Exodus 30:24-25

30:24 and twelve and a half pounds of cassia, all weighed ¹  according to the sanctuary shekel, and four quarts ²  of olive oil. 30:25 You are to make this ³  into ⁴  a sacred anointing oil, a perfumed compound, ⁵  the work of a perfumer. It will be sacred anointing oil.

¹ tn The words “all weighed” are added for clarity in English.

² tn Or “a hin.” A hin of oil is estimated at around one gallon (J. Durham, Exodus [WBC], 3:406).

³ tn Heb “it.”

⁴ tn The word “oil” is an adverbial accusative, indicating the product that results from the verb (R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, §52).

⁵ tn The somewhat rare words rendered “a perfumed compound” are both associated with a verbal root having to do with mixing spices and other ingredients to make fragrant ointments. They are used with the next phrase, “the work of a perfumer,” to describe the finished oil as a special mixture of aromatic spices and one requiring the knowledge and skills of an experienced maker.