New International Reader's Version

Exodus 30:28-37 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

28. Anoint the altar for burnt offerings and all of its tools. And anoint the large bowl together with its stand.

29. You must set them apart so that they will be very holy. Anything that touches them will be holy.

30. "Anoint Aaron and his sons. Set them apart so that they can serve me as priests.

31. "Say to the people of Israel, 'This will be my sacred anointing oil for all time to come.

32. Do not pour it on the bodies of any other men. Do not make any other oil in the same way. It is sacred. So you must think of it as sacred.

33. Anyone who makes perfume in the same way and puts it on someone who is not a priest must be cut off from his people.' "

34. Then the Lord spoke to Moses. He said, "Get some sweet-smelling spices. Get some gum resin, onycha and galbanum. Also get some pure frankincense. Make sure everything is in equal amounts.

35. "Have a person who makes perfume mix it all up into a sweet-smelling incense. It must have salt in it. It will be pure and sacred.

36. Grind some of it into powder. Place it in front of the tablets of the covenant in the Tent of Meeting. There I will meet with you. The incense will be very holy to you.

37. "Do not make any incense for yourselves in the same way. Think of it as holy to me.