Exodus 30:22-38

English Standard Version

The Anointing Oil and Incense

²² The Lord said to Moses, ²³ “Take the ^(A)finest spices: of liquid myrrh 500 shekels, and of sweet-smelling cinnamon half as much, that is, 250, and 250 of ^(B)aromatic cane, ²⁴ and 500 of cassia, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a ^(C)hin^[a] of olive oil. ²⁵ And you shall make of these a sacred anointing oil blended as by the ^(D)perfumer; it shall be a ^(E)holy anointing oil. ^26 (F)With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony, ²⁷ and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense, ²⁸ and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils and the ^(G)basin and its stand. ²⁹ You shall consecrate them, that they may be most holy. ^(H)Whatever touches them will become holy. ^30 (I)You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests. ³¹ And you shall say to the people of Israel, ‘This shall be my holy anointing oil throughout your generations. ³² It shall not be poured on the body of an ordinary person, and you shall make no other like it in composition. ^(J)It is holy, and it shall be holy to you. ^33 (K)Whoever compounds any like it or whoever puts any of it on an outsider shall be cut off from his people.’”

³⁴ The Lord said to Moses, ^(L)“Take sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum, sweet spices with pure frankincense (of each shall there be an equal part), ³⁵ and make an ^(M)incense blended as by the ^(N)perfumer, ^(O)seasoned with salt, pure and holy. ³⁶ You shall beat some of it very small, and put part of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting ^(P)where I shall meet with you. ^(Q)It shall be most holy for you. ³⁷ And the incense that you shall make ^(R)according to its composition, you shall not make for yourselves. It shall be for you holy to the Lord. ^38 (S)Whoever makes any like it to use as perfume shall be cut off from his people.”