OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 23

Exodus 30:23

“Also take fine spices: of liquid myrrh, five hundred shekels;^† and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, even two hundred and fifty; and of fragrant cane, two hundred and fifty;

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Exodus 30:20–26

When they go into the Tent of Meeting, they shall wash with water, that they don’t die; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to the LORD.

So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they not die. This shall be a statute forever to them, even to him and to his descendants throughout their generations.”

Moreover the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

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“Also take fine spices: of liquid myrrh, five hundred shekels;^† and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, even two hundred and fifty; and of fragrant cane, two hundred and fifty;

and of cassia five hundred, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; and a hin of olive oil.

You shall make it into a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.

You shall use it to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the covenant,

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A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 500 shekels is about 5 kilograms or about 11 pounds.

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