bible flowers

 

                     Dee Finney's blog

                 start date July 20, 2011

                 today's date 10-27-13

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               TOPIC:   PLANTS OF THE BIBLE.

                 These plants are mentioned in The Bible. Some gardens are planted with them to make a 
             garden with a Biblical theme - a Biblical garden.

    Plant Reference
     Rubus sanctus blackberry bush Abraham's Bush (Vitex agnus castus L.; Lamiaceae)
 There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up.		 Exodus 3:2
    Acacia, Spirale (Acacia raddiana Savi)
The Ark - “Have them make an ark of acacia wood—two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.		 Exodus 25:10
    Acacia, tortilis Acacia, Negev (Acacia gerrardii Bentham subsp. negevensis)
Making the Lampstand - He also made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered work. Its base, its stem, its cups, its calyxes,		 Exodus 37:17
    Algum Tree traditionally red sandalwood (Pterocarpus santalinus) white sandalwood - Santalum album sandal wood, a few claim it is juniper (Juniperus excelsa [Heb., ’al·gum·mim?

10 Moreover, the servants of Hiram and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, brought algum wood and precious stones.11 And the king made from the algum wood supports for the house of theLord and for the king's house, lyres also and harps for the singers. There never was seen the like of them before in the land of Judah.


2 Chronicles 9:10
    Almond (Amygdalus communis) [Heb., luz sha·qedh? "keeping awake"
11 And their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Take some of the best fruits of the land in your vessels and carry down a present for the man—a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachio nuts and almonds. 

Making the Lampstand

17 He also made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered work. Its base, its stem, its cups, its calyxes, and its flowers were of one piece with it. 18 And there were six branches going out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of one side of it and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it; 19 three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on one branch, and three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on the other branch—so for the six branches going out of the lampstand.20 And on the lampstand itself were four cups made like almond blossoms, with their calyxes and flowers, 21 and a calyx of one piece with it under each pair of the six branches going out of it. 22 Their calyxes and their branches were of one piece with it. The whole of it was a single piece of hammered work of pure gold. 23 And he made its seven lamps and its tongs and its trays of pure gold. 24 He made it and all its utensils out of a talent[a] of pure gold.

     The almond has been known since early Bible times (cf. Gen. 43:11). The Hebrews called it shaked, which means "hasten."

    • This may refer to the face that the pink blossoms of the almond tree are the first blooms to appear in the spring (Jer. 1:11-12).

    Some visitors think that Palestine grows the best almonds in the East. They have been found in the northern regions of Mount Lebanon and Hebron, east of the Jordan, and in Egypt. Under favorable conditions, the tree grows to 6 m. (20 ft.) in height.

    Note that when Aaron's rod budded, it brought forth almonds (Num. 17:8).

 (Ge 30:37);















Exodus 37:17-24












Genesis 43:11.



Jeremiah 1:11-12






Numbers 17:8
    Almug Tree (Pterocarpus santalinus)
11 Also, the ships of Hiram, which brought gold from Ophir, brought great quantities of almug[a] wood and precious stones from Ophir. 12 And the king made steps of the almug wood for the house of the Lord and for the king’s house, also harps and stringed instruments for singers. There never again came such almug wood, nor has the like been seen to this day.		 1 Kings 10:11
    Aloe (Aquilaria agallocha)
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.		 Proverbs 7:17

Psalm 45:8
    Maybe but doubtfully, Aloe, Aloe succotrina., myrhh, and cinnamon
17:  I have perfumed by bed with myrhh, aloe, and cinnamon.

 14 14 spikenard and saffron;
calamus and cinnamon,
with all trees of frankincense;
myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices


 Proverbs 7:17


Song of Solomon 4:14
    Anemone (Anemone coronaria L.; Ranunculaceae)
28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
The Plant List of Ranunculaceae
 Matthew 6:28
    Anise (Dill) (Anethum graveolens)

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.		 Exodus 30:34


Matthew 23:23
    Apple (Malus domestica.) [Heb., tap·pu?ach]. Arabic is tuffah. To change a p to Letter f in Hebrew there's a dot changed The word itself indicates that which is distinguished by its fragrance, or scent. It comes from the root na·phach?, meaning "blow; pant; struggle for breath." (Gen 2:7; Job 31:39; Jer 15:9) Regarding this, M. C. Fisher wrote: "Relationship [to na·phach?] seems at first semantically strained, but the ideas of ‘breathe’ and ‘exhale an odor’ are related. The by-form puah means both ‘blow’ (of wind) and ‘exhale a pleasant odor, be fragrant.’"-Proverbs 25:11.

     Different scholars identify the apple referred to in Joel 1:12 and the Song of Solomon 2:3,4; 7:8; 8:5 with apple, quince, and apricot. The Hebrew word used in these passages istappuah.

    Song of Solomon 2:3 - As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so [is] my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit [was] sweet to my taste.

    Song of Solomon 2:5 - Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I [am] sick of love.

