#209 The Anointing

22 Then the Lord said to Moses, 23 “Take the following fine spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half as much (that is, 250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels of fragrant calamus, 24 500 shekels of cassia—all according to the sanctuary shekel—and a hin of olive oil. 25 Make these into a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer. It will be the sacred anointing oil.26 Then use it to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark of the covenant law, 27 the table and all its articles, the lampstand and its accessories, the altar of incense,28 the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand.29 You shall consecrate them so they will be most holy, and whatever touches them will be holy.

30 “Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them so they may serve me as priests. 31 Say to the Israelites, ‘This is to be my sacred anointing oil for the generations to come. 32 Do not pour it on anyone else’s body and do not make any other oil using the same formula. It is sacred, and you are to consider it sacred. 33 Whoever makes perfume like it and puts it on anyone other than a priest must be cut off from their people.’” Exodus 30:22-33 NIV

Myrrh: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrrh , It was one of the gifts brought by the Magi from the east to present to the young Christ. It is here used as part of an anointing perfume. 

Cinnamon: Cinnamomum zeylanicum was apparently not native to Egypt or Israel, but it was another ingredient added to the anointing oil from parts East. Its origin would appear to be India and the trade caravans. 

Cassia: Cassia lignea or Cinnamomum cassia, a fragrance often associated with linens or clothing, and that of funerals. 

Olive Oil: The olive tree and it's oil was not only common to the area, but was also used to represent both the stability and blessing of a nation, and also it's judgment in the lack of this commodity. 

You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; fine oils have been poured upon me. Psalm 92:10

2 Hezekiah received the envoys gladly and showed them what was in his storehouses--the silver, the gold, the spices, the fine oil, his entire armory and everything found among his treasures. There was nothing in his palace or in all his kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them. Isaiah 39:2

10 The fields are ruined, the ground is dried up; the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, the oil fails. Joel 1:10

Only the priest received this symbolism. God reserved this anointing to Himself and His work; it was not to be taken advantage of, nor could the priest pour it on others outside of God's direction. It is a gross act of  charlatans, that they would feel themselves empowered, to sell those things set aside as sacred representations. Those who do so were cut off. 

9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. 10 When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. 11 On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with giftsof gold, frankincense and myrrh. 12 And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route. Matthew 2:9-12

Cinnamon

Cassia

Olive grove

Myrrh

Calamus