Exodus 30:22 says, Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,  Once again God spoke to Moses, just as He will speak to us daily if we are followers of Christ and are listening.  Verse twenty-three states, Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,  Verse twenty-four adds, And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:  Verse twenty-five concludes, And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.  All these spices were to be made into an anointing oil.  Matthew Henry says there is no agreement as to why these particular spices were used, except that they were the finest and were specified by God.  Verse twenty-six declares, And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony,   This anointing oil mixture was to be used to anoint the tabernacle and the ark of the testimony.  Coming into God's presence was not an ordinary thing then, and though we are continually in God's presence as followers of Christ, we should never take God for granted.  Verse twenty-seven adds, And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense,  Verse twenty-eight continues, And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot.  Then verse twenty-nine concludes, And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.  Everything in the tabernacle was to be anointed, so that it would be sanctified and holy unto God.  Then, everything that touched it would be holy also.  The world does not overcome the holiness of God, even if they do not accept Him.  Whenever we come in to God's presence, we are on holy ground.  Verse thirty says, And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.  Next, Moses was to anoint Aaron and his sons so that they might minister to God.  We today are anointed by the blood of Christ as Christians when we come into God's presence to do what He has called us to do.  We must never think that we are just to do what we think should be done by our own ability, but must rely on God's guidance and power to do what He calls us to do.  Verse thirty-one states, And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.  The children, or people, of Israel were to be told why this was being done and it was to be done throughout the generations.  God's word was never intended to be a temporary thing.  Verse thirty-two declares, Upon man’s flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you.  This anointing oil was not to be poured on anyone else and it was not to be duplicated.  This anointing oil was holy to God and was to be holy to the people of Israel.  Today, we are made holy to God by our faith in Christ, and there is no other way to be made holy.  Verse thirty-three adds, Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.  There was a penalty for attempting to duplicate the anointing oil or for putting it on a stranger.  There is a penalty today for attempting to find another way to salvation other than through Christ.  Any of the people of Israel who attempted to do this would be cut off from God's people, just as those today who attempt to find salvation through any way except through the blood of Christ will be cot off from God's people.  Verse thirty-four says, And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:  Then verse thirty-five adds, And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:  Moses was to make a sweet perfume out of the spices that God specified.  Verse thirty-six continues, And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.  This perfume was to be put before the testimony of the tabernacle, where God would meet them.  Verse thirty-seven declares, And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the LORD.  As with the anointing oil, the people were not to attempt to duplicate the perfume for their own use.  As already stated, we must never attempt to duplicate God's saving grace with plans of our own.  Verse thirty-eight adds,Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.  The same penalty applied as for duplicating the anointing oil.  Whoever did this would be cut off from the people of  Israel.  We must come to God in obedience to His word and salvation plan if we are not to be cut off from His people.