70 occurrences

'Smell' in the Bible

And when the sweet smell came up to the Lord, he said in his heart, I will not again put a curse on the earth because of man, for the thoughts of man's heart are evil from his earliest days; never again will I send destruction on all living things as I have done.

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfSweet OdoursCurses, DivineCovenant, God's with Noahevil, origins ofEarth, Promises AboutBeing Born In SinAromasHeart, DivineMind, The HumanSin, Universality OfSmellsAltarsBeing Evil From YouthGod KillingThoughts Of The WickedSoliloquyGod CursingGod Killing All PeopleRefreshing GodThe Hearts Incination To Evil

And he came near and gave him a kiss; and smelling the smell of his clothing, he gave him a blessing, and said, See, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field on which the blessing of the Lord has come:

Verse ConceptsPeople KissingNosesContact With PeopleBlessed By GodPeople Who Blessed Others

And the fish in the Nile will come to destruction, and the river will send up a bad smell, and the Egyptians will not be able, for disgust, to make use of the water of the Nile for drinking.

Verse ConceptsFishesSmellsSeeking WaterDeath Of Creatures

And the fish in the Nile came to destruction, and a bad smell went up from the river, and the Egyptians were not able to make use of the water of the Nile for drinking; and there was blood through all the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsTurned To BloodDeath Of CreaturesUnable To Do Other ThingsRiver Nile

And they put them together in masses, and a bad smell went up from the land.

Verse ConceptsGathering Creatures

But they gave no attention to Moses, and some of them kept it till the morning and there were worms in it and it had an evil smell: and Moses was angry with them.

Verse ConceptsInsectsSmellsMaggotsFood DecayingNamed People Angry With Othersworms

And they kept it till the morning as Moses had said: and no smell came from it, and it had no worms.

Verse ConceptsMaggotsFood Decayingworms

And let them all be burned on the altar as a burned offering to the Lord: a sweet smell, an offering made by fire to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsPleasing GodRefreshing God

Then take them from their hands, and let them be burned on the burned offering on the altar, a sweet smell before the Lord, an offering made by fire to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsPleasing GodRefreshing God

And the other lamb is to be offered in the evening, and with it the same meal offering and drink offering, for a sweet smell, an offering made by fire to the Lord.

Verse Conceptsdrink offeringTwilightRefreshing God

Whoever makes any like it, for its sweet smell, will be cut off from his people.

Verse ConceptsThose To Be Cut Off From Israel

But its inside parts and its legs are to be washed with water, and it will all be burned on the altar by the priest for a burned offering, an offering made by fire, for a sweet smell to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsAromasLegsPleasing GodSmellsClean AnimalsRefreshing God

But the inside parts and the legs are to be washed with water; and the priest will make an offering of all of it, burning it on the altar: it is a burned offering, an offering made by fire, for a sweet smell to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsClean AnimalsRefreshing God

And let it be broken open at the wings, but not cut in two; and let it be burned on the altar by the priest on the wood which is on the fire; it is a burned offering; an offering made by fire for a sweet smell to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsWingsAnimals Torn To PiecesWings Of BirdsRefreshing God

And let him take it to Aaron's sons, the priests; and having taken in his hand some of the meal and of the oil, with all the perfume, let him give it to the priest to be burned on the altar, as a sign, an offering made by fire, for a sweet smell to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsFlourAromasGrain OfferingPriests, Function In Ot TimesSmellsOther Volume MeasuresRefreshing God

And he is to take from the meal offering a part, for a sign, burning it on the altar; an offering made by fire for a sweet smell to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsRefreshing God

You may give them as an offering of first-fruits to the Lord, but they are not to go up as a sweet smell on the altar.

Verse ConceptsLeavenedRefreshing GodFirst fruits

That it may be burned by Aaron's sons on the altar, on the burned offering which is on the wood on the fire: it is an offering made by fire of a sweet smell to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsAromasPleasing GodSmellsRefreshing God

That it may be burned by the priest on the altar; it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet smell: all the fat is the Lord's.

Verse ConceptsFatnessFat Of AnimalsRefreshing GodAll Things Belong To God

And let all its fat be taken away, as the fat is taken away from the peace-offerings, and let it be burned on the altar by the priest for a sweet smell to the Lord; and the priest will take away his sin and he will have forgiveness.

