27. Pour the oil on the table and on all the dishes on the table. And pour this oil on the lamp and on all its tools. Pour the oil on the incense altar.
28. Also, pour the oil on the altar for burning offerings to God. Pour this oil on everything on that altar. Pour this oil on the bowl and on the base under the bowl.
29. You will make all these things holy. They will be very special to the Lord. Anything that touches these things will also become holy.
30. “Pour the oil on Aaron and his sons to show that they are separated from the rest of the people to serve as priests.
31. Tell the Israelites that the anointing oil is holy—it must always be used only for me.
32. This oil is holy and you must treat it as something special. Don’t use the same formula for making perfume and don’t let people use this oil like an ordinary perfume.
33. Whoever makes a perfume like that and puts it on anyone except a priest must be separated from the people.”
34. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Get these sweet-smelling spices: resin, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense. Be sure that you have equal amounts of these spices.
35. Mix the spices together to make a sweet-smelling incense. Do this the same as a perfume maker would do it. Also mix salt with this incense. This will make it pure and special.
36. Grind some of the incense until it becomes a fine powder. Put the powder in front of the Holy Box that holds the Agreement in the Meeting Tent. This is the place where I meet with you. You must use this incense powder only for its very special purpose.
37. You must use it only in this special way for the Lord. You must also make it in a special way. Don’t make any other incense in this way.
38. There may be people who will want to make some of this incense for themselves so that they can enjoy the smell. But whoever does this must be separated from their people.”