Kiddah, the Hebrew word for cassia, means bark that peels off. It is a fragrant tree much like the cinnamon. It has a coarse, thick bark and is not as expensive as the cinnamon. The small buds of the tree are used much like cloves. The smaller leaves are used for a medicine known as senna. Cassia pods mixed with leaves make a purgative known as cathartin. Ezekiel 27: 3, 19 says, " ... thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles,... going to and fro occupied in thy fairs; bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were at thy market." Also see Psalm 45:8.
Exodus 30:22 (KJV) Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Exodus 30:23 (KJV) Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,
Exodus 30:24 (KJV) And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:
Exodus 30:25 (KJV) And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.
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