Verse ConceptsAromasSmellsFat Of The SacrificesRefreshing GodPriests Atoning

The priest is to take in his hand some of the meal of the meal offering and of the oil of it, and all the perfume on it, burning it on the altar as a sign, for a sweet smell to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsAromasIncenseSmellsOlive OilOil On SacrificesOther Volume MeasuresRefreshing God

Let it be made with oil on a flat plate; when it is well mixed and cooked, let it be broken and taken in as a meal offering, for a sweet smell to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsPlatesOil On SacrificesBaking BreadRefreshing Godcooking

And the inside parts and the legs were washed with water and all the sheep was burned by Moses on the altar; it was a burned offering for a sweet smell: it was an offering made by fire to the Lord, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.

Verse ConceptsAromasLegsSmellsClean AnimalsRefreshing God

And Moses took them from their hands, and they were burned on the altar on the burned offering, as a priest's offering for a sweet smell, an offering made by fire to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsRefreshing God

And the priest will put blood on the altar of the Lord at the door of the Tent of meeting, burning the fat for a sweet smell to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsSprinklingThe Altar Of The LordSprinkling BloodFat Of The SacrificesRefreshing God

And let the meal offering with it be two tenth parts of an ephah of the best meal mixed with oil, an offering made by fire to the Lord for a sweet smell; and the drink offering with it is to be of wine, the fourth part of a hin.

Verse Conceptsdrink offeringAromasSmellsQuantities Of WineA Fourth PartA Tenth Of ThingsEphah [Ten Omers]Making Cereal Offerings And LibationsRefreshing GodRegulations For Cereal OfferingsMeat offerings

And with the bread, take seven lambs of the first year, without any marks, and one ox and two male sheep, to be a burned offering to the Lord, with their meal offering and their drink offerings, an offering of a sweet smell made by fire to the Lord.

Verse Conceptsdrink offeringSevenAnimal Sacrifices, BurntSeven AnimalsFragrancePerfect SacrificesTwo AnimalsAnimals At Specific AgesMaking Cereal Offerings And LibationsRefreshing GodSacrificing Cattle

And I will make your towns waste and send destruction on your holy places; I will take no pleasure in the smell of your sweet perfumes;

Verse ConceptsFaintingRejection Of God, Results OfSanctuarySmellsArchaeologyAromasDestruction Of CitiesCities Under AttackRefreshing God

And are going to make an offering by fire to the Lord, a burned offering or an offering in connection with an oath, or an offering freely given, or at your regular feasts, an offering for a sweet smell to the Lord, from the herd or the flock:

Verse ConceptsPleasing GodRefreshing God

And for the drink offering give a third part of a hin of wine, for a sweet smell to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsQuantities Of WineRefreshing God

And for the drink offering: give half a hin of wine, for an offering made by fire for a sweet smell to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsQuantities Of WineRefreshing God

All those who are Israelites by birth are to do these things in this way, when giving an offering made by fire of a sweet smell to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsClosing UpRefreshing God

And if a man from another country or any other person living among you, through all your generations, has the desire to give an offering made by fire of a sweet smell to the Lord, let him do as you do.

Verse ConceptsSmellsAromasAltarsForeigners Permitted At The FeastsForeigners Included In The LawRefreshing God

Then, if the wrong is done in error, without the knowledge of the meeting of the people, let all the meeting give a young ox as a burned offering, a sweet smell to the Lord, with its meal offering and its drink offering, as is ordered in the law, together with a he-goat for a sin-offering.

Verse ConceptsCongregationdrink offeringAnimal Sacrifices, BurntAnimal Sacrifices, Meal OfferingMale AnimalsMaking Cereal Offerings And LibationsRefreshing GodSacrificing CattleSacrificing GoatsUnintentional

But no such payment may be made for the first birth of an ox or a sheep or a goat; these are holy: their blood is to be dropped on the altar, and their fat burned for an offering made by fire, a sweet smell to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsFatnessAromasSmellsSprinklingFat Of The SacrificesRefreshing God

Give orders to the children of Israel and say to them, Let it be your care to give me my offerings at their regular times, the food of the offerings made by fire to me for a sweet smell.

