Exodus 30
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Exodus 30:22-38

22Then the Lord said to Moses,

23“Take the following fine spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half as much (that is, 250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels of fragrant calamus,

24500 shekels of cassia—all according to the sanctuary shekel—and a hin of olive oil.

25Make these into a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer. It will be the sacred anointing oil.

26Then use it to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark of the covenant law,

27the table and all its articles, the lampstand and its accessories, the altar of incense,

28the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand.

29You shall consecrate them so they will be most holy, and whatever touches them will be holy.

30“Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them so they may serve me as priests.

31Say to the Israelites, ‘This is to be my sacred anointing oil for the generations to come.

32Do not pour it on anyone else’s body and do not make any other oil using the same formula. It is sacred, and you are to consider it sacred.

33Whoever makes perfume like it and puts it on anyone other than a priest must be cut off from their people.’ ”

34Then the Lord said to Moses, “Take fragrant spices—gum resin, onycha and galbanum—and pure frankincense, all in equal amounts,

35and make a fragrant blend of incense, the work of a perfumer. It is to be salted and pure and sacred.

36Grind some of it to powder and place it in front of the ark of the covenant law in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be most holy to you.

37Do not make any incense with this formula for yourselves; consider it holy to the Lord.

38Whoever makes incense like it to enjoy its fragrance must be cut off from their people.”

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