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Midrash for Exodus 30:26

וּמָשַׁחְתָּ֥ ב֖וֹ אֶת־אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד וְאֵ֖ת אֲר֥וֹן הָעֵדֻֽת׃

And thou shalt anoint therewith the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony,

Sifra

8) "and his full handfuls of incense of spices ground small": the taller (high-priest) relative to his size, and the shorter, relative to his (i.e., there is no absolute measure for the handful.) And this (an exact handful) was its size. "incense": to be (supplied) from communal funds. "spices": (all of the eleven) spices (enumerated in Shemoth, Ki Tissa) to be contained therein. "ground small": What is the intent of this? Is it not already written (Shemoth 30:26) "And you shall crush it fine? Why, then, "ground small"? That it be ground extra fine.
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