Bible Themes · Creation

Balm

Balm was a herb valued for its healing properties

Jeremiah 8:22 See also 2 Chronicles 28:15; Jeremiah 46:11, Jeremiah 51:8

Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?

Balm was exported from Israel to other nations

Genesis 43:11 See also Genesis 37:25; Ezekiel 27:17

Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and carry them down as a gift for the man — a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.

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Dictionary of Bible Themes © 1999 Martin Manser, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Bible Aquifer. Formatted for this site, with Scripture from the Berean Standard Bible.

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