Matthew 26:7
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7 a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he reclined at table.
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John 12:2-3
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2 So they gave a dinner for him there. (A)Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him at table. 3 (B)Mary therefore took a pound[a] of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
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- John 12:3 Greek litra; a litra (or Roman pound) was equal to about 11 1/2 ounces or 327 grams
Luke 7:46
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46 (A)You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.
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Luke 7:37-38
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37 (A)And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was reclining at table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment, 38 and standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears and (B)wiped them with the hair of her head and kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment.
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Isaiah 57:9
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9 You journeyed to the king with oil
and multiplied your perfumes;
(A)you sent your envoys far off,
and sent down even to Sheol.
Ecclesiastes 9:8
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8 (A)Let your garments be always white. Let not (B)oil be lacking on your head.
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Psalm 133:2
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2 It is like the precious (A)oil on (B)the head,
running down on the beard,
on the beard of Aaron,
running down on (C)the collar of his robes!
Exodus 30:23-33
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23 “Take the (A)finest spices: of liquid myrrh 500 shekels, and of sweet-smelling cinnamon half as much, that is, 250, and 250 of (B)aromatic cane, 24 and 500 of cassia, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a (C)hin[a] of olive oil. 25 And you shall make of these a sacred anointing oil blended as by the (D)perfumer; it shall be a (E)holy anointing oil. 26 (F)With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony, 27 and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense, 28 and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils and the (G)basin and its stand. 29 You shall consecrate them, that they may be most holy. (H)Whatever touches them will become holy. 30 (I)You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests. 31 And you shall say to the people of Israel, ‘This shall be my holy anointing oil throughout your generations. 32 It shall not be poured on the body of an ordinary person, and you shall make no other like it in composition. (J)It is holy, and it shall be holy to you. 33 (K)Whoever compounds any like it or whoever puts any of it on an outsider shall be cut off from his people.’”
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- Exodus 30:24 A hin was about 4 quarts or 3.5 liters
Ecclesiastes 10:1
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10 Dead flies make (A)the perfumer's ointment give off a stench;
so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
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