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Cane, Sweet
Morrish Bible Dictionary
One of the ingredients of the holy anointing oil. The Hebrew word qaneh , and is and is three times translated 'calamus.' God lamented that Israel did not buy any sweet cane for Him, Isaiah 43:24; and when they did bring it from afar, it was no longer sweet to Him because of their waywardness and sin. Jeremiah 6:20 .
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Morrish, George. Entry for 'Cane, Sweet'. Morrish Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/mbd/c/cane-sweet.html. 1897.