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Oil is either dug up from the ground or separated from vegetables like olives. Wars are often started from oil.[1]
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.[1]
Oil is used for anointing the priests of God by pouring it on their heads. This sanctifies them and makes them holy[2]
Oil is used for lighting lamps.[3]
New kings of Israel were anointed with oil.[4]
In a miracle, Elisha allowed a widow to fill all of her pots, and her neighbor's pots, with oil.[5]
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.