    Song of Solomon 7:8 - I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;

    The ancient Romans prized the apple tree for its fruit. Scholars believe that the Romans introduced them into England. Although our apple tree grows in Palestine today, it is not certain that the Bible refers to it.

    Henry B. Tristram and others think that the apple tree of the Bible was actually the apricot (Prunus armeniaca), which originated in southern Asia and grows abundantly in the Holy Land. It reaches approximately 9 m. (30 ft.) with very sweet golden fruit. This tree could fit the description of the "apple" in Proverbs 25:11.

    Proverbs 25:11 - A word fitly spoken [is like] apples of gold in pictures of silver.

 Genesis 3:6

Job 31:39

Jeremiah 15:9

Proverbs 25:11

Solomon 2:3-5

Solomon 7:8

Solomon 8:5
    Ash Tree

He heweth him down cedars,
and taketh the cypress and the oak,
which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest:
he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.		 Isaiah 44:14
    Barley (Hordeum spp.)
Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.

Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.

  
Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse,

When a farmer plows for planting, does he plow continually?
    Does he keep on breaking up and working the soil?
25 When he has leveled the surface,
    does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin?
Does he not plant wheat in its place,
    barley in its plot,
    and spelt in its field?
 .		 Numbers 5:15



Ezekiel 4:9




Samuel 17:28


Isaiah 28: 24-25
    Bdellium (Commiphora africana) - [Heb., bedho?lach].
 And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.

Bdellium (dĕl'ē-əm) (Hebrew bedolach), also bdellion, is an aromatic gum like myrrh that is exuded from a tree. An Arab writer first made the identification with gum guggul, the species Commiphora wightii,[1] although "bdellium" has also been used to identify the African species Commiphora africanaand at least one other Indian species, C. stocksiana.[2] Bdellium was an adulterant of the more costlymyrrh (Commiphora myrrha); guggul is still used as a binder in perfumes.

The word bedolach occurs only twice in the Hebrew Bible. The first is in Genesis 2:12, where it is described as a product of the land of Havilah; the context has led some readers to link bedolach with pearls or other precious stones.[3] Bdellium is mentioned once again, as something familiar, in Numbers 11:7, where manna is compared to it in color:

 Numbers 11:7
    Beans (Vicia faba)
Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.		 Ezekiel 4:9
    Box tree (Boxus sempervirens)
I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:		 Isaiah 41:19
    Boxthorn (Lycium europaeum)
Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.		 Proverbs 22:5
    Bramble (Rubus ulmifolius)
 And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.		 Judges 9:15
       
    Brier

Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree,
and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree:
 and it shall be to the Lord for a name,
 for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

 Isaiah 55:13
    Broom, Spiny (Calycotome villosa (Poiret)
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.		 Psalm 120:4
    Broom Tree

4 In the brush they gathered salt herbs, and their food was the root of the broom tree.
Job 30:4
    Broom, White (Retama raetam (Forssk.) Webb)

But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.

 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.		 1 Kings 19:4,




Psalm 120:4
    Broom, Yellow (Spartium junceum)
 Scotch broom is native to the Mediterranean areas of Europe. It was intentionally introduced to B.C. in 1850 by Captain Walter Grant who planted broom at his farm on Vancouver Island. Regrettably, few realized the invasiveness of this perennial as it quickly spread up the east coast of Vancouver Island before invading the Gulf Islands and mainland. Humans encouraged its continued spread as highway departments planted Scotch broom as a bank stabilizer because of its deep root structure and rapid growth. Nowadays, Scotch broom can be spotted with its brilliant yellow flowers in open areas such as roadsides, power lines, and natural meadows. This weed is a strong competitor with various native plants including those within declining Garry oak ecosystems as well as newly planted coniferous forests. It competes with native species for available light, moisture and nutrients, especially on disturbed sites. So far there are no known natural predators for this weed, therefore allowing it to spread throughout southern B.C. and other parts of North America. It does particularly well in recently disturbed areas, and for this reason it continues to increase in areas of Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland where land development is intensive. Despite these detriments, Scotch broom is quite spectacular with its striking array of bright yellow flowers in spring		 Psalm 120:4
    Bulrush (Typha spp.) or Papyrus (Cyperus papyrus)
 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.


14 11414 Therefore the Lord will cut off head and tail from Israel,
Palm branch and bulrush in one day.
15 The elder and honorable, he is the head;
The prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.
16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err,
And those who are led by them are destroyed.

 Exodus 2:3



Isaiah 9:14
    Burning Bush (Loranthus acaciae)
And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.		 Exodus 3:1, 2
    Calamus
23 Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,


14 14  spikenard and saffron;
calamus and cinnamon,
with all trees of frankincense;
myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices

 Exodus 30: 23


Song of Solomon 4:14
    Cane (Arundo donax)
You have not bought me sweet cane with money,   or satisfied me with the fat of your sacrifices.But you have burdened me with your sins;  you have wearied me with your iniquities.

