Zadok the priest carried the oil from the Holy Tent. Zadok poured the oil on Solomon’s head to show that he was the king. They blew the trumpet and all the people shouted, “Long live King Solomon!”
Put the clothes on your brother Aaron and his sons. Then pour the special oil on them to make them priests. This will make them holy, and they will serve me as priests.
Then take some of the blood from the altar. Mix it with the special oil and sprinkle it on Aaron and his clothes. And sprinkle it on their sons and their clothes. This will show that Aaron and his sons serve me in a special way. And it will show that their clothes are used only at special times.
No one should use this oil like an ordinary perfume. Don’t make perfume the same way you make this special oil. This oil is holy, and it should be very special to you.
Mix the spices together to make a sweet-smelling incense. [314] Do this the same as a perfume maker would do it. Also mix salt with this incense. This will make it pure and special.
the altar [366] for burning incense [367] and its poles; the anointing oil [368] and the sweet-smelling incense; the curtain that covers the door at the entrance to the Holy Tent;
Then he made the holy anointing oil. [414] He also made the pure, sweet-smelling incense. [415] These things were made the same way that a perfume maker would make them.
“Take Aaron and his sons with him and the clothes, the anointing oil, [82] the bull of the sin offering, the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread. [83]
If the community decides to protect the killer from the dead man’s family, then the community must take him back to his city of safety. And the killer must stay there until the official high priest [389] dies.
You love the right,\par and you hate the wrong.\par So God, your God, has given you\par a greater joy than he gave the people with you.”\par \i (Psalm 45:6-7)\i0 \par