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Esther 2:12

King James Version (KJV)

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Esther 2:12

Verse 12 of 23

Scripture focus

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;)

Esther 2:12 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Esther 2:12

Theological / Devotional

Oil of myrrh. Myrrh was highly esteemed by the ancients both for its scent and for its supposed purifying power. In Egypt it was used in the process of embalming the dead (see on Gen. 50:2). The Jews used it as one of the chief ingredients of their “holy anointing oil” (Ex. 30:23-25). Dresses and beds were scented with it (Ps. 45:8; Prov. 7:17).

Sweet odours. The word thus translated is rendered “spices” in S. of Sol. 4:16.

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