   To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.		 Isaiah 43:24


Jeremiah 6:20
    Caper, Desire (Capparis spinosa L.)
 Also he spoke of trees, from the cedar tree of Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of animals, of birds, of creeping things, and of fish.

 Capparis spinosa, the caper bush, also called Flinders rose,[1] is a perennial winter-deciduous plant that bears rounded, fleshy leaves and large white to pinkish-white flowers. The plant is best known for the edible flower buds (capers), often used as a seasoning, and the fruit (caper berry), both of which are usually consumed pickled. Other species of Capparis are also picked along with C. spinosa for their buds or fruits. Other parts of Capparis plants are used in the manufacture of medicines and cosmetics.		 1 Kings 4:33
    Camphire (Lawsonia inermis)
 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.
Henna is Camphire:  		1 Solomon 1:14
    Caraway
When a farmer plows for planting, does he plow continually?
    Does he keep on breaking up and working the soil?
25 When he has leveled the surface,
    does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin?
Does he not plant wheat in its place,
    barley in its plot,
    and spelt in its field?
 Isaiah 28: 24-25
    Carob or Locust (Ceratonia siliqua) St. John's Bread - the 'husks'
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. (Note: Swine are considered unclean animls and were not allowed to eat them)
 Luke 15:16;
    Cassia" (Cinnamomum iners)
 24 And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:

8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.

 Exodus 30: 24


Psalm45:8,
    Castor Oil Tree (Jonah's Gourd) - (Ricinus communis L.)  http://www.flowersinisrael.com/Ricinuscommunis_page.htm

CASTOR OIL (CASTOR BEAN)

Jonah 4: 6-7 And the Lord God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd. But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.

 Jonah 4
    Cedar of Lebanon (Cedrus libani Loud.)

So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire.

And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
  By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.

I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:

 And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
52 and he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:		 1 Kings 5:10 



1 Kings 4:43




2 Kings 19:23





Isaiah 41:19





Judges 9:19


Leviticus 14:52
    Chamomile (several species)  Roman Chamomile (Chamaemelum nobile)
 http://www.hcgdiethelp.info/chamomile/
The Bible references essential oils 188 times for anointing and healing the sick.

http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Bible-Verses-About-Anointing-Oil/
 
    Chestnut (Plane Tree) (Platanus orientalis L.)

 Most scholars agree that the chestnut mentioned in the Bible is the Oriental plane. Jacob's speckled rod was made from the wood of this tree (Gen. 30:37).

37 And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

38 And he set the rods which he had piled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.

 Genesis 30:37-38
    Chicory (Cichorium spp.)
  11 The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 

Chicory -

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicory -

Common chicory, Cichorium intybus, is a somewhat woody, perennial herbaceous plant usually with bright blue flowers, rarely white or pink. Various varieties ...

Names - Description - Leaf chicory - Root chicory
 Numbers 9:11
    Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum)
 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
 
23 Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,


14 14 spikenard and saffron;
calamus and cinnamon,
with all trees of frankincense;
myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices


13 And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.

 Proverbs 7:17



Exodus 30:23



Song of Solomon 4:14




Revelation 18:13
    Citron (Etrog) (Citrus medica L.)
 12 the merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,

Etrog:  used by the Hebrews during Sukkot: refers to the yellow citron or Citrus medica used by Jews on the week-long holiday. While in modern Hebrew this is the name for any variety of citron, its English usage applies to those varieties and specimens used as one of the Four Species.		 Revelation 18:12
    Cockle (Agrostemma gitago)
a weed, as the darnel Lolium temulentum,  or rye grass, L. perenne.
Origin:  In the Bible it is commonly known as 'tares'


  
    Coriander (Coriandrum sativum)
And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.
 Numbers 11:7
Exodus 16:31
    Corn

1 And the famine was sore in the land.

2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.


 Genesis 11:1-2
    Cotton (Gossypium herbaceum)

deuteronomy/22-11...

"Don't wear material made from wool and linen mixed together.  You must not wear clothing made with wool and linen meshed together.

 

19 Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.

 Deuteronomy 22:11


Leviticus 19:19
    Crocus (Crocus sativus)

 The wilderness and the desert will be glad, And the Arabah will rejoice and blossom; Like the crocus

  I am the spring crocus blooming on the Sharon Plain,
    the lily of the valley.
 Isaiah 35:1

Song of solomon 2:1
    Crown Daisy (Chrysanthemum sp.)

6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:

7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the Lordbloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.

8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.



 Isaiah 40:6
    Crown of Thorns (Paliurus spina-christi)   a wreath of thorny acanthus (brides wore this)

16 The soldiers led Jesus away into the palace(that is, the Praetorium) and called together the whole company of soldiers. 17 They put a purple robe on him, then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on him.
 		Mark 15:16-17



Matthew 27:29


John 19:2
    Cucumber (Cucumis melo)

5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:		 Numbers 11:5
    Cummin (Cumimum cyminum)
24 When a farmer plows for planting, does he plow continually?
    Does he keep on breaking up and working the soil?
25 When he has leveled the surface,
    does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin?
Does he not plant wheat in its place,
    barley in its plot,
    and spelt in its field?

