Spices
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Spices in the Bible Dictionary
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In the formula for the sacred oil
Ex 25:6; 35:8
6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
Exodus 25:68 And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,
Exodus 35:8 -
Stores of
2 Kgs 20:13
13 And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.
2 Kings 20:13 -
Used in the temple
1 Chr 9:29
29 Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.
1 Chronicles 9:29 -
Exported from Gilead
Gen 37:25
25 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
Genesis 37:25 -
Sent as a present by Jacob to Joseph
Gen 43:11
11 And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
Genesis 43:11 -
Presented by the Queen of Sheba to Solomon
1 Kgs 10:2, 10
2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
1 Kings 10:210 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
1 Kings 10:10 -
Sold in the marketplaces of Tyre
Ezek 27:22
22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants: they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.
Ezekiel 27:22 -
Used in the embalming of Asa
2 Chr 16:14
14 And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him.
2 Chronicles 16:14 -
Prepared for embalming the corpse of Jesus
Mark 16:1; Luke 23:56; 24:1; John 19:39, 40
1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.
Mark 16:156 And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.
Luke 23:561 Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
Luke 24:139 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
John 19:3940 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
John 19:40
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
