Reference: OINTMENTS
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Were much used by the ancient Hebrews, not chiefly for medical purposes as among us, but as a luxury, Ru 3:3; Ps 104:15; Song 1:2; Mt 6:17; Lu 7:46. Their perfumery was usually prepared in olive oil, and not in volatile extracts and essences. The sacred ointment is described in Ex 30:22-33. The ointments of the rich were made of very costly ingredients, and their fragrance was highly extolled, Isa 39:2; Am 6:6; Mt 26:7-9; Joh 12:5. See ANOINTING.
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Moreover LORD spoke to Moses, saying, Take thou also to thee the chief spices: of flowing myrrh five hundred [shekels], and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty, read more. and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin. And thou shall make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer. It shall be a holy anointing oil. And thou shall anoint with it the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, and the table and all the vessels of it, and the candlestick and the vessels of it, and the altar of incense, and the altar of burnt-offering with all the vessels of it, and the laver and the base of it. And thou shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy. And thou shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest's office. And thou shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, This shall be a holy anointing oil to me throughout your generations. Upon the flesh of man it shall not be poured, neither shall ye make any like it, according to the composition of it. It is holy, [and] it shall be holy to you. Whoever compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it upon a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.
Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the threshing-floor. But do not make thyself known to the man until he shall have done eating and drinking.
and wine that makes glad the heart of man, [and] oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man's heart.
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for thy love is better than wine.
And Hezekiah was glad of them, and showed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious oil, and all the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures. There was not
who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief oils, but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
But when thou fast, anoint thy head, and wash thy face,
a woman came to him having an alabaster cruse of precious ointment, and she poured it upon his head as he sat relaxing. But when his disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, Why this waste? read more. For this ointment could have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
Thou did not anoint my head with olive oil, but this woman has anointed my feet with ointment.
Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor?