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Ben Sira 24:15
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Ben Sira 24:15
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
15 Like cinnamon and fragrant cane,
like precious myrrh I gave forth perfume;
Like galbanum and onycha and mastic,(A)
like the odor of incense in the holy tent.[a]
Footnotes
- 24:15 These substances, associated with worship, are mentioned in Ex 30:23–28, 34–35 as the ingredients of the anointing oil and the sacred incense. Israel was a priestly nation (Ex 19:6; Is 61:6).
New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)
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