Holy anointing oil
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The holy anointing oil described in Exodus 30:22-25 was created from 500 shekels (about 6 kg) of myrrh, half as much (about 3 kg) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels (about 3 kg) of fragrant cane (kanabos, variously translated as calamus or cannabis),[1] 500 shekels (about 6kg) of cassia, and a hin (about 4 L) of olive oil.
The oil was used to anoint the vessels of the Tabernacle 30:26 and the High Priest, and is traditionally regarded as the oil used by prophets to anoint Saul, David, and other kings of ancient Israel.
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- ^ Kaplan, Aryeh. The Living Torah New York 1981. p. 442.
