Exodus 30:35
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and make a fragrant blend of incense, the work of a perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.
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Prepare from these a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer; it will be a sacred anointing oil.
And you shall season each of your grain offerings with salt. You must not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offering; you are to add salt to each of your offerings.
Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is counsel to the soul.
Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from all the spices of the merchant?
Then Mary took about a pint of expensive perfume, made of pure nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.