Verse ConceptsAromasSmellsRefreshing God

It is a regular burned offering, as it was ordered in Mount Sinai, for a sweet smell, an offering made by fire to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsRefreshing God

Let the other lamb be offered at evening; like the meal offering of the morning and its drink offering, let it be offered as an offering made by fire for a sweet smell to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsTwilightRefreshing God

And a separate tenth part of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering for every lamb; for a burned offering of a sweet smell, an offering made by fire to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsAnimal Sacrifices, Meal OfferingEphah [Ten Omers]Refreshing God

In this way, every day for seven days, give the food of the offering made by fire, a sweet smell to the Lord: it is to be offered in addition to the regular burned offering, and its drink offering.

Verse Conceptsdrink offeringSeven DaysOnce A DayRefreshing God

And give a burned offering for a sweet smell to the Lord; two oxen, one male sheep, and seven he-lambs of the first year;

Verse ConceptsBurnt offeringSeven AnimalsMale AnimalsTwo AnimalsAnimals At Specific AgesRefreshing GodSacrificing Cattle Sheep And Goats

And give to the Lord a burned offering for a sweet smell; one ox, one male sheep, seven he-lambs of the first year, without any mark on them:

Verse ConceptsAromasBurnt offeringPleasing GodRamsSmellsSeven AnimalsMale AnimalsPerfect SacrificesAnimals At Specific AgesRefreshing GodSacrificing Cattle Sheep And Goats

In addition to the burned offering of the new moon, and its meal offering, and the regular burned offering and its meal offering, and their drink offerings, as they are ordered, for a sweet smell, an offering made by fire to the Lord.

Verse Conceptsdrink offeringAnimal Sacrifices, BurntMaking Cereal Offerings And LibationsRefreshing GodMeat offerings

And give to the Lord a burned offering for a sweet smell; one ox, one male sheep, seven he-lambs of the first year: only those without any mark on them may be used:

Verse ConceptsSeven AnimalsMale AnimalsPerfect SacrificesAnimals At Specific AgesRefreshing GodSacrificing Cattle Sheep And Goats

And give a burned offering, an offering made by fire of a sweet smell to the Lord, thirteen oxen, two male sheep, fourteen he-lambs of the first year, all without any mark on them;

Verse ConceptsBurnt offeringThirteenFourteenMale AnimalsPerfect SacrificesTwo AnimalsAnimals At Specific AgesRefreshing GodSacrificing Cattle Sheep And Goats

And give a burned offering, an offering made by fire of a sweet smell to the Lord: one ox, one male sheep, seven he-lambs of the first year, without any mark:

Verse ConceptsSeven AnimalsMale AnimalsPerfect SacrificesAnimals At Specific AgesRefreshing GodSacrificing Cattle Sheep And Goats

So that they may make offerings of a sweet smell to the God of heaven, with prayers for the life of the king and of his sons.

Verse Conceptsethics, socialPleasing God

Still, at the smell of water, it will make buds, and put out branches like a young plant.

Your robes are full of the smell of all sorts of perfumes and spices; music from the king's ivory houses has made you glad.

Verse ConceptsSweet OdoursAdornment, Of BuildingsAnointing With OilArtHerbs And SpicesIvoryMyrrhPerfumePlantsStringsSmellsTrees

They have ears, but no hearing; they have noses, but no sense of smell;

Verse ConceptsDeafnessHearingNosesUnhearing

Dead flies make the oil of the perfumer give out an evil smell; more valued is a little wisdom than the great glory of the foolish.

Verse ConceptsFliesflyingbugs

Sweet is the smell of your perfumes; your name is as perfume running out; so the young girls give you their love.

Verse ConceptsMen And Women Who Loved

The fig-tree puts out her green fruit and the vines with their young fruit give a good smell. Get up from your bed, my beautiful one, and come away.

Verse ConceptsBlossomingGet Up!

How fair is your love, my sister! How much better is your love than wine, and the smell of your oils than any perfume!

Verse ConceptsLove And WineA Time For Love

Your lips are dropping honey; honey and milk are under your tongue; and the smell of your clothing is like the smell of Lebanon.

Verse ConceptsHoneyRich Foodspouse

I said, Let me go up the palm-tree, and let me take its branches in my hands: your breasts will be as the fruit of the vine, and the smell of your breath like apples;

Verse ConceptsApplesbreastsbreath

The mandrakes give out a sweet smell, and at our doors are all sorts of good fruits, new and old, which I have kept for my loved one.

And in the place of sweet spices will be an evil smell, and for a fair band a thick cord; for a well-dressed head there will be the cutting-off of the hair, and for a beautiful robe there will be the clothing of sorrow; the mark of the prisoner in place of the ornaments of the free.

Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseClothHairsSackcloth And AshesSmellsPeople RottingFragranceMarks On PeopleAppearance Of HairNo BeautyWomen's BeautyHairmakeupbranding

And the rivers will have an evil smell; the stream of Egypt will become small and dry: all the water-plants will come to nothing.

Verse ConceptsReedsSmellsCanalsNature DecayingBrooks

Their dead bodies will be thick on the face of the earth, and their smell will come up, and the mountains will be flowing with their blood, and all the hills will come to nothing.

Verse ConceptsCovered With BloodUnicorns

Why, then, when I came, was there no man? and no one to give answer to my voice? has my hand become feeble, so that it is unable to take up your cause? or have I no power to make you free? See, at my word the sea becomes dry, I make the rivers a waste land: their fish are dead for need of water, and make an evil smell.

Verse ConceptsdrynessProvidenceRebukeSeaThe Shortness Of TimeGod's WeaknessGod Drying Things UpNo One AvailableOthers Not Answering

From his earliest days, Moab has been living in comfort; like wine long stored he has not been drained from vessel to vessel, he has never gone away as a prisoner: so his taste is still in him, his smell is unchanged.

Verse ConceptsWineTreatment From YouthThose At Easeteenager

And my bread which I gave you, the best meal and oil and honey which I gave you for your food, you put it before them for a sweet smell, says the Lord.

Verse ConceptsFoodOil On Sacrifices

For when I had taken them into the land which I made an oath to give to them, then they saw every high hill and every branching tree and made their offerings there, moving me to wrath by their offerings; and there the sweet smell of their offerings went up and their drink offerings were drained out.

Verse Conceptsdrink offeringProvoking GodShrinesMaking Cereal Offerings And LibationsSacrificing On The High PlacesWorship At Trees

I will take pleasure in you as in a sweet smell, when I take you out from the peoples and get you together from the countries where you have been sent in flight; and I will make myself holy in you before the eyes of the nations.

Verse ConceptsAromasHoliness, Purpose OfSmellsGathering IsraelRefreshing GodLooking At God's Works

I have made myself tired to no purpose: still all the waste which is in her has not come out, it has an evil smell.

Verse ConceptsPossessions Decaying

And the captains, the chiefs, and the rulers, and the king's wise men who had come together, saw these men, over whose bodies the fire had no power, and not a hair of their heads was burned, and their coats were not changed, and there was no smell of fire about them.

Verse ConceptsHairsHeadsNosesSaved From FireAppearance Of HairHairsmoking

I will send the one from the north far away from you, driving him into a dry and waste land, with his front to the sea of the east and his back to the sea of the west, and the smell of him will go up, even his evil smell will go up.

Verse ConceptsBarrennessBarren, LandSmellsMediterranean SeaDead SeaReturn From The NorthDry PlacesFront And Back

I have sent disease among you, as it was in Egypt: I have put your young men to the sword, and have taken away your horses; I have made the evil smell from your tents come up to your noses: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.

Verse ConceptsNosesPlaguesSmellsPestilenceNot Returning To GodGod KillingYoung People SufferingGod Killed His PeopleAcquiring Horses

For, from the coming up of the sun till its going down, my name is great among the Gentiles; and in every place the smell of burning flesh is offered to my name, and a clean offering: for my name is great among the Gentiles, says the Lord of armies.

Verse ConceptsGod, Present EverywhereHeaven,  Redeemed CommunityOfferingsWestThe Gentiles ConversionEast And WestThe Nations Before GodRising

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