Anointing Oil

Then the Lord told Moses to collect the choicest of spices--eighteen pounds of pure myrrh; half as much of cinnamon and of sweet cane; the same amount of cassia as of myrrh; and 1½ gallons of olive oil. The Lord instructed skilled perfume-makers to compound all this into a holy anointing oil.

"Use this," he said, "to anoint the Tabernacle, the Ark, the table and all its instruments, the lampstand and all its utensils, the incense altar, the burnt offering altar with all its instruments, and the washbasin and its pedestal. Sanctify them, to make them holy; whatever touches them shall become holy. Use it to anoint Aaron and his sons, sanctifying them so that they can minister to me as priests. And say to the people of Israel, 'This shall always be my holy anointing oil. It must never be poured upon an ordinary person, and you shall never make any of it yourselves, for it is holy, and it shall be treated by you as holy. Anyone who compounds any incense like it or puts any of it upon someone who is not a priest shall be excommunicated.'"

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TEXT SOURCE: (Exodus 30:22-33) The Children's Living Bible, ©1970 Tyndale House Publishers, Wheaton Illinois 60187
TITLE SOURCE: The New Student Bible, ©1992 Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids Michigan 49530