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when they enter the tent of meeting - they are to wash with water, so that they won't die. Also when they approach the altar to minister by burning an offering for ADONAI,
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they are to wash their hands and feet, so that they won't die. This is to be a perpetual law for them through all their generations."
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"Take the best spices - 500 shekels of myrrh [121/2 pounds], half this amount (250 shekels) of aromatic cinnamon [61/4 pounds], 250 shekels of aromatic cane,
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500 shekels of cassia (use the sanctuary standard), and one gallon of olive oil -
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and make them into a holy anointing oil; blend it and perfume it as would an expert perfume-maker; it will be a holy anointing oil.
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Use it to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark for the testimony,
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the table and all its utensils, the menorah and all its utensils, the incense altar,
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the altar for burnt offerings and all its utensils, and the basin with its base.
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You are to consecrate them - they will be especially holy, and whatever touches them will be holy.
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Then you are to anoint Aharon and his sons - you are to consecrate them to serve me in the office of cohen.