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Balm

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature

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This substance is mentioned in Genesis 37:25; Genesis 43:11; Jeremiah 8:22; Jeremiah 46:11; Jeremiah 51:8; Ezekiel 27:17, as a medicinal aromatic. It is shown in the following article that this balm could not have been the product of the so called balsam-tree, or balm of Gilead tree; and the product actually denoted by the word is in fact unknown.

 

 

 

 

Bibliography Information
Kitto, John, ed. Entry for 'Balm'. "Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature". https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​kbe/​b/balm.html.
 
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