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13 I grew tall, like the cedars in Lebanon,
    like the cypresses on Mount Hermon,
14 like the palm trees of Engedi,[a]
    like the roses of Jericho,
like beautiful olive trees in the fields,
    like plane trees growing by the water.
15 My breath was the spicy smell of cinnamon,
    of sweet perfume and finest myrrh,
of stacte, onycha, and galbanum,
    the fragrant incense in the Sacred Tent.

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  1. Sirach 24:14 of Engedi; some manuscripts have on the seashore.

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