Use it to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark of the Testimony. The anointing oil is applied to the sanctuary objects before the priests: the tent of meeting and the ark receive the anointing oil, making them holy before any human is anointed. The sanctuary's consecration precedes the priests' consecration — the place of meeting is made holy before the servants who meet there are made holy. The priority of the place's consecration communicates that the holiness is divine, not human: God's dwelling is made holy by God's act, and the priests who serve in it receive their holiness from the holy place they enter.

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