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.		 Isaiah 28:
  24-25


Matthew 23:23
    Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens L.)

He heweth him down cedars,
and taketh the cypress and the oak,
which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest:
he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.		 Isaiah 44:14
    Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera)

7 This thy stature is like to a palm tree,
and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.
8 I said, I will go up to the palm tree,
I will take hold of the boughs thereof:


12 On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 13 took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord


 Song Of Solomon 7:
7-8




John 12:12-13
    Dill (Anethum graveolens)

34 And the Lord said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum;these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight: 35 and thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:36 and thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy. 37 And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the Lord. 


 Stacte: A sweet spice used by the ancient Jews in making incense. [Middle English stacten, myrrh resin, from Latin stact , from Greek stakt , from feminine of staktos,


 Onycha (Greek: ονυξ), along with equal parts of stacte, galbanum, and frankincense, was one of the components of the consecrated Ketoret (incense) 

Gabanum and Frankincese are listed below.


 Exodus 30:
34-37
    Fig (Ficus carica L.)

     Figs. The fig tree was cultivated in Palestine and other Mediterranean countries (cf. Deut. 8:8). Although it is not tall, its large leaves and widely spreading branches provide excellent shade. Sitting under a fig tree was typical of peace and prosperity (I Kings 4:25; Mic. 4:4; Zech. 3:10). The Hebrew word for the fig tree was teenah, meaning "to spread out." The Greeks called this tree syke and the fruit sykon.

    There were two crops of figs in ancient Palestine. The early harvest appeared in June and was called the bikkore (Hos. 9:10; Isa. 28:4). The later crop ripened continually from August through March; it was called the kermouse.

    The fig is small and pear-shaped and often forms before the leaves appear. In biblical times, figs were eaten fresh, dried, or pressed into cakes (I Sam. 25:19; 30:12). Sometimes figs were used as a poultice (II Kings 20:7). 7 And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

    Jesus used a fig tree to teach His disciples the need for spiritual fruitfulness (Matt. 24:32; Luke 13:6).

 Deuteronomy 8:8

1 Kings 4:25

2 Kings 20:7

Micah 4:4

Zecheriah 3:10

Hosea 9:10

Isaiah 28:4

Joel 1:7

Matthew 24:32

Luke 13:6
    Fir Tree

 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree,
and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree:
 and it shall be to the Lord for a name,
 for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

 Isaiah 55:13
    Fitches (Black Cumin) (Nigella sativa)

For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.

 Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.		 Isaiah 18:27

Ezekiel 4:9
    Flax (Linum usitatissimum)

She seeks wool and flax, And willingly works with her hands.		 Proverbs 31:13
       
    Frankincense (Boswellia thurifers)
  And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense and myrrh.

  Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

Exodus 30: 1, 7-9, & 34 And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it…And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at eve, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations. Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon…And the Lord said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense…

Leviticus 2: 1-2 & 15-16 And when any will offer a meat offering unto the Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon. And he shall take thereout…all the frankincense thereof…And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a meat offering. And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the beaten corn thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof…

Leviticus 16: 12-13 And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the Lord, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small…And he shall put the incense upon the fire…that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat…

Jeremiah 17: 26 And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the Lord.

3 Isaiah 43:23 You have not brought me your sheep for burnt offerings,
    or honored me with your sacrifices.
I have not burdened you with offerings, or wearied you with frankincense.

Matthew 2: 11 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts: gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

Revelation 5: 8 …having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.

 

Revelation 18: 13 And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.

 Matthew 2:11




Song of Solomon 4:6





Exodus 30:
34-37








Leviticus 2:1-2
Lev 2: 15-16





Leviticus 16:12-13





Jeremiah 17:26




Isaiah 43:23






Matthew 2:11




Revelation 5:8


Revelation 18:13
    FRUIT

According to GOD's law, all fruit-bearing plants had to be three years old before their fruit could be harvested. Farmers made provision for the poor and widows by leaving some fruit for them.

23 And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of.

24 But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise theLord withal.

25 And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the Lord your God.

 Leviticus 19:23-25
    Galbanum - Fennel (Ferula galbaniflua)

Exodus 30: 34 Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense…

Ecclesiasticus 24: 15 …a pleasant odour like the best myrrh, as galbanum, and onyx, and sweet storax…



Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
 Exodus 30:34


Ecclesiasticus 24:15



Matthew 23:23
    Gall (Papaver somniferum)

 Book of Lamentations 3:19
    Garlic (Allium sativum)

 5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:		 Numbers 11:5
    Gourd

 6 And the Lord God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.		 Jonah 4:6
    Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.)

