Exodus 30:23-38

Legacy Standard Bible

²³ “But as for you, take for yourself the finest of spices: of flowing myrrh 500 shekels, and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, 250, and of fragrant cane 250, ²⁴ and of cassia 500, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a ^[a]hin. ²⁵ And you shall make ^[b]of these a holy anointing oil, a perfume mixture, the work of a perfumer; it shall be ^(A)a holy anointing oil. ²⁶ And with it ^(B)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 and all its utensils, and the laver and its stand. ²⁹ You shall also set them apart as holy, that they may be most holy; whatever touches them shall be holy. ^30 (C)And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and you shall set them apart as holy, that they may minister as priests to Me. ³¹ And you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘This shall be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations. ³² It shall not be poured on ^[c]anyone’s body, nor shall you make any like it in ^[d]the same specifications; ^(D)it is holy, and it shall be holy to you. ^33 (E)Whoever shall mix any like it or whoever puts any of it on a ^[e]layman ^[f](F)shall be cut off from his people.’”

The Incense

³⁴ Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Take for yourself fragrances, stacte and onycha and galbanum, fragrances with pure frankincense; there shall be an equal part of each. ³⁵ With it you shall make incense, a perfume, the work of a perfumer, salted, pure, and holy. ³⁶ You shall beat some of it very fine, and you shall put part of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting ^(G)where I will meet with you; it shall be most holy to you. ³⁷ The incense which you shall make, ^(H)you shall not make in ^[g]the same specifications for yourselves; it shall be holy to you for Yahweh. ^38 (I)Whoever shall make any like it, to ^[h]use as perfume, ^[i]shall be cut off from his people.”