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Oil is either dug up from the ground or separated from vegetables like [[olive | olives]].
== Oil in the Bible ==
Oil appears over two hundred times in the Bible.
Oil, particularly olive oil, is used in drink offerings to God, but not in sin offerings.<ref>Genesis 28:18, Genesis 35:14, Leviticus 2, Leviticus 14, Numbers 7</ref>
Oil is used for anointing the priests of God by pouring it on their heads. This sanctifies them and makes them holy<ref>Exodus 29:2, 7, 21, Exodus 30:25, Leviticus 8</ref>
Oil is used for lighting lamps.<ref>Exodus 27:20</ref>
New kings of Israel were anointed with oil.<ref>I Samuel 10:1, I Kings 1:39</ref>
In a miracle, Elisha allowed a widow to fill all of her pots, and her neighbor's pots, with oil.<ref>II Kings 4</ref>
As the twenty-third Psalm says:
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
== References ==
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== Oil in the Bible ==
Oil appears over two hundred times in the Bible.
Oil, particularly olive oil, is used in drink offerings to God, but not in sin offerings.<ref>Genesis 28:18, Genesis 35:14, Leviticus 2, Leviticus 14, Numbers 7</ref>
Oil is used for anointing the priests of God by pouring it on their heads. This sanctifies them and makes them holy<ref>Exodus 29:2, 7, 21, Exodus 30:25, Leviticus 8</ref>
Oil is used for lighting lamps.<ref>Exodus 27:20</ref>
New kings of Israel were anointed with oil.<ref>I Samuel 10:1, I Kings 1:39</ref>
In a miracle, Elisha allowed a widow to fill all of her pots, and her neighbor's pots, with oil.<ref>II Kings 4</ref>
As the twenty-third Psalm says:
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
== References ==
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