Verse 23

“Take choice spices: twelve and a half pounds of free-flowing myrrh, half that– about six and a quarter pounds– of sweet-smelling cinnamon, six and a quarter pounds of sweet-smelling cane,

Referenced Verses

• Song 4:14 : 14 nard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon with every kind of spice, myrrh and aloes with all the finest spices.
• Ezek 27:19 : 19 and casks of wine from Izal they exchanged for your products. Wrought iron, cassia, and sweet cane were among your merchandise.
• Ezek 27:22 : 22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah engaged in trade with you; they traded the best kinds of spices along with precious stones and gold for your products.
• Jer 6:20 : 20 I take no delight when they offer up to me frankincense that comes from Sheba or sweet-smelling cane imported from a faraway land. I cannot accept the burnt offerings they bring me. I get no pleasure from the sacrifices they offer to me.’
• Exod 37:29 : 29 He made the sacred anointing oil and the pure fragrant incense, the work of a perfumer.
• Ps 45:8 : 8 All your garments are perfumed with myrrh, aloes, and cassia. From the luxurious palaces comes the music of stringed instruments that makes you happy.
• Prov 7:17 : 17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
• Song 1:3 : 3 The fragrance of your colognes is delightful; your name is like the finest perfume. No wonder the young women adore you!
• Song 1:13 : 13 My beloved is like a fragrant pouch of myrrh spending the night between my breasts.