Exodus 37:29

37:29 He made the sacred anointing oil and the pure fragrant incense, the work of a perfumer.

Numbers 35:25

35:25 The community must deliver the slayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the community must restore him to the town of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there ¹  until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the consecrated oil.

Psalms 89:20

89:20 I have discovered David, my servant.

With my holy oil I have anointed him as king. ² 

Psalms 133:2

133:2 It is like fine oil poured on the head

which flows down the beard ³  –

Aaron’s beard,

and then flows down his garments. ⁴ 

Hebrews 1:9

1:9 You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness.

So God, your God, has anointed you over your companions ⁵  with the oil of rejoicing.” ⁶ 

¹ tn Heb “in it.”

² tn The words “as king” are supplied in the translation for clarification, indicating that a royal anointing is in view.

³ tn Heb “[it is] like the good oil on the head, going down on the beard.”

⁴ tn Heb “which goes down in accordance with his measured things.” The Hebrew phrase מִדּוֹתָיו (middotayv, “his measured things”) refers here to the robes worn by Aaron. HALOT 546 s.v. *מַד derives the form from מַד (midah, “robe”) rather than מִדָּה (middah, “measured thing”). Ugaritic md means “robe” and is pluralized mdt.

⁵ sn God…has anointed you over your companions. God’s anointing gives the son a superior position and authority over his fellows.

⁶ sn A quotation from Ps 45:6-7.