    The Holy Land has rightly been called "the land of the grapes." Climate and soil conditions in Palestine are well suited for growing grapes.

    The Israelites found enormous clusters of grapes growing in Canaan (Num. 13:23). A single grape was reported to be as large as a plum. Since the grapes of Egypt were small, the Israelites naturally were impressed.

    Grapes have been the principal agricultural product of Palestine since ancient times. Besides furnishing raisins and wine, the grapes provided juice that was boiled down to the consistency of molasses; the Hebrews called this debash, or "honey". This was probably the "honey" mentioned in Genesis 43:11 and Ezekiel 27:17.

    12 Let us get up early to the vineyards;
    let us see if the vine flourish,
    whether the tender grape appear,






Genesis 9:20

Genesis 43:11

Numbers 13:23


Ezekiel 27:17


Song of Solomon 7:12
    Grass

6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:

7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the Lordbloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.

8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.

 Isaiah 40:6-8
    Hemlock (Conium maculatum)

Shall horses run upon the rock?
will one plow there with oxen?
for ye have turned judgment into gall,
and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
 Amos 6:12
    Henna (Lawsonia inermis L.)
 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.

Henna is also Cahmphire		 Song of Solomon1:14
    Hyssop

52 and he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:
 Leviticus 14:52
    Incense (Boswellia sacra)

Frankincense, also called olibanum (Arabic: لُبَّانٌ, lubbān;  Hebrew:לבונה, levonah), is an aromatic resin obtained from trees of the genus Boswellia, particularly Boswellia sacra, B. carteri, B. thurifera, B. frereana and B. bhaw-dajiana (Burseraceae). The English word is derived from Old French "franc encens" (i.e. high quality incense)[1] and is used in incense and perfumes.


13 They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar and terebinth, where the shade is pleasant.		 Hosea 4:13
    Judas Tree (Cercis siliquastrum)
There is a long-standing myth that Judas Iscariot hanged himself from a tree of this species. This belief is related to the common name "Judas tree", which is possibly a corrupted derivation from the French common name, Arbre de Judée, meaning tree of Judea, referring to the hilly regions of that country where the tree used to be common.[4] Another possible source for the vernacular name is the fact that the flowers and seedpods can dangle direct from the trunk in a way reminiscent of Judas' suicide.[3]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cercis_siliquastrum 		Matthew 3:3-10
       
    Juniper

 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

 Psalms 120 : 4
    Leek (Allium porrum)

5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:		 Numbers 11:5
    Lentils (Lens esculenta)

Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse,

 Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.		 2 Samuel 17:28

Ezekiel 4:9
    Lily (Iris palaestina)
The tops of the pillars were in the shape of lilies. So the work of the pillars was finished.
 It was a handbreadth thick; and its brim was shaped like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It contained two thousand[c] baths.		 1 Kings 7:22

1 Kings 7:26
    Lily of the Valley

I am the spring crocus blooming on the Sharon Plain,
    the lily of the valley.		 Song of Solomon 2:1
    Lily Sand (Pancratium maritimum L.)

19 The capitals on top of the pillars in the portico were in the shape of lilies, four cubits high
 1 Kings 7:19
    Mallow (Atriplex halimus L.)

4 In the brush they gathered salt herbs, and their food was the root of the broom tree.
 Job 30:4
    Mandrake (Mandragora autumnalis) Bertol)

15 But she said to her, "Wasn't it enough that you took away my husband? Will you take my son's mandrakes too?" "Very well," Rachel said, "he can sleep with you tonight in return for your son's mandrakes."


Mandrake is the common name for members of the plant genus Mandragora, particularly the species Mandragora officinarum, belonging to the nightshades family (Solanaceae). Because mandrake contains deliriant hallucinogenic tropane alkaloids such asatropine, scopolamine, apoatropine, hyoscyamine and the roots sometimes contain bifurcations causing them to resemble human figures, their roots have long been used in magic rituals, today also in contemporary pagan traditions such as Wicca and Odinism.

The only part of the mandrake that is not poisonous is the fruit.
 Genesis 30:15
    Manna (Alhagi camelorum)

7 The manna was like coriander seed and looked like resin		 Numbers 11:7
    Marjorum (Origanum majorana)

4 the priest shall order that two live clean birds and some cedar wood, scarlet yarn and hyssop be brought for the one to be cleansed.

Marjoram (Origanum majorana, syn. Majorana hortensis Moench, Majorana majorana (L.) H. Karst[2]) is a somewhat cold-sensitiveperennial herb or undershrub with sweet pine and citrus flavors. In some Middle-Eastern countries, marjoram is synonymous withoregano, and there the names sweet marjoram and knotted marjoram are used to distinguish it from other plants of the genusOriganum.

The name marjoram (Old French majorane, Medieval Latin majorana) does not directly derive from the Latin word maior (major).[3]Marjoram is indigenous to Cyprus and southern Turkey, and was known to the Greeks and Romans as a symbol of happiness.

