God instructs Israel to consecrate the tent of meeting and all its tools with a unique oil developed and produced by the best perfumers in Israel. This oil was not to be used for anything else, lest the one using it for common purposes was to be exiled. Why such a severe punishment for using a certain brand of oil as something common?
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