Oil.
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. Deuteronomy 7:13; Deuteronomy 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 Chronicles 2:10, 2 Chronicles 1:2; 2 Chronicles 1:11; Psalms 55:21; for anointing the kings, etc., 1 Samuel 10:1; 1 Samuel 1:16, 1 Samuel 1:16; in the sacrifices of the meat offering, Leviticus 2:1-16; as an ingredient in the holy ointment, Exodus 30:24, Exodus 1:30, see OINTMENT; as a cosmetic, Psalms 23:5; Psalms 92:10; Luke 7:46; to give light in the lamps, Exodus 35:8, Exodus 1:35; as an emollient, Luke 10:34. Oil is a type of the Holy Spirit. Matthew 25:3-10; Hebrews 1:9.