Cinnamon Spices
Cinnamon is a member of the laurel family. The bark is used because it produces oil. Quills of spines of the bark and the ground inner rind of the bark are used for sweetening food. Cinnamon oil was treasured as a precious perfume and spice.
Exodus 30:22-26; Proverbs 7:17; Song of Solomon 4:14; Revelation 18:13
The LORD God told Moses to take 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, And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin. Moses was to make it an oil of holy ointment, and ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil. Moses was then to anoint the tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony. (Exodus 30:22-26).
The anointing oil which includes sweet cinnamon was to be used as an holy anointing oil unto the LORD God. This anointing oil was not to be poured upon the flesh of men, it should not be made using any other measurement, proportion because it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you. (Exodus 30:31-32).
Oil of cinnamon is obtained from the bark by distillation, after it has been steeped or soaked in sea-water; and a fatty matter is obtained from the fruit by boiling. The “strange” woman of Proverbs perfumed her bed with cinnamon (Proverbs 7:17).
The Song of Solomon and Revelation cinnamon appears as a luxury item. (Song of Solomon 4:14; Revelation 18:13). Revelation 18:13 was probably considered among the merchandise of “Babylon the great.”
The Jews always regarded cinnamon as a refreshing fragrant ingredient and valued it highly as a spice and a perfume. It was one of the principal ingredients used in the manufacture of the precious ointments or “holy oil” which Moses was commanded to use in the tabernacle for anointing the sacred vessels and officiating priests. It was undoubtedly very expensive and precious.
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