Olive oil
From Conservapedia
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]
