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Exodus 30:34

And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto you sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be the same amount:

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Onycha. An aromatic root, shining like "the nail "or perhaps the bdellium of Arabia, which is clearer than that of the Indies. (Dioscor.; Galen Medic.) It distills from a tree. Others affirm, that it is the shell of a fish which feeds on spikenard (spica nardi) in the watery places of India. Galbanum, an unctuous gum, of a strong but not very agreeable smell when alone. Frankincense, is a juice proceeding by incision from the trees of Saba. Weight. The Rabbins say 70 or 74 pounds of each.

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