EXODUS 30:23 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,”
Take the following fine spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half as much (that is, 250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels of fragrant calamus. The first three ingredients of the anointing oil: liquid myrrh (500 shekels — approximately 12.5 pounds), fragrant cinnamon (250 shekels), and fragrant calamus (250 shekels). Each ingredient is precious: myrrh from Arabia, cinnamon from South Asia, calamus from the Levantine marshes. The combination of exotic, expensive aromatics creates an oil of extraordinary value and fragrance. Song of Solomon 4:14 lists myrrh, cinnamon, and calamus together as elements of the beloved's garden — the anointing oil's fragrance is the fragrance of the most intimate and precious relationship.
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