Myrrh
Anointing Oil
Esther
2:12 "Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king
Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according
to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications
accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh,
and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for
the purifying of the women)"
Song of Sol. 1:13: "A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me."
Myrrh Oils
Myrrh, an exotic biblical spice, was used in purification and beautification rites, in the formula for the Holy Anointing Oil, and in burial spices. Queen Esther was bathed in Oil of Myrrh for six months and with other aloes and perfumes for another six months before her presentation to the king. Bitter to the taste but sweet to the smell, myrrh in the spiritual sense speaks of dying to self to become a "sweet smelling savor" to Yahweh. Song of Sol.
3:6 "Who is this coming in a pillar of smoke,
smelling of myrrh and frankincense?"
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