Anointing Oil Instructions
Amounts and methods are only suggestions and recommendations
Warning: Anointing oil is to be used only for spiritual purposes. It is not for common uses.
Exodus 30:22-33 NASB Moreover, the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, "Take also for yourself the finest of spices: of flowing myrrh five hundred shekels, and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, two hundred and fifty, and of fragrant cane two hundred and fifty, and of cassia five hundred, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin. "You shall make of these a holy anointing oil, a perfume mixture, the work of a perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil. "With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony, and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense, and the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the laver and its stand. "You shall also consecrate them, that they may be most holy; whatever touches them shall be holy. "You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister as priests to Me. "You shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'This shall be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations. 'It shall not be poured on anyone's body, nor shall you make any like it in the same proportions; it is holy, and it shall be holy to you. 'Whoever shall mix any like it or whoever puts any of it on a layman shall be cut off from his people.'"
When to anoint:
Ordination of God's Servant for life service: I Samuel
10:1
A single container,
sufficient to drip from the head.
Poured directly on the crown of the
head.
Setting an object apart for God's permanent service:
Exodus 40:9
Seven sprinkles from the right
index finger.
Oil is poured into the anointers left
palm; the right index finger is dipped and sprinkled seven
times upon the object.
A blessing of joy or gladness for an individual:
Hebrews 1:9
A cupped left palm
filled.
Oil is poured into the
left hand of the anointers palm and placed upon the crown of
the head of the individual
A personal fast Matthew 6:17
A cupped
left palm filled
Oil is poured in
the left hand palm of the person fasting and is placed upon the crown of
the
faster's head.
To heal the sick: Mark 6:13
James 5:14 Leviticus 14:26-29
a
cupped left palm filled
Oil is poured
into the anointer's left palm; the right index finger is dipped and the
right tip
of the ear is anointed, the right thumb, and the right big toe. Then the
remainder still in
the palm is poured and placed on the crown of the head of the individual.