20. When they are about to enter the tent of meeting, they must wash with water, lest they die. Likewise when they approach the altar to minister, to offer an oblation to the Lord,
21. they must wash their hands and feet, lest they die. This shall be a perpetual statute for him and his descendants throughout their generations.
22. The Lord told Moses:
23. Take the finest spices: five hundred shekels of free-flowing myrrh; half that amount, that is, two hundred and fifty shekels, of fragrant cinnamon; two hundred and fifty shekels of fragrant cane;
24. five hundred shekels of cassia—all according to the standard of the sanctuary shekel; together with a hin of olive oil;
25. and blend them into sacred anointing oil, perfumed ointment expertly prepared. With this sacred anointing oil
26. you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the covenant,