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Calamus
        

(Exodus 30:23). An ingredient in the holy anointing oil (Song of Solomon 4:14; Ezekiel 27:19), an import to Tyre. Aromatic cane: an Indian and Arabian plant. TheAcorus Calamus (Isaiah 43:24; Jeremiah 6:20), "sweet cane." A scented cane is said to have been found in a valley of Lebanon, reedlike, much jointed, and very fragrant when bruised.


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Fausset, Andrew Robert M.A., D.D., "Definition for 'calamus' Fausset's Bible Dictionary".
bible-history.com - Fausset's; 1878.

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