Anointing
The Bible mentions an alabaster flask or box or more accurately "an alabastron", a small contaner which was filled with costly spikenard (perfumed oil). Mary came to the house of Simon the leper to anoint Jesus by breaking the jar and pouring the spikenard on his head in Mark 14. In the ancient world one of the purposes for anointing the head was t...
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And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee
the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things
of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by
reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for
ever....
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Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the
sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of
his God [is] upon him: I [am] the LORD....
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And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father,
that they may minister unto me in the priest's office: for
their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood
throughout their generations....
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Of the body
De 28:40; Ru 3:3; Es 2:12; Ps 92:10; 104:15; 141:5;
Pr
27:9,16; Ec 9:8; So 1:3; 4:10; Isa 57:9; Am 6:6; Mic
6:15
-Of guests
2Ch 28:15; Lu 7:46
-Of the sick
Isa 1:6; Mr 6:13; Lu 10:34; Jas 5:14; Re 3:18
-Of the dead
Mt 26:12; Mr 14:8; 16:1; Lu 23:56
-Of Jesus, as a token of love
Lu 7:37,38,46; Joh 11:2; 12:3
-Omitted in mour...
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in Holy Scripture, is either, I. Material--with oil--or II.
Spiritual--with the Holy Ghost. I. MATERIAL.--
1. Ordinary. Anointing the body or head with oil was
a common practice with the Jews, as with other Oriental
nations. De 28:40; Ru 3:3; Mic 6:15 Anointing the head with
oil or ointment seems also to have been a mark of respect
sometimes ...
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The practice of anointing with perfumed oil was common
among the
Hebrews. (1.) The act of anointing was significant
of
consecration to a holy or sacred use; hence the
anointing of the
high priest (Ex. 29:29; Lev. 4:3) and of the sacred
vessels (Ex.
30:26). The high priest and the king are thus called
"the
anointed" (Lev. 4:3, 5, 16; 6:20;...
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"To put oil on the head or body"; a practice common in the
E. (Rth 3:3). To cease anointing was a mark of mourning (2
Samuel 14:2; Daniel 10:3; Matthew 6:17). A mark of respect
to a guest so common that to omit it implied defective
hospitality (Luke 7:46; Psalm 23:5); Heb., "Thou hast made
fat," or "unctuous" (John 11:2; John 12:3). A body was...
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And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which
[was] upon the altar, and sprinkled [it] upon Aaron, [and]
upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons'
garments with him; and sanctified Aaron, [and] his garments,
and his sons, and his sons' garments with him....
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And thou shalt take of the blood that [is] upon the altar, and
of the anointing oil, and sprinkle [it] upon Aaron, and upon
his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his
sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and
his sons, and his sons' garments with him....
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