17. Adonai spoke to Moses saying,
18. “You will also make a basin of bronze with a bronze stand for washing. You are to place it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar and put water in it.
19. Aaron and his sons are to wash their hands and their feet there.
20. Whenever they go into the Tent of Meeting or come near to the altar to minister, to present an offering made by fire in smoke to Adonai, they are to wash with water so that they do not die.
21. They are to wash their hands and their feet, so that they do not die. It is to be an eternal statute for them, to him and to his offspring throughout their generations.”
22. Moreover Adonai spoke to Moses saying,
23. “Now take for yourself the best spices: 500 shekels of flowing myrrh, half as much sweet cinnamon (250), also 250 shekels of sweet calamus,
24. 500 of cassia, after the Sanctuary shekel, plus a hin of olive oil.
25. You are to make holy anointing oil from it, a fragrant mixture, blended as the work of a perfumer. It will be holy anointing oil.
26. You are to anoint the Tent of Meeting with it, the Ark of the Testimony,
27. as well as the table and all its articles, the menorah and its articles, the altar of incense,
28. the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin along with its stand.
29. You are to consecrate them so that they will be most holy. Whatever touches them will become holy.