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Olive oil

Olive oil is a commonly used cooking oil made from the fruit of the olive tree. It is considered a healthy oil and is a staple of Mediterranean cooking.

Oil in the Bible

Oil, probably usually referring to olive 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] It was also used for anointing the kings of Israel.[3]
  • Oil is used for lighting lamps.[4]
  • In a miracle, Elisha caused a poor widow's little bit of oil to be enough to fill all her jars, and her neighbor's jars, with oil that she could sell it to pay her debts.[5]

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