Exodus 30:23-38
Read Exodus 30 in full →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, 24and of cassia 500, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a 1hin. 25“And you shall make 1of these a holy anointing oil, a perfume mixture, the work of a perfumer; it shall be aa holy anointing oil. 26“And with it ayou shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony, 27and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense, 28and 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“aAnd 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 1anyone’s body, nor shall you make any like it in 2the same specifications; ait is holy, and it shall be holy to you. 33‘aWhoever shall mix any like it or whoever puts any of it on a 1layman 2,bshall be cut off from his people.’”
The Incense
34Then 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 awhere I will meet with you; it shall be most holy to you. 37“The incense which you shall make, ayou shall not make in 1the same specifications for yourselves; it shall be holy to you for Yahweh. 38“aWhoever shall make any like it, to 1use as perfume, 2shall be cut off from his people.”