Exodus 30:22–38

The Anointing Oil and Incense

²²The Lord spoke to Moses, ²³“Take the finest spices: of liquid myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet-smelling cinnamon half as much, that is, two hundred fifty, and two hundred fifty of aromatic cane, ²⁴and five hundred of cassia—measured by the sanctuary shekel—and a hin of olive oil, ²⁵and you shall make of these a sacred anointing oil blended as by the perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.^{* 26}With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the covenant^{* 27}and 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 basin with its stand; ²⁹you shall consecrate them, so that they may be most holy; whatever touches them will become holy.^{* 30}You shall anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them to serve me as priests.^{* 31}You shall say to the Israelites: This shall be my holy anointing oil throughout your generations. ³²It shall not be used in any ordinary anointing of the body, and you shall make no other like it in composition; it is holy, and it shall be holy to you.^{* 33}Whoever blends any like it or whoever puts any of it on an unqualified person shall be cut off from the people.”^*

³⁴The Lord said to Moses, “Take sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum, sweet spices with pure frankincense (an equal part of each), ³⁵and make an incense blended as by the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy,^{* 36}and you shall beat some of it into powder and put part of it before the covenant in the tent of meeting, where I shall meet with you; it shall be most holy for you.^{* 37}When you make incense according to this composition, you shall not make it for yourselves; it shall be regarded by you as holy to the Lord. ³⁸Whoever makes any like it to use as perfume shall be cut off from the people.”