 Leviticus 14:4
    Melons

 5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:		 Numbers 11:5
    Millet
Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.		 Ezekiel 4:9
    Mint

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.		 Matthew 23:23
    Mulberry, Black (Morus nigra L.)

23 And when David enquired of the Lord, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees. 24 And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall theLord go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines. 

 2 Samuel 5:23-24
    Mustard (Brassica nigra)

6 And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.

 31 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
Luke 17:6


Matthew 13:31
    Myrrh  - (Commiphora abyssinica Engl.)

I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

  8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.

   23 Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,

  Esther 2: 12 …for so were the days of their purification 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.
 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense

 Proverbs 7:17


Psalm 45:8

Exodus 30:23




Esther 2:12

Song of Solomon4:6
    Myrtle (Myrtus communis L.)

13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree,
and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree:
and it shall be to the Lord for a name,
for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.		 Isaiah 55:13
    Nettles (Acanthus spinosus)

14 spikenard and saffron;
calamus and cinnamon,
with all trees of frankincense;
myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices

 Song of Solomon4:14
    Nigella (Nigella sp.) Black Cummin)

25 When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?

26 For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.

27 For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.

28 Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen.

 Isaiah 28:25-28
    Nuts/Pistachio - (Pistacia vera L.)

He

11 I went down to the grove of nut trees
    to look at the new growth in the valley,
to see if the vines had budded
    or the pomegranates were in bloom.

 Song of Solomon6:11
    Nuts/Walnut (Juglans regia L.)

He

11 I went down to the grove of nut trees
    to look at the new growth in the valley,
to see if the vines had budded
    or the pomegranates were in bloom.

 Song of Solomon6:11
    Oak (Quercus calliprinos Webb)

And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the Lord
 Joshua 24:26
    Oak (Quercus ithaburensis Decaisne)

And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the Lord


He heweth him down cedars,
and taketh the cypress and the oak,
which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest:
he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.

 Joshua 24:26

Isaiah 44:14
    Oak (Valonia Oak) (Quercus aegilips)

  But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth.		 Genesis 35:8
    Olive (Olea europaea)

Genesis 8: 11 And the dove came in to him in the morning; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off….

Exodus 27: 20 And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.

Deuteronomy 7: 13 …thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil…

Deuteronomy 8: 8 …A land of oil olive, and honey.

Judges 9: 8-9 The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man…

Leviticus 24: 1-2      And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.

Psalms 23: 5 …thou anointest my head with oil…

Proverbs 27: 9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart…

Matthew 6: 17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face.

Mark 6: 13 …and anointed with oil many that were sick…

Luke 10: 34 And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine…

James 5: 14 Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

 

 Genesis 8:11


Exodus 27:20



Deuteronomy 7:13

Deuteronomy 8:8

Judges 9:8-9




Levticus 24:1-2



Psalms23:5


Proverbs 27:9

Matthew 6:17

Mark 6:14

Luke 10:34


James 5:14
    Onion (Allium cepa)

 5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:		 Numbers 11:5
    Onycha

34 And the Lord said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum;these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight: 35 and thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:36 and thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy. 37 And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the Lord. 


 Stacte: A sweet spice used by the ancient Jews in making incense. [Middle English stacten, myrrh resin, from Latin stact , from Greek stakt , from feminine of staktos,


 Onycha (Greek: ονυξ), along with equal parts of stacte, galbanum, and frankincense, was one of the components of the consecrated Ketoret (incense) 

Gabanum and Frankincese are listed above.
 Exodus 30: 34-37
    Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.)

8 I said, I will go up to the palm tree,
I will take hold of the boughs thereof:		 Song of Solomon7:8
    Aleppo Pine (Pinus halepensis)

Isaiah 9:4 Therefore the Lord will cut off head and tail from Israel,
Palm branch and bulrush in one day.
15 The elder and honorable, he is the head;
The prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.
16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err,
And those who are led by them are destroyed.

Isaiah 41:19 |
I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:

Isaiah 60:13 |
The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.


Isaiah 9:4






Isaiah 44:14






Isaiah 60:13
    Pine Tree (Abies cilicica)

 8 Then Hiram sent back this message to Solomon: “I received the message you sent, and I will give you all the cedar and pine trees you want. 9 My servants will bring them down from Lebanon to the sea. There I will tie them together and float them along the shore to the place you choose. Then I will separate the logs there, and you can take them away. In return it is my wish that you give food to all those who live with me.” 10 So Hiram gave Solomon as much cedar and pine as he wanted. 
 1 Kings 5: 8-10
    Plane Tree (Platanus orientalis L.)

PLANE TREE - plan'-tre ('armon; platanos (Gen 30:37), elate ("pine" or "fir") (Ezek 31:8); the King James Version chestnut): `Armon is supposed to be derived from the root aram, meaning "to be bare" or "naked"; this is considered a suitable term for the plane, which sheds its bark annually. The chestnut of the King James Version is not an indigenous tree, but the plane (Planus orientalis) is one of the finest trees in Palestine, flourishing especially by water courses (compare Ecclesiasticus 24:14).

