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Each time they enter the Meeting Tent they must wash with water so they will not die. Whenever they approach the altar to serve as priests and offer a sacrifice to the Lord by fire,
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they must wash their hands and their feet so they will not die. This is a rule which Aaron and his descendants are to keep from now on."
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Then the Lord said to Moses,
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"Take the finest spices: twelve pounds of liquid myrrh, half that amount (that is, six pounds) of sweet-smelling cinnamon, six pounds of sweet-smelling cane,
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and twelve pounds of cassia. Weigh all these by the Holy Place measure. Also take four quarts of olive oil,
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and mix all these things like a perfume to make a holy olive oil. This special oil must be put on people and things to make them ready for service to God.
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Put this oil on the Meeting Tent and the Ark of the Agreement,
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on the table and all its dishes, on the lampstand and all its tools, and on the incense altar.
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Also, put the oil on the altar for burnt offerings and on all its tools, as well as on the bowl and the stand under the bowl.
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You will prepare all these things for service to God, and they will be very holy. Anything that touches these things must be holy.
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"Put the oil on Aaron and his sons to give them for service to me, that they may serve me as priests.