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The Holy anointing oil described in Exodus
Exodus

Exodus is the second book of the Jewish Torah and of the Christian Old Testament. It tells how Moses leads the Israelites out of Egypt and through the wilderness to the Mountain of God Sinai....
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The Holy anointing oil described in Exodus
Exodus

Exodus is the second book of the Jewish Torah and of the Christian Old Testament. It tells how Moses leads the Israelites out of Egypt and through the wilderness to the Mountain of God Sinai....
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  • 500 shekel
    Shekel

    Shekel, also rendered sheqel, refers to one of many ancient units of weight and currency. The first known usage is from Ancient Mesopotamian units of measurement around 3000 BC....
    s (about 6 kg) of myrrh
    Myrrh

    Myrrh is a reddish-brown resinous material, the dried Plant sap of a number of trees, but primarily from Commiphora myrrha, native to Yemen, Somalia, the eastern parts of Ethiopia and Commiphora gileadensis, native to Jordan....
    , according to the Ra'avad. Maimonides
    Maimonides

    Moses Maimonides, also known as Rabbi Moses ben Maimon , the Rambam, and Musa ibn Maymun , was born in C?rdoba, Spain, Spain on March 30, 1135, and died in Egypt on December 13, 1204.....
     translates this substance as musk
    Musk

    Musk is the name originally given to a substance with a penetrating odor obtained from a gland of the male musk deer, which is situated between its stomach and genitals....
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  • half as much (about 3 kg) of fragrant cinnamon
    Cinnamon

    Cinnamon is a small evergreen tree 10?15 metres tall, belonging to the family Lauraceae, and is native to Sri Lanka.The leaf are ovate-oblong in shape, 7?18 cm long....
    ,
  • 250 shekels (about 3 kg) of fragrant cane, "kaneh bosm," variously translated as calamus
    Sweet Flag

    Sweet Flag, also known as calamus is a plant from the Acoraceae family, Acorus genus. It is a tall perennial plant wetland monocot with scented leaves and rhizomes which have been used medicinally, for its odor, and as a Psychoactive drug....
     or cannabis),
  • 500 shekels (about 6kg) of cassia, and
  • a hin (about 4 L according to Shiurei Torah, 7 L according to the Chazon Ish) of olive oil
    Olive oil

    Olive oil is a fruit oil obtained from the olive , a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin. The wild olive tree originated in Anatolia and spread from there as far as southern Africa, Australia, Japan and China....
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The oil was used to anoint the vessels of the Tabernacle
Mishkan

Mishkan is the Hebrew language word for the dwelling place of God, or the Tabernacle. It can refer to:*The Israelite Tabernacle *Mishkan , a quarterly journal dealing with Jewish Christianity/Messianic Judaism...
  and the High Priest
Kohen Gadol

Kohen Gadol or Kohen ha-Gadol is the title of wiktionary:High Priest of early Israelite religion and of Classical Age Judaism from the rise of the Israelite nation until the destruction of the Second Temple of Jerusalem....
, and is traditionally regarded as the oil used by prophets
Nevi'im

Nevi'im is the second of the three major sections in the Hebrew Bible, the Tanakh, between the Torah and Ketuvim .Nevi'im is traditionally divided into two parts:...
 to anoint Saul
Saul

Saul or Shaul may also refer to:...
, David
David

David , was the second king of the united Kingdom of Israel according to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. He is depicted as a righteous king, although not without fault, as well as an acclaimed warrior, musician and poet ....
, and other kings of ancient Israel. The title Christ
Christ

Christ is the English language term for the Greek meaning "the anointing", which is a title given to the Reigning Messiah in the given age of the Zodiac....
 / Messiah
Messiah

Messiah literally means "anointed ".In Jewish messiah tradition and Jewish eschatology, messiah refers to a future monarch of United Monarchy from the Davidic line, who will rule the people of Israelite#The Twelve Tribes, and herald the Messianic Age of global peace....
 means literally covered in oil, Anointed.

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