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,
27. the table and all its utensils, the menorah and its utensils, the altar of incense
28. and the altar for burnt offerings with all its utensils, and the basin with its stand.
29. When you have consecrated them, they shall be most sacred; whatever touches them shall be sacred.
30. Aaron and his sons you shall also anoint and consecrate as my priests.
31. Tell the Israelites: As sacred anointing oil this shall belong to me throughout your generations.
32. It may not be used in any ordinary anointing of the body, nor may you make any other oil of a like mixture. It is sacred, and shall be treated as sacred by you.
33. Whoever prepares a perfume like this, or whoever puts any of this on an unauthorized person, shall be cut off from his people.
34. The Lord told Moses: Take these aromatic substances: storax and onycha and galbanum, these and pure frankincense in equal parts;
35. and blend them into incense. This fragrant powder, expertly prepared, is to be salted and so kept pure and sacred.
36. Grind some of it into fine dust and put this before the covenant in the tent of meeting where I will meet you. This incense shall be treated as most sacred by you.
37. You may not make incense of a like mixture for yourselves; you must treat it as sacred to the Lord.
38. Whoever makes an incense like this for his own enjoyment of its fragrance, shall be cut off from his people.