Anointing oil

22 Then the Lord said to Moses, 23 ‘Take the following fine spices: 500 shekels[a] of liquid myrrh, half as much (that is, 250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels[b] of fragrant calamus, 24 500 shekels of cassia – all according to the sanctuary shekel – and a hin[c] of olive oil. 25 Make these into a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer. It will be the sacred anointing oil.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 30:23 That is, about 5.8 kilograms; also in verse 24
  2. Exodus 30:23 That is, about 2.9 kilograms
  3. Exodus 30:24 That is, probably about 3.8 litres