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,

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19 and casks of wine[a] from Uzal they exchanged for your wares; wrought iron, (A)cassia, and (B)calamus were bartered for your merchandise.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 27:19 Probable reading; Hebrew wool of Sahar 19and Dan and Javan

17 I have perfumed my bed with (A)myrrh,
    aloes, and (B)cinnamon.

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13 cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and slaves, that is, human souls.[a]

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  1. Revelation 18:13 Or and slaves, and human lives

39 (A)Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus[a] by night, came (B)bringing a mixture of (C)myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds[b] in weight.

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Footnotes

  1. John 19:39 Greek him
  2. John 19:39 Greek one hundred litras; a litra (or Roman pound) was equal to about 11 1/2 ounces or 327 grams

The Resurrection

16 (A)(B)When the Sabbath was past, (C)Mary Magdalene, (D)Mary the mother of James, and (E)Salome (F)bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.

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Then she gave the king 120 talents[a] of gold, and a very great quantity of spices, and precious stones. There were no spices such as those that the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 9:9 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms

10 (A)Then she gave the king 120 talents[a] of gold, and a very great quantity of spices and precious stones. Never again came such an abundance of spices as these that the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 10:10 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms

Like palm groves[a] that stretch afar,
    like gardens beside a river,
(A)like aloes (B)that the Lord has planted,
    like cedar trees beside the waters.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 24:6 Or valleys

11 Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: take some of the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry a present down to the man, a little (A)balm and a little honey, gum, myrrh, pistachio nuts, and almonds.

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