. ^33eWhoever ⁸compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it on an outsider, ^fshall be ⁹cut off from his people.’ ”

The Incense

³⁴And the Lord said to Moses: ^g“Take sweet spices, stacte and onycha and galbanum, and pure frankincense with these sweet spices; there shall be equal amounts of each. ³⁵You shall make of these an incense, a compound ^haccording to the art of the perfumer, salted, pure, and holy. ³⁶And you shall beat some of it very fine, and put some of it before the Testimony in the tabernacle of meeting ⁱwhere I will meet with you. ^jIt shall be most holy to you. ³⁷But as for the incense which you shall make, ^kyou shall not make any for yourselves, according to its ¹composition. It shall be to you holy for the Lord. ^38lWhoever makes any like it, to smell it, he shall be cut off from his people.”