Genesis 50:2

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And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.

For in pouring this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.

She has done what she could. She has come beforehand to anoint my body for burial.

Now when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.

But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared.

Jesus said, "Let her alone, she has kept this for the day of my burial.

And Nicodemus, who had at first come to Jesus by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.