²³ `And thou, take to thyself principal spices, wild honey five hundred `shekels'; and spice-cinnamon, the half of that, two hundred and fifty; and spice-cane two hundred and fifty;

¹⁴ Cypresses with nard -- nard and saffron, Cane and cinnamon, With all trees of frankincense, Myrrh and aloes, with all chief spices.

¹⁹ Vedan and Javan go about with thy remnants, They have given shining iron, cassia, and cane, In thy merchandise it hath been.

²⁰ Why `is' this to Me? frankincense from Sheba cometh, And the sweet cane from a land afar off, Your burnt-offerings `are' not for acceptance, And your sacrifices have not been sweet to Me.

²² Merchants of Sheba and Raamah -- they `are' thy merchants, For the chief of all spices, And for every precious stone, and gold, They have given out thy remnants.

²⁹ and he maketh the holy anointing oil, and the pure spice-perfume -- work of a compounder.

⁸ Myrrh and aloes, cassia! all thy garments, Out of palaces of ivory Stringed instruments have made thee glad.

¹⁷ I sprinkled my bed -- myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

³ For fragrance `are' thy perfumes good. Perfume emptied out -- thy name, Therefore have virgins loved thee!

¹³ A bundle of myrrh `is' my beloved to me, Between my breasts it lodgeth.