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Galbanum

Hebrew: helbenah

This is one of the ingredients in the holy incense used in the Tabernacle and the Temple.

Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Take for yourself fragrances, stacte and onycha and galbanum, fragrances with pure frankincense; there shall be an equal part of each. —Exodus 30:34 LSB

It is a gum, probably from the Galbanum officinale

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