Instructions for the oil for anointing

22 Yahweh also said to Moses/me, 23 “Tell the people to collect some of the finest spices— ◄12 pounds/6 kg.► of ◄liquid myrrh/sweet-smelling sap named myrrh►, ◄6 pounds/3 kg.► of sweet-smelling cinnamon, ◄6 pounds/3 kg.► of a sweet-smelling cane/reed, 24 and ◄12 pounds/6 kg.► of ◄cassia/a sweet-smelling bark named cassia►. Be sure that they use the official standard when they weigh these things. Tell an expert perfumer to mix these with ◄one gallon/four liters► of olive oil 25 to make sacred oil for anointing. 26 Use this oil for anointing the Sacred Tent, the sacred chest, 27 the table and all the things that are used with it, the lampstand and all the things that are used to take care of it, the altar for burning incense, 28 and the altar for offering sacrifices that will be burned, along with its bases and the washbasin and all the things that are used with it. 29 Dedicate them by anointing them, in order that they will be completely holy/sacred. Anyone or anything that touches the altar will become taboo. 30 And anoint Aaron and his sons. By doing that, you will dedicate them to serve me by being priests. 31 And tell the Israeli people, ‘This oil will be my sacred anointing oil that must be used throughout all future generations. 32 You must not pour it on the bodies of people who are not priests, and you must not make other oil to be like it by mixing the same amount of those things. This oil is sacred, and you must consider it to be sacred.’ 33 I will consider that anyone who makes ointment like this for any other purpose, and anyone who puts any of this ointment on someone who is not a priest, no longer be allowed to associate with my people.”

34 Yahweh also said to Moses/me, “Tell the people to take equal parts of several sweet spices—stacte, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense— 35 and tell an expert perfumer to mix them together to make some perfume. Add some salt to keep it pure and make it holy. 36 Beat some of it into a fine powder. Then take some of it into the Sacred Tent and sprinkle it in front of the sacred chest. You must all consider this incense to be very holy. 37 The people must not mix the same spices to make incense for themselves. This incense must be completely dedicated to me, Yahweh. 38 I will consider that anyone who makes incense like this to use it for perfume will no longer be allowed to associate with my people.”