Verse 17

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 45:8 : 8 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy above your companions.
  • Song 3:6 : 6 Who is this coming up from the wilderness like columns of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the fragrant powders of the merchant?
  • Song 4:13-14 : 13 Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with choice fruits, henna with nard plants. 14 Nard and saffron, fragrant calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense, myrrh and aloes, along with the finest spices.
  • Isa 57:7-9 : 7 You have placed your bed on a high and lofty mountain; there you went up to offer sacrifices. 8 Behind your doors and doorposts you have set up your pagan symbols. Forsaking me, you uncovered your bed, climbing into it and opening it wide; you made a pact with them, you loved their beds and gazed on their manhood. 9 You went to the king with oil and increased your perfumes; you sent your envoys far away; you even descended to the realm of the dead.
  • Exod 30:23 : 23 Take choice spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half as much (250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, and 250 shekels of fragrant calamus.