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In the description of the goodness of the land of promise one of the advantages mentioned is 'a land of oil olive'; and among the blessings enumerated with which God would endow His obedient people is that their oil should be multiplied. Deut. 7: 13; Deut. 8: 8. It was an article of value, and the people had their olive yards as well as their vineyards. Oil was employed for various purposes. It was used as food, 2 Chr. 2: 10, 15; 2 Chr. 11: 11; Ps. 55: 21; for
anointing the kings, etc., 1 Sam. 10: 1; 1 Sam. 16: 1, 13; in the sacrifices of the meat offering, Lev. 2: 1-16; as an ingredient in the holy ointment, Ex. 30: 24, 25, see OINTMENT; as a cosmetic, Ps. 23: 5; Ps. 92: 10; Luke 7: 46; to give light in the lamps, Ex. 35: 8, 14; as an emollient, Luke 10: 34. Oil is a type of the Holy Spirit. Matt. 25: 3-10; Heb. 1: 9.