Perfume

How Nave’s arranged it

• General scriptures concerning So 3:6Proverbs 27:9Isaiah 57:9
• Used in the tabernacleExodus 30:7Exodus 35:28
• Beds perfumed with myrrhProverbs 7:17
• Smelling bottles, translated "tablets" in A. VIsaiah 3:20

The passages, in Bible order (6)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 6 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Exodus 30:7

   And Aaron is to burn fragrant incense on it every morning when he tends the lamps.

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   “When he dresseth the lamps - Prepares the wicks, and puts in fresh oil for the evening. Shall burn incense upon it - Where so many sacrifices were offered it was essentially necessary to have some pleasing perfume to counteract the disagreeable smells that must have arisen from the slaughter of so many animals, the sprinkling of so much blood, and the burning of so much flesh, etc. The perfume that was to be burnt on this altar is described Exo 30:

   “And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning,....

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2. Exodus 35:28

   as well as spices and olive oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 35:281 voice

   “And spice and oil,.... Such excellent spices and precious oil, pure oil olive, as the common people had not, and which they brought out of Egypt; the one was for the light: for the light of the candlestick only; the oil, and other spices: were for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense; the spices for the former were pure myrrh, sweet cinnamon, sweet calamus and cassia; and for the latter, stacte, onycha, galbanum, with pure frankincense.

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3. Proverbs 7:17

   I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon.

   ›Commentary on Proverbs 7:172 voices

   “I have perfumed my bed,....

   “The love of perfumes is here, as in Isa 3:24, a sign of luxurious vice. Cinnamon - The Hebrew word is identical with the English. The spice imported by the Phoenician traders from the further East, probably from Ceylon, has kept its name through all changes of language.

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4. Proverbs 27:9

   Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is counsel to the soul.

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   “Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart,....

   “Ointment and perfume - Anointing the head and various parts of the body with aromatic oil is frequent in the East, and fumigating the beards of the guests at the conclusion of an entertainment is almost universal; as is also sprinkling rose-water, and water highly ordoriferous. Two of the curious vessels which are used for this purpose are now before me; they hold some quarts each, and are beautifully inlaid with silver in the form of sprigs, leaves, etc.

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5. Isaiah 3:20

   their headdresses, ankle chains, and sashes; their perfume bottles and charms;

   ›Commentary on Isaiah 3:202 voices

   “(Verse 18-21.) And necklaces, and torcs, and pendants, and bracelets, and headbands, and diadems, and girdles, and brooches, and perfume vials, and earrings, and rings and gems hanging from the forehead. It describes the necklaces of women, and through these the insignia of cities: or, according to the anagoge, the various ornaments of virtues. Women have tiny bulla-shaped pendants that resemble the moon, which we transfer to the ornaments of the Church, which is illuminated by the sun of justice.

   “The tablets - The words בתי הנפש bottey hannephesh, which we translate tablets, and Bishop Lowth, perfume boxes, literally signify houses of the soul; and may refer to strong scented bottles used for pleasure and against fainting; similar to bottles with otto of roses, worn by the ladies of the East to the present time.

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6. Isaiah 57:9

   You went to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You have sent your envoys a great distance; you have descended even to Sheol itself.

   ›Commentary on Isaiah 57:92 voices

   “(Verse 9.) Because you uncovered yourself beside me and took in an adulterer, you spread your bed and made a covenant with them. You loved their bed openly and adorned yourself with royal ointment and multiplied your perfumes. You sent your messengers afar and lowered yourself even to the depths. You thought that if you would depart from me, you would have more. You loved those who slept with you and multiplied your adultery with them, and you made many far from you and sent messengers beyond your borders, and you humbled yourself even to the depths.

   “And thou wentest to the king with ointment,....

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