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Lexicon :: Strong's H8081 - šemen

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שֶׁמֶן
Transliteration
šemen
Pronunciation
sheh'-men
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2410c

Strong’s Definitions

שֶׁמֶן shemen, sheh'-men; from H8080; grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness:—anointing, × fat (things), × fruitful, oil(-ed), ointment, olive, pine.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 193x

The KJV translates Strong's H8081 in the following manner: oil (165x), ointment (14x), olive (4x), oiled (2x), fat (2x), things (2x), miscellaneous (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 193x
The KJV translates Strong's H8081 in the following manner: oil (165x), ointment (14x), olive (4x), oiled (2x), fat (2x), things (2x), miscellaneous (4x).

  1. fat, oil

    1. fat, fatness

    2. oil, olive oil

      1. as staple, medicament or unguent

      2. for anointing

    3. fat (of fruitful land, valleys) (metaph)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שֶׁמֶן shemen, sheh'-men; from H8080; grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness:—anointing, × fat (things), × fruitful, oil(-ed), ointment, olive, pine.
STRONGS H8081: Abbreviations
שֶׁ֫מֶן 192 noun masculine 2 Kings 20:13 (on apparently feminine Songs 1:3 compare AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 99, 106) fat, oil; — שׁ׳ absolute Genesis 28:18 +, construct Leviticus 8:2 +; שָׁ֑׳ 2 Kings 4:6 +; suffix שַׁמְנִי Hosea 2:7 +, etc.; plural שְׁמָנִים Amos 6:6 +; suffix שְׁמָנֶיךָ Songs 1:3, נַיִח - Songs 4:10; —
1. fat, fatness: קֶרֶן בֶּןשֿׁ׳ Isaiah 5:1 (of fertile slope); plural גֵּיאשְֿׁמָנִים Isaiah 28:1, 4; of food (in figurative) Isaiah 25:6 (twice in verse); literal כְּשָׂרִי כָּחַשׁ מִשָּׁ֑מֶן Psalm 109:24 (compare צוֺם Psalm 109:24a), compare שׁ׳מִפְּנֵי Isaiah 10:27 (in figurative, si vera lectio, meaning obscure; most now emend by conjecture; RSJPH xili (1885), 62 עָלָה מִצָּפוֺן שֹׁרֵד [see also II. חבל], joining to Isaiah 10:28; Du Marti has gone up from Pene-Rimmon [??], compare Di-Kit).
2.
a. oil, specifically olive-oil, as rich product Deuteronomy 8:8 + (see זַיִת); hence עֵץ שׁ׳ Isaiah 41:19 oil-tree, usually explained as wild olive, oleaster, so Nehemiah 8:15 (|| וַיִת), עֲצֵי שׁ׳ oleaster-wood 1 Kings 6:23, 31, 32, 33; once הַמֹּר שׁ׳ Esther 2:2 (see מֹר; מ׳ also in holy anointing oil Exodus 30:23).
b. שׁ׳ as staple (codiment) Numbers 11:8 (J; see לשׁד), of value 1 Kings 17:12, 14, 16; 2 Kings 2:4, 6, 7 + 4 times; symbol of plenty Deuteronomy 32:13; Deuteronomy 33:24; Job 29:6; ascribed (fassely) to gift of Baals Hosea 2:7; as royal treasure 2 Kings 20:13 = Isaiah 39:2, compare 1 Kings 5:25 (כָּ תִית שׁ׳, see כ׳) = 2 Chronicles 2:9; 2 Chronicles 2:14 + 3 times; tribute Hosea 12:2, article of trade Ezekiel 27:17; odoriferous Proverbs 27:9; Songs 1:3; Songs 4:10, רוֺקֵחַ שׁ׳ Ecclesiastes 10:1, so (figurative) Songs 1:3; Ecclesiastes 7:1; Proverbs 27:16 is corrupt, see Toy; sign of luxury Ezekiel 16:13; Proverbs 21:17, of prosperity Ezekiel 16:20.
c. שׁ׳ as medicament Isaiah 1:6; as unguent, for shield 2 Samuel 1:21, person Amos 6:6; Micah 6:15; Deuteronomy 28:40; Ezekiel 16:9; Esther; Psalm 92:11; Psalm 104:15, not for mourner 2 Samuel 14:2; on head token of happiness Ecclesiastes 9:8, of hospitality, ראֹשִׁי דִּמַּנְתָּ בַּמֹּ׳ Psalm 23:5 (figurative), in simile Psalm 133:2; Psalm 141:5.
d. for anointing king, הַשּׁ׳ פַּךְ 1 Samuel 10:1; 2 Kings 9:1, 3, compare 2 Kings 9:6, with קֶרֶן 1 Samuel 16:1, 13; 1 Kings 1:39; compare קָדְשִׁי מְשַׁחְתִּיו בְּשׁ׳ Psalm 89:21.
e. in various figures of joy שָׂשׂוֺן שׁ׳ Isaiah 61:3; Psalm 45:8; soft words Psalm 55:22; Proverbs 5:3; as penetrating Psalm 109:18; as clear, transparent Ezekiel 32:14.
f. used in primitive worship, poured on stone Genesis 28:18 (E), Genesis 35:14 (J).
g. in later ritual: for anointing priests, tabernacle, altar utensils, etc. (P), made of various ingredients, וַיִת שׁ׳ among them, Exodus 30:24, הַמִּשְׁתָה שׁ׳ Exodus 25:6; Leviticus 8:2, 10, 12 + 11 times; מִשְׁחַתקֹֿדֶשׁ שׁ׳ Exodus 30:25 (twice in verse) + 2 times; י׳ מ׳ שׁ׳ Leviticus 10:7, אֱםהָיו מ׳ שׁ׳ Leviticus 21:12; הקּ׳ שׁ׳ Numbers 35:25; שׁ׳ alone Leviticus 14:10 + 12 times Leviticus 14; for lighting Exodus 25:6 + 6 times + זַיִת זָח כָּ חִית שׁ׳ Exodus 27:20; Leviticus 24:2 (see כָּ תִית); poured upon מִנְחָה Leviticus 2:1 + 5 times, compare Leviticus 5:11; Numbers 5:15; smeared (see מָשַׁח) upon wafers Exodus 29:2; Leviticus 2:4 +, and cakes (or mixed in the making? compare בָּלַל) Exodus 29:2; Leviticus 2:4, 5 +, so סֹלֶת בַּשׁ׳ Leviticus 2:7 etc. (approximately + 45 times in all), חַלַּת לֶחֶם שׁ׳ Exodus 29:23; Leviticus 8:26.
h. for use in temple 1 Chronicles 9:29.
i. for תְּרוּמָה in Ezekiel's temple Ezekiel 45:14 (twice in verse) + 7 times in Ezekiel 45 and 46.
† j. efficacy denied Micah 6:7
† k. offered to idols Isaiah 57:9; Ezekiel 16:18, 19; Ezekiel 23:41. — See MacalisterHast. DB OIL ARSKEncy. Bib. OIL.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

