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    your robes are all fragrant with (A)myrrh and aloes and cassia.
From ivory palaces (B)stringed instruments make you glad;

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All your robes are fragrant(A) with myrrh(B) and aloes(C) and cassia;(D)
    from palaces adorned with ivory(E)
    the music of the strings(F) makes you glad.

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39 (A)Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus[a] by night, came (B)bringing a mixture of (C)myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds[b] in weight.

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  1. John 19:39 Greek him
  2. John 19:39 Greek one hundred litras; a litra (or Roman pound) was equal to about 11 1/2 ounces or 327 grams

39 He was accompanied by Nicodemus,(A) the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.[a]

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  1. John 19:39 Or about 34 kilograms