Thematic Bible: Used as a perfume
Thematic Bible
myrrh » Used as a perfume
from ivory palaces harps bring you joy.
During the year before each young woman’s turn to go to King Ahasuerus, the harem regulation required her to receive beauty treatments with oil of myrrh for six months and then with perfumes and cosmetics for another six months.
like columns of smoke,
scented with myrrh and frankincense
from every fragrant powder of the merchant?
towers of
His lips are lilies,
dripping with flowing myrrh.