8 The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chestnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.





Ezekiel 31:8
    Pomegranate - (Punica granatum)

13 Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates,
with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,
14 spikenard and saffron;
calamus and cinnamon,
with all trees of frankincense;
myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:

I went down to the grove of nut trees
    to look at the new growth in the valley,
to see if the vines had budded
    or the pomegranates were in bloom.


 12 Let us get up early to the vineyards;
let us see if the vine flourish,
whether the tender grape appear,
and the pomegranates bud forth:		 Song of Solomon 4: 13-14



Song of Solomon 6:11




Song of Solomon7:12
    Poplar White

And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear whichwas in the rods.

 Genesis 30:37
    Reed (See also Cane.)

3 And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.

4 And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee; for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel.

5 And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.

6 Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad.

7 And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed.

8 He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed.

3 A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.

 

20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.

11 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.

 Ezekiel 40:3-8































Isaiah 42:3




Matthew 12:20


Revelations 11:1
    "Rie" (Rye)

25 When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?
 Isaiah 28:25
    Rockrose Pink 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cistaceae 		Genesis 43:
    Rockrose White

11 And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:		 Genesis 43:11
    Rose Wild (Dog Rose)

I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.

 Song of Solomon 2:1
    Rue (Ruta graveolens)

42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.		 Luke 11:42
    Saffron

14 Spikenard and saffron,
Calamus and cinnamon,
With all trees of frankincense,
Myrrh and aloes,
With all the chief spices

 Song of Solomon4:14
    Sage - (Salvia sp.) its a hallucinagin you smoke

http://www.viewzone.com/salvia.html 		 
    Sage Land of Israel - (Salvia palaestina Bentham)

Purification with Sage incense
http://www.adoremus.org/0212Herrera.html 		 
    Sage Pungent - (Salvia dominica L.)


(eHow.com) Sage is an herb that is known for its healing and medicinal properties. People have burned sage since ancient times to cleanse and purify objects and homes. Proponents of sage burning, also known as smudging, believe that the sage smoke is a way to bless your home and dispel it of negative energy and influences. You might wish to burn sage to purify and cleanse your current home or a new residence before moving in.

Instructions

Things You’ll Need:

  • Dried sage
  • Metal container or ceramic dish
  • Clean sand
  • Match
  1. Purchase dried sage that is tied in bundles with cotton string at a health food or new-age store.
  2. Pour a layer of clean sand into a metal container or ceramic dish.
  3. Place one bundle of sage into the container.
  4. Light the sage with a match, and then blow out the flame. Allow the smoke to billow up out of the container as the sage smolders.
  5. Disperse the smoke throughout your home by placing the smoking container in different rooms, allowing the sage to penetrate each area that you wish to cleanse.
  6. Place the sage outside and allow it to burn itself out, or run it under cool water.

Tips & Warnings

  • Cleanse each room of your home, including all corners, door frames and windows.
  • Be careful not to fill the areas you’re cleansing with too much sage smoke.
  • Do not breathe in the smoke directly.
  
    Sage Three-Leafed (Salvia fruticosa Miller)

Relgious use of incense 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_use_of_incense
 
    Sage Jerusalem (Salvia hierosolymitana Boiss)

Holy Smoke

Fragrant smoke is one of these sacramentals. It has been used by peoples all over the world for thousands of years. Sweet grass, sage, cedar, etc. are forms of incense found in many First Nations cultures. It is used as a way of honouring the Creator, as a sign of prayer rising to God, and of the sweetness of prayer. It is a sign of humility (the humbleness of plants) and purity (the purifying effect of fire). Also for Christians, smoke is a reminder of the shining cloud that veils the glory of God.

The Golden altar of incense

http://the-tabernacle-place.com/articles/what_is_the_tabernacle/tabernacle_altar_of_incense

 

  
    Sage Judean (Salvia judaica Boiss)

So what about this holy smoke? In the Old Testament God commands that incense be offered to him every day. David, the great Hebrew king, compares his own prayer to this fragrant smoke. 

Let my prayer rise like incense before you. The lifting of my hands like the evening offering (Ps 141:1,2). God, through the prophet Malachi (who lived centuries before Jesus), foretold what would happen when the Christ would come:

From the rising to the setting of the sun my name shall be honoured among the Nations, and in every place incense shall be offered to my name, and a pure offering too, since my name shall be honoured among the Nations

 Exodus 30:1



Psalm 141:1-2





Malachi 1:11-12
    Scarlet (Oak)

Leviticus 14:48-53

King James Version (KJV)

48 And if the priest shall come in, and look upon it, and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plaistered: then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed.

