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  2. Incense offering - Wikipedia

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    Whosoever shall make like unto it, to enjoy the smell thereof, shall even be cut off from his people.-Exodus 30:34-38; 37:29. At the end of the Holy compartment of the tabernacle, next to the curtain dividing it off from the Most Holy, was located the incense altar (Exodus 30:1; 37:25; 40:5, 26, 27).

  3. Matthew 2:11 - Wikipedia

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    Matthew 2:11 is the eleventh verse of the second chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.The magi, dispatched by King Herod, have found the small child (not infant) Jesus and in this verse present him with gifts in an event known as the Visit of the Wise Men.

  4. Incense offering in rabbinic literature - Wikipedia

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    Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereof, he shall be cut off from his people." [55] Although the Torah mentions only four ingredients, the rabbis and sages received a tradition that there were 11 spices compounded in the holy incense. The Hebrew Bible declares a stern warning against those who replicate the exact formula of the ...

  5. Holy anointing oil - Wikipedia

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    The sense of smell was also considered highly esteemed by deity. In Deuteronomy 4:28 and Psalms 115:5–6, [34] [35] the sense of smell is included in connection with the polemics against idols. In the Hebrew Bible God takes pleasure in inhaling the "soothing odor" (reah hannihoah) of offerings (Genesis 8:21; [36] the phrase is also seen in ...

  6. Manna - Wikipedia

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    The Gathering of the Manna by James Tissot. Manna (Hebrew: מָן, romanized: mān, Greek: μάννα; Arabic: اَلْمَنُّ), sometimes or archaically spelled mana, is described in the Bible and the Quran as an edible substance that God bestowed upon the Israelites while they were wandering the desert during the 40-year period that followed the Exodus and preceded the conquest of Canaan.

  7. Religious use of incense - Wikipedia

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    The smoke of burning incense is interpreted by both the Western Catholic and Eastern Christian churches as a symbol of the prayer of the faithful rising to heaven. [5] This symbolism is seen in Psalm 141 (140), verse 2: "Let my prayer be directed as incense in thy sight: the lifting up of my hands, as evening sacrifice." Incense is often used ...

  8. Havdalah - Wikipedia

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    God of the heavenly armies is with us; the Lord of Ya’akov is a fortress protecting us. (God of the heavenly armies, happy is the individual who trusts You. God, redeem us! The King will answer us on the day we call God.) [15] The Jews had light, happiness, joy and honor; may we have the same. I will raise the cup of salvation and call out in ...

  9. Balm of Gilead - Wikipedia

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    Commiphora gileadensis, identified by some as the ancient balm of Gilead, in the Botanical gardens of Kibutz Ein-Gedi Branches and fruit of a Commiphora gileadensis shrub. In the Bible, balsam is designated by various names: בֹּשֶׂם (bosem), בֶּשֶׂם (besem), צֳרִי (ẓori), נָטָף (nataf), which all differ from the terms used in rabbinic literature.