Thematic Bible: Sacred Anointing


Thematic Bible



But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, "Shall Shimei not be put to death for this, because he cursed Yahweh's anointed?"

He said to his men, "Yahweh forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, Yahweh's anointed, to put forth my hand against him, since he is Yahweh's anointed."

David said to Abishai, "Don't destroy him; for who can put forth his hand against Yahweh's anointed, and be guiltless?"

David said to him, "How were you not afraid to put forth your hand to destroy Yahweh's anointed?"


"Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man out of the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over my people Israel; and he shall save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked on my people, because their cry has come to me."

The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive tree, 'Reign over us.'

Let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel. Blow the trumpet, and say, 'Long live king Solomon!'






"Don't touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm!"



Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on its top.

Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spoke with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it, and poured oil on it.


You shall anoint the altar of burnt offering, with all its vessels, and sanctify the altar: and the altar will be most holy.

Every day you shall offer the bull of sin offering for atonement: and you shall cleanse the altar, when you make atonement for it; and you shall anoint it, to sanctify it.


You shall anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi to be king over Israel; and you shall anoint Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah to be prophet in your place.



You shall make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.

You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'This shall be a holy anointing oil to me throughout your generations.


You shall use it to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the testimony,

"You shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is in it, and shall make it holy, and all its furniture: and it will be holy.


Some of the sons of the priests prepared the confection of the spices.


You shall put on Aaron the holy garments; and you shall anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may minister to me in the priest's office. You shall bring his sons, and put coats on them. You shall anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may minister to me in the priest's office. Their anointing shall be to them for an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations."


"Also take fine spices: of liquid myrrh, five hundred shekels; and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, even two hundred and fifty; and of fragrant cane, two hundred and fifty; and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary; and a hin of olive oil. You shall make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.


and sit on a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon you set my incense and my oil.


You shall anoint the basin and its base, and sanctify it.


Whoever compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it on a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.'"


It shall not be poured on man's flesh, neither shall you make any like it, according to its composition: it is holy. It shall be holy to you.


You shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy.


As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don't need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him.