2 It is like the precious oil on the head, That ran down on the beard, Even Aaron's beard; That came down on the edge of his robes;
He poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron's head, and anointed him, to sanctify him.
Then you shall take the anointing oil, and pour it on his head, and anoint him.
You shall make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil. You shall use it to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony, the table and all its articles, the lampstand and its accessories, the altar of incense, the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin with its base. You shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy. You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest's office.
They made on the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, purple, scarlet, and twined linen.
Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; Let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; Don't let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.
Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured forth, Therefore the virgins love you.
Mary, therefore, took a pound{a Roman pound of 12 ounces, or about 340 grams} of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.
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Commentary on Psalms 133 Matthew Henry Commentary
Psalm 133
This psalm is a brief encomium on unity and brotherly love, which, if we did not see the miseries of discord among men, we should think needless; but we cannot say too much, it were well if we could say enough, to persuade people to live together in peace. Some conjecture that David penned this psalm upon occasion of the union between the tribes when they all met unanimously to make him king. It is a psalm of general use to all societies, smaller and larger, civil and sacred. Here is,
The contents of this psalm in our Bibles, are short, but very proper; it is "the benefit of the communion of saints.'
A song of degrees of David.
Psa 133:1-3
Here see,