28:18; 28:18; 35:14

Exodus

25:6; 25:6; 27:20; 29:2; 29:2; 29:23; 30:23; 30:24; 30:25

Leviticus

2:1; 2:4; 2:4; 2:5; 2:7; 5:11; 8:2; 8:2; 8:10; 8:12; 8:26; 10:7; 14; 14:10; 21:12; 24:2

Numbers

5:15; 11:8; 35:25

Deuteronomy

8:8; 28:40; 32:13; 33:24

1 Samuel

10:1; 16:1; 16:13

2 Samuel

1:21; 14:2

1 Kings

1:39; 6:23; 6:31; 6:32; 6:33; 17:12; 17:14; 17:16

2 Kings

2:4; 2:6; 2:7; 4:6; 9:1; 9:3; 9:6; 20:13; 20:13

1 Chronicles

9:29

2 Chronicles

2:9; 2:14

Nehemiah

8:15

Esther

2:2

Job

29:6

Psalms

23:5; 45:8; 55:22; 89:21; 92:11; 104:15; 109:18; 109:24; 109:24; 133:2; 141:5

Proverbs

5:3; 21:17; 27:9; 27:16

Ecclesiastes

7:1; 9:8; 10:1

Song of Songs

1:3; 1:3; 1:3; 1:3; 4:10; 4:10

Isaiah

1:6; 5:1; 10:27; 10:28; 25:6; 28:1; 28:4; 39:2; 41:19; 57:9; 61:3

Ezekiel

16:9; 16:13; 16:18; 16:19; 16:20; 23:41; 27:17; 32:14; 45:14

Hosea

2:7; 2:7; 12:2

Amos

6:6; 6:6

Micah

6:7; 6:15

H8081

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8081 matches the Hebrew שֶׁמֶן (šemen),
which occurs 193 times in 176 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 28:18–Lev 14:26)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:18 - Early in the morning Jacob took the stone he had placed near his head and set it up as a sacred stone. Then he poured oil on top of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:14 - So Jacob set up a sacred stone pillar in the place where God spoke with him. He poured out a drink offering on it, and then he poured oil on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:6 - oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for fragrant incense,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:20 - "You are to command the Israelites that they bring to you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, so that the lamps will burn regularly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:2 - and bread made without yeast, and perforated cakes without yeast mixed with oil, and wafers without yeast spread with oil - you are to make them using fine wheat flour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:7 - You are to take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:21 - You are to take some of the blood that is on the altar and some of the anointing oil and sprinkle it on Aaron, on his garments, on his sons, and on his sons' garments with him, so that he may be holy, he and his garments along with his sons and his sons' garments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:23 - and one round flat cake of bread, one perforated cake of oiled bread, and one wafer from the basket of bread made without yeast that is before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:40

