Exodus 30:23 "Take also for yourself the finest of spices: of flowing myrrh five hundred shekels, and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, two hundred and fifty, and of fragrant cane two hundred and fifty, (NASB ©1995)Exodus 30:22 Moreover, the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Exodus 30:24 and of cassia five hundred, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin. (NASB ©1995) Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,thee principal Ex 37:29 Ps 45:8 Pr 7:17 So 1:3,13 4:14 Jer 6:20 Eze 27:19,22 pure myrrh. Myrrh is a white gum, issuing from the trunk and larger branches of a thorny tree resembling the acacia, growing in Arabia, Egypt, and Abyssinia. Its taste is extremely bitter; but its smell, though strong, is agreeable; and it entered into the composition of the most costly ointments among the ancients. The epithet deror, rendered pure, properly denotes fluid, from the Arabic darra, to flow; by which is meant the finest and most excellent kind, called stacte, which issues of itself from the bark without incision. Cinamon. Kinnamon bosem, odoriferous or spicy cinnamon, is the bark of the canella, a small tree of the size of a willow growing in the island of Ceylon. sweet calamus. Kenaih bosem, calamus aromaticus, or odoriferous cane, is a reed growing in Egypt, Syria, and India, about two feet in height, bearing from the root a knotted stalk, quite round, containing in its cavity a soft white pith. It is said to scent the air while growing; and when cut down, dried, and powdered, makes an ingredient in the richest perfumes. Concordance Entries 250 Best 500 Calamus Cane Chief Cinnamon Fifty Fine Finest Flowing Fragrant Half Honey Hundred Liquid Myrrh Myrtle Principal Pure Shekels Spice-cane Spice-cinnamon Spices Sweet Sweet-smelling Thyself Weight Wild Jump to Previous Occurrence Aromatic Cane Cinnamon Fifty Fine Finest Five Fragrant Half Hundred Liquid Myrrh Principal Pure Shekels Spices Sweet Jump to Next Occurrence Aromatic Cane Cinnamon Fifty Fine Finest Five Fragrant Half Hundred Liquid Myrrh Principal Pure Shekels Spices Sweet New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. | 
