Dictionary of Bible Themes Dictionary of Bible Themes » 4000 Creation » 4400 Vegetation and food » 4496 perfume Substances used to make perfumes By blending ingredients Substances used as perfumes Songs 4:13-14 See also Songs 1:12-14; Songs 3:6; Songs 5:13; Mark 14:3; John 12:3 Perfume ingredients as traded commodities Genesis 37:25; Ezekiel 27:19; Revelation 18:13 The attractive fragrance of perfume Its tempting allure Proverbs 7:17 See also Isaiah 57:9; Ezekiel 23:40-41 Its pleasing fragrance Proverbs 27:9; Songs 1:3; Songs 4:10 Fragrance used metaphorically 2 Corinthians 2:14-16 See also Ephesians 5:2; Philippians 4:18 Examples of the use of perfume As a cosmetic Esther 2:12 See also Ruth 3:3 To give fragrance to clothes Psalm 45:8 See also Songs 4:11 In burying the dead Matthew 26:12 pp Mark 14:8 See also 2 Chronicles 16:14; Mark 16:1 pp Luke 23:56-24:1; John 12:7; John 19:39-40 Perfumers Commissioned to make oil and incense for the sanctuary Exodus 37:29 See also Exodus 30:25,33 The manufacture of the sacred anointing oil by unauthorised persons was forbidden; Exodus 30:35; 1 Chronicles 9:30 Other references to perfumers 1 Samuel 8:13 perfumers in the service of the king; Nehemiah 3:8 Hananiah See also
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