20. When they go into the Tent of Meeting, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to the Lord, [John 13:6-8.]
21. So they shall wash their hands and their feet, lest they die; it shall be a perpetual statute for [Aaron] and his descendants throughout their generations.
22. Moreover, the Lord said to Moses,
23. Take the best spices: of liquid myrrh 500 shekels, of sweet-scented cinnamon half as much, 250 shekels, of fragrant calamus 250 shekels,
24. And of cassia 500 shekels, in terms of the sanctuary shekel, and of olive oil a hin.
25. And you shall make of these a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer; it shall be a sacred anointing oil.
26. And you shall anoint the Tent of Meeting with it, and the ark of the Testimony,
27. And the [showbread] table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense,
28. And the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the laver [for cleansing] and its base.
29. You shall sanctify (separate) them, that they may be most holy; whoever and whatever touches them must be holy (set apart to God).
30. And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons and sanctify (separate) them, that they may minister to Me as priests.
31. And say to the Israelites, This is a holy anointing oil [symbol of the Holy Spirit], sacred to Me alone throughout your generations. [Rom. 8:9; I Cor. 12:3.]
32. It shall not be poured upon a layman's body, nor shall you make any other like it in composition; it is holy, and you shall hold it sacred.
33. Whoever compounds any like it or puts any of it upon an outsider shall be cut off from his people.
34. Then the Lord said to Moses, Take sweet spices–stacte, onycha, and galbanum, sweet spices with pure frankincense, an equal amount of each–