49 And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:

50 And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water:

51 And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times:

52 And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:

53 But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean.

 

 Leviticus 14:48
    Shittah Tree
I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:		 Isaiah 41:19
    Shittum Wood
And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it. (The Ark of the Covenant)

5 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.		 Exodus 30 : 1


Exodus 30: 5
    Spelt

When a farmer plows for planting, does he plow continually?
    Does he keep on breaking up and working the soil?
25 When he has leveled the surface,
    does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin?
Does he not plant wheat in its place,
    barley in its plot,
    and spelt in its field?		 Isaiah 28: 24-25
    Spices (Astrangalus tragacantha) (this spice exteds the life span)

9 Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem to test him with hard questions, having a very great retinue and camels bearing spices and very much gold and precious stones. 		 2 Chronicles 9:1
    Spikenard

Solomon's Song 1: 12 While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.

13 Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,

14 Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:

Mark 14: 3 And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment

 

John 12: 3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.

Solomon's song 1:12

Song of Solomon4:13-14





Mark 14:3


John 12:3
    Stacte or Storax (Styrax officinalis or Liquidambar orientalis)

34 And the Lord said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum;these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight: 35 and thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:36 and thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy. 37 And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the Lord. 


 Stacte: A sweet spice used by the ancient Jews in making incense. [Middle English stacten, myrrh resin, from Latin stact , from Greek stakt , from feminine of staktos,


 Onycha (Greek: ονυξ), along with equal parts of stacte, galbanum, and frankincense, was one of the components of the consecrated Ketoret (incense) 

Gabanum and Frankincese are listed above.


 Exodus 30:
34-37
    Sweet Cane (Saccharum officinarum)

0 What use to me is frankincense that comes from Sheba,
    or sweet cane from a distant land?
Your burnt offerings are not acceptable,
    nor your sacrifices pleasing to me.
 Jeremiah 6:20
    Sweet Flag or Aromatic Cane (Acorus sp.)

4 You have not bought me sweet cane with money,
    or satisfied me with the fat of your sacrifices.
But you have burdened me with your sins;
    you have wearied me with your iniquities.

 Isaiah 43:23
    Sycamine (Mulberry) (Morus sp.)

4807 sykáminos – a sycamine tree, most likely the black mulberry tree, known for its medicinal properties – hence, distinguished by Luke the physician

 6 And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.		 Luke 17:6
    Tamarisk - [Hebrew, ’e?shel].

 33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and called there on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God. 
 Genesis 21:33(Tamarix aphylla)
    Tares thought to mean darnel (Lolium temulentum)
 		Matthew 13:24
    Terebinth (Pistacia palaestina Boiss)

9 And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.

 2 Samuel 18:9
    Thistle Golden

18 And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.

 2 Chronicles 25:18
    Thistles

40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

 Job 31:40
    Thorns

3 For thus saith the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

 Jeremiah 4:3
    Thyine wood - (Tetraclinis articulata)

12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,		 Revelation 18:12
    Timber

12 And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the Lord, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.

 2 Kings 12:12
    Tulip Sharon

1 I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.

2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

 

  Song of Solomon 2:1
    Vine - Grape (Vitis vinifera)

1 Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:

2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.

4 What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?

5 And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:

6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

7 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.


Let us get up early to the vineyards;
let us see if the vine flourish,
whether the tender grape appear,

 Isaiah 5:1-7
































Song of Solomon
7:12
    Walnut - (Juglans regia) - may well have been walnut trees refer in The Song of Solomon 6:11
Genesis 43:11
    Wheat - (Heb., chit·tah?; Gr., si?tos)

Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much


 Ezra 7:22
    Wheat, Egyptian, (Triticum compositum)

Which is cultivated in ancient Egypt, & can still be encountered there, has several ears per stalk.


 Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.


When a farmer plows for planting, does he plow continually?
    Does he keep on breaking up and working the soil?
25 When he has leveled the surface,
    does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin?
Does he not plant wheat in its place,
    barley in its plot,
    and spelt in its field?

Revelation 18:13 And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.



Genesis 41:22, 23.



Ezekiel 4:9




Isaiah 28: 24-25



Revelation 18:13
    Willows

22 The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty,
and floods upon the dry ground:
I will pour my spirit upon thy seed,
and my blessing upon thine offspring:
4 and they shall spring up as among the grass,
as willows by the water courses.


2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.		 Job 40:22




isaiah 44:3-4





Psalm 137:2
    Wine - very commonly mentioned in the Bible
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_in_the_Bible
Jesus turnedwater into in wine at the wedding in Cana
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage_at_Cana
See:  Grapes

17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence

2 And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:

2 And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.

3 And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.

4 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.

5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.

6 And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.

7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.

8 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it.

9 When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom,

10 And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.

11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.
Proverbs 4:17




John 2:1-11
    Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisia_absinthium

 11 The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the water, because it had been made bitter.
 Revelation 8:11
    Wreath

25 And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishablecrown.		 1 Corinthians 9:25

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