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:40 - With the first lamb offer a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a fourth of a hin of oil from pressed olives, and a fourth of a hin of wine as a drink offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:24 - and twelve and a half pounds of cassia, all weighed according to the sanctuary shekel, and four quarts of olive oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:25 - You are to make this into a sacred anointing oil, a perfumed compound, the work of a perfumer. It will be sacred anointing oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:31 - And you are to tell the Israelites: 'This is to be my sacred anointing oil throughout your generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:11 - the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the Holy Place. They will make all these things just as I have commanded you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:8 - olive oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:14 - the lampstand for the light and its accessories, its lamps, and oil for the light;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:15 - and the altar of incense with its poles, the anointing oil, and the fragrant incense; the hanging for the door at the entrance of the tabernacle;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:28 - and spices and olive oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:29 - He made the sacred anointing oil and the pure fragrant incense, the work of a perfumer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:37 - the pure lampstand, its lamps, with the lamps set in order, and all its accessories, and oil for the light;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:38 - and the gold altar, and the anointing oil, and the fragrant incense; and the curtain for the entrance to the tent;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:9 - And take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and sanctify it and all its furnishings, and it will be holy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:1 - "'When a person presents a grain offering to the LORD, his offering must consist of choice wheat flour, and he must pour olive oil on it and put frankincense on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:2 - Then he must bring it to the sons of Aaron, the priests, and the priest must scoop out from there a handful of its choice wheat flour and some of its olive oil in addition to all of its frankincense, and the priest must offer its memorial portion up in smoke on the altar - it is a gift of a soothing aroma to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:4 - "'When you present an offering of grain baked in an oven, it must be made of choice wheat flour baked into unleavened loaves mixed with olive oil or unleavened wafers smeared with olive oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:5 - If your offering is a grain offering made on the griddle, it must be choice wheat flour mixed with olive oil, unleavened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:6 - Crumble it in pieces and pour olive oil on it - it is a grain offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:7 - If your offering is a grain offering made in a pan, it must be made of choice wheat flour deep fried in olive oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:15 - And you must put olive oil on it and set frankincense on it - it is a grain offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:16 - Then the priest must offer its memorial portion up in smoke - some of its crushed bits, some of its olive oil, in addition to all of its frankincense - it is a gift to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:11 - "'If he cannot afford two turtledoves or two young pigeons, he must bring as his offering for his sin which he has committed a tenth of an ephah of choice wheat flour for a sin offering. He must not place olive oil on it and he must not put frankincense on it, because it is a sin offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:15 - and the priest must take up with his hand some of the choice wheat flour of the grain offering and some of its olive oil, and all of the frankincense that is on the grain offering, and he must offer its memorial portion up in smoke on the altar as a soothing aroma to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:21 - It must be made with olive oil on a griddle and you must bring it well soaked, so you must present a grain offering of broken pieces as a soothing aroma to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:10 - Every grain offering, whether mixed with olive oil or dry, belongs to all the sons of Aaron, each one alike.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:12 - If he presents it on account of thanksgiving, along with the thank offering sacrifice he must present unleavened loaves mixed with olive oil, unleavened wafers smeared with olive oil, and well soaked ring-shaped loaves made of choice wheat flour mixed with olive oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:2 - "Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, the anointing oil, the sin offering bull, the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:10 - Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it, and so consecrated them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:12 - He then poured some of the anointing oil on the head of Aaron and anointed him to consecrate him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:26 - and from the basket of unleavened bread that was before the LORD he took one unleavened loaf, one loaf of bread mixed with olive oil, and one wafer, and placed them on the fat parts and on the right thigh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:30 - Then Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood which was on the altar and sprinkled it on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and his sons' garments with him. So he consecrated Aaron, his garments, and his sons and his sons' garments with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:4 - and an ox and a ram for peace offerings to sacrifice before the LORD, and a grain offering mixed with olive oil, for today the LORD is going to appear to you.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:7 - but you must not go out from the entrance of the Meeting Tent lest you die, for the Lord's anointing oil is on you." So they acted according to the word of Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:10 - "On the eighth day he must take two flawless male lambs, one flawless yearling female lamb, three-tenths of an ephah of choice wheat flour as a grain offering mixed with olive oil, and one log of olive oil,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:12 - "The priest is to take one male lamb and present it for a guilt offering along with the log of olive oil and present them as a wave offering before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:15 - The priest will then take some of the log of olive oil and pour it into his own left hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:16 - Then the priest is to dip his right forefinger into the olive oil that is in his left hand, and sprinkle some of the olive oil with his finger seven times before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:17 - The priest will then put some of the rest of the olive oil that is in his hand on the right earlobe of the one being cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the blood of the guilt offering,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:18 - and the remainder of the olive oil that is in his hand the priest is to put on the head of the one being cleansed. So the priest is to make atonement for him before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:21 - "If the person is poor and does not have sufficient means, he must take one male lamb as a guilt offering for a wave offering to make atonement for himself, one-tenth of an ephah of choice wheat flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering, a log of olive oil,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:24 - and the priest is to take the male lamb of the guilt offering and the log of olive oil and wave them as a wave offering before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:26 - The priest will then pour some of the olive oil into his own left hand,

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