Thematic Bible: Sacred Anointing


Thematic Bible



But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, said, Is not death the right fate for Shimei, because he has been cursing the one marked by the holy oil?

And David said to his men, Before the Lord, never let it be said that my hand was lifted up against my lord, the man of the Lord's selection, for the Lord's holy oil has been put on him.

And David said to Abishai Do not put him to death; for who, without sin, may put out his hand against the man on whom the Lord has put the holy oil?

And David said to him, Had you no fear of stretching out your hand to put to death the one marked with the holy oil?


Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and on him you are to put the holy oil, making him ruler over my people Israel, and he will make my people safe from the hands of the Philistines: for I have seen the sorrow of my people, whose cry has come up to me.

One day the trees went out to make a king for themselves; and they said to the olive-tree, Be king over us.

And there let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet put the holy oil on him to make him king over Israel; and sounding the horn say, Long life to King Solomon!






Saying, Put not your hand on those who have been marked with my holy oil, and do my prophets no wrong.

Saying, Put not your hand on those who have been marked with my holy oil, and do my prophets no wrong.


And early in the morning Jacob took the stone which had been under his head, and put it up as a pillar and put oil on it.

And Jacob put up a pillar in the place where he had been talking with God, and put a drink offering on it, and oil.


And put oil on the altar of burned offering, and make it and all its vessels holy; this altar is to be most holy.

Every day an ox is to be offered as a sin-offering, to take away sins: and by this offering on it, you will make the altar clean from sin; and you are to put oil on it and make it holy.


And on Jehu, son of Nimshi, making him king over Israel; and on Elisha, the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah, to be prophet in your place.



And make these into a holy oil, a perfume made by the art of the perfume-maker; it is to be a holy oil.

And say to the children of Israel, This is to be the Lord's holy oil, from generation to generation.


This oil is to be put on the Tent of meeting, and on the ark of the law,

And take the holy oil and put it on the House and everything in it, and make it and everything in it holy:


And some of the sons of the priests were responsible for crushing the spices.


You are to put on Aaron the holy robes; and you are to put oil on him, and make him holy, so that he may be my priest. And take his sons with him and put coats on them; And put oil on them as you did on their father, so that they may be my priests: the putting on of oil will make them priests for ever, from generation to generation.


Take the best spices, five hundred shekels' weight of liquid myrrh, and of sweet cinnamon half as much, that is, two hundred and fifty shekels, and two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet calamus, And of cassia, five hundred shekels' weight measured by the scale of the holy place, and of olive oil a hin: And make these into a holy oil, a perfume made by the art of the perfume-maker; it is to be a holy oil.


And she took her seat on a great bed, with a table put ready before it on which she put my perfume and my oil.


And put oil on the washing-vessel and its base, and make them holy.


Whoever makes any like it, or puts it on one who is not a priest, will be cut off from his people.


It is not to be used for man's flesh, and no other is to be made like it: holy it is, and you are to keep it holy.


And you are to make them most holy; anything touching them will become holy.


As for you, the Spirit which he gave you is still in you, and you have no need of any teacher; but as his Spirit gives you teaching about all things, and is true and not false, so keep your hearts in him, through the teaching which he has given you.


Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain