Exo 30:23-26 | TSK | e4.org | thee principal ; ; ; , , ; ; , pure myrrh Myrrh is a white gum, issuing from the trunk and larger branches of a thorny tree resembling the acacia, growing in Arabia, Egypt, and Abyssinia. Its taste is extremely bitter; but its smell, though strong, is agreeable; and it entered into the composition of the most costly ointments among the ancients. The epithet deror , rendered pure, properly denotes fluid, from the Arabic darra , to flow; by which is meant the finest and most excellent kind, called stacte , which issues of itself from the bark without incision. cinnamon Kinnamon bosem , odoriferous or spicy cinnamon, is the bark of the canella, a small tree of the size of a willow growing in the island of Ceylon. sweet calamus Kenaih bosem , calamus aromaticus , or odoriferous cane, is a reed growing in Egypt, Syria, and India, about two feet in height, bearing from the root a knotted stalk, quite round, containing in its cavity a soft white pith. It is said to scent the air while growing; and when cut down, dried, and powdered, makes an ingredient in the richest perfumes.

‏ Exodus 30:23-26

thee principal Exod 37:29; Ps 45:8; Prov 7:17; Song 1:3, Song 1:13, Song 4:14; Jer 6:20; Ezek 27:19, Ezek 27:22

pure myrrh Myrrh is a white gum, issuing from the trunk and larger branches of a thorny tree resembling the acacia, growing in Arabia, Egypt, and Abyssinia. Its taste is extremely bitter; but its smell, though strong, is agreeable; and it entered into the composition of the most costly ointments among the ancients. The epithet deror, rendered pure, properly denotes fluid, from the Arabic darra, to flow; by which is meant the finest and most excellent kind, called stacte, which issues of itself from the bark without incision.

cinnamon Kinnamon bosem, odoriferous or spicy cinnamon, is the bark of the canella, a small tree of the size of a willow growing in the island of Ceylon.

sweet calamus Kenaih bosem, calamus aromaticus, or odoriferous cane, is a reed growing in Egypt, Syria, and India, about two feet in height, bearing from the root a knotted stalk, quite round, containing in its cavity a soft white pith. It is said to scent the air while growing; and when cut down, dried, and powdered, makes an ingredient in the richest perfumes.

cassia Ps 45:8

the shekel Num 3:47; Ezek 45:12

hin Exod 29:40; Lev 19:36; Num 15:5

apothecary or, perfumer, 1Chr 9:30

an holy Exod 37:29; Num 35:25; Ps 89:20, Ps 133:2; Heb 1:9

Exod 40:9-15; Lev 8:10-12; Num 7:1, Num 7:10; Isa 61:1; Acts 10:38; 2Cor 1:21-22; 1John 